Meeting Common Core GPS

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Georgia Council of Teachers of English2013 Annual Conference

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Who’s in GALILEO?

Public and Private Schools

Public and Private Colleges and Universities

Public Libraries

Your portal to authoritative age-appropriate databases

on multiple topics

What’s in GALILEO?

Databases can containmagazine articles,scholarly journal articles, newspaper articles,reviews, and…

What’s in a database?

Databases can also containprimary source documents,encyclopedia entries,book chapters, images, videos, and much more

What’s in a database?

• Seamless access on-campus via IP authentication

• Log in off campus with GALILEO password

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Supporting the Common CoreGALILEO offers:

On-level informational text Primary sources Multimedia Citing Lesson Plans from GALILEO

• Discover GALILEO search box• Browse by Subject > Literature

• Literary Reference Center (literature topics)

• Student Research Center (all topics; Lexiles)

• NoveList (fiction recommendations with Lexiles)

• Browse by Type• Resources for Educators (Lesson Plans)

What’s in GALILEOfor English Teachers?

Discover GALILEO Search

Discover GALILEO offers a single search of resources with magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles as well as book chapters

Search from GALILEO High School or GALILEO Teen for any topic

Search for criticism onTo Kill a Mockingbird

Search Individual DatabasesBrowse by Subject

Search Individual DatabasesBrowse by Subject

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center

Literary Reference Center

Search Individual DatabasesBrowse by Subject

Student Research Center

Student Research Center

Student Research Center

Student Research Center

Search Individual DatabasesBrowse by Subject

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

NoveList

What Databases Have Lexiles?

Middle Search Plus (articles; middle school) MAS Ultra (articles; high school) Student Research Center (articles, multimedia,

primary sources; middle and high school) History Reference Center (articles, multimedia;

grades 5-12) Book Collection: Nonfiction (book chapters; all grade

levels) SIRS Discoverer (articles, multimedia; middle school) NoveList (fiction recommendations)

See Lexile Handout

Search Individual DatabasesBrowse by Type

Search Individual DatabasesBrowse by Type

GALILEO Lesson Plans Where I’m From in GALILEO – create a local

history poem Create Your Own Story – create a digital

story Find these under GALILEO Help > Resources

for Educators

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