Assignment+two

In 5th grade, we spend six weeks researching particular topics related to ancient Egypt. In the past, kids have studied the Pyramids, medicine, boating, jewelry, warfare, and various rulers, such as Hatshepsetsut and Ramses II. For research, we use books from the school library and we also spend three days in the computer lab, gathering information from posted websites approved by the teachers. This system works okay, but there are many, many published books out there that the Runkle Library doesn't include in their catalog. Many of our books are outdated or are worn out. It would be great to allow students to hunt down other books that might be available either online or at the Brookline Library.

Google books would work well for this. Let's say a student selected boats in ancient Egypt. I know that our books don't have a lot of information about books, so the student could use google books to see what's out there:

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Now, this student can see other books out there, either for purchase or what local libraries may carry the book. As many of our books are getting old and the information can be outdated, the student can limit the search to books published in the 21st century.