Lesson 1a--World Book School Edition

World Book Kids (K-5)--This electronic resource is very easy to use. The picture/words step one right through to what you are looking for! I chose the mammal ,warthog because I read aloud to the kindergarteners the book, Friends of a Feather by Arlen Cohn which features a warthog who finds a beautiful feather and searches for its owner, encountering 14 different birds along the way. The book includes an index describing those 14 birds and also warthog. World Book Kids has an excellent picture, includes a video of the warthog eating, and features an audio read aloud text. I plan to collaborate with the computer K-3 teacher and have her use World Book Kids the same week I am reading the fiction book. Students can search all the birds!
World Book Student (grades 5-9)--When I typed in warthog, World Book Student pulled up The Lion King, listing Pumbaa, the warthog, plus 3 encyclopedia zoo articles back in time, 1995, 1997, 2000 each article listing only a sentence. Camparing with World Book Kids, Kids had more information.
World Book Advanced (grades 9-12)--I searched Kuwait and was not disappointed in the volume of information and choices offered. Kuwait the country and Kuwait the capital. Most impressive: 60 encyclo. articles, 7 primary sources, 1 E-book, 41 Presidential papers, 9 maps 4 historical, 17 tables, 5 pictures, 237 articles back in time 7 special reports, 4 websites! Comparing electronic with print 2003 volume on Kuwait, same as print but offers much, much more!
World Book Discover (grades 4-adult)--Find by Topic --History and Government-- was too broad, so I typed in American government and many more excellent choices were offered, plus I was refered to World Book Student.