Welcome to the tour of Eureka!, a valuable resource for adult literacy instructors.

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• Welcome to the tour of Eureka!, a valuable
  resource for adult literacy instructors.
• At the end of each section of the tour, there are
  activities you may wish to complete.
• These activities will give you practice
  incorporating Eureka! resources into your
  teaching.
• Enjoy the tour.

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• To access the Eureka! resources, go to
• http//literacy.kent.edu/eureka

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• Then click on Archimedes

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And Find Free, Searchable, Online Adult Literacy
Resources

• Your discovery of Eureka! will have you shouting
  I found it! This resource for adult basic
  education instructors is searchable by topic and
  features lessons that have been successfully used
  in ABLE classrooms

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Select the type of resources you are interested
in from the Eureka! Agora

• In Archimedes time the agora was a marketplace
  where individuals could find almost anything they
  needed. In the Eureka! AGORA you will find an
  Assemblage of Great Online Resources for
  Adults. The titles under the arches show the
  types of resources available in Eureka!

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• There are two ways to find resources in Eureka!
• Click on Search All of Eureka!
• Click in any of the arches of the AGORA

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Search All of Eureka!

• To search all of Eureka!, also known as an
  Advanced Search, enter a search term in the box
  for example weather

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• You will get a list of resources about weather.
  The icons by each item let you know if that item
  is a book, lesson plan, or web site.

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• Clicking on a book title will take you to a
  summary of and teaching ideas for that book

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• Clicking on a lesson plan title will take you to
  that lesson

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You can print the lesson out to use with your
class
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• Clicking on a website name will take you to the
  information about and link for that site.

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• Think of a topic and type a word in the search
  box to see what books, lesson plans, and websites
  are available on that topic. The more specific
  the keyword, the better your search results will
  be. For example I searched for weather
  instead of Science. If your search is
  unsuccessful, try a different topic.
• You will learn another way to search later in
  this tutorial.

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• The second way to find resources is to explore
  each section. In the next slides youll explore
  Instructional Planning resources

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• In the Instructional Planning section you will
  find resources to help plan instruction, for
  example Thematic Collections

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• Thematic collections are books on specific
  topics with suggestions for using the books in
  the classroom. Clicking on the title of the
  collection will take you to a matrix of books and
  information on that topic.

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Author Title Type Difficulty Family Culture History Notes
Bial, R. Mist Over the Mountains Nonfic GED X X X History and present
Bradby, M. More Than Anything Else Bio Easy X Booker T. Washington
Carson, J. Stories I Aint Told Nobody Yet Poetry Medium X X Vignettes of life
Fleischman, P. Borning Room, The His fic Medium X Underground Railroad
Hendershot, J. In Coal Country Memoir Easy X X
Hendershot, J. Up the Tracks to Grandmas Memoir Easy X X
Link. O., Hensley, F. Steam, Steel, and Stars Nonfic GED X Steam railroads
Lyon, G.E. Choices Short Stories Medium X X Written especially for adults
Clicking on a book title will take you to a
summary of and teaching ideas for that book.
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• There are also teaching ideas for each of the
  thematic collections.

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• The Articles in the Instructional Planning
  section offer information and suggestions for
  using library books as part of your instruction.

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• Teaching Ideas are field tested activities for
  selected books from our Trade Books collection.

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• Clicking on the book title takes you to a
  printable page of classroom activities for that
  book.

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• The Standards, Components, and Benchmarks are a
  very important part of instructional planning.
  Clicking on this link will take you to the
  website of the Ohio Board of Regents where you
  can view them.

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• Activities for Instructional Planning Section
• (choose one activity)
• 1. Choose one of the thematic collections that
  may be of interest to your students. Review the
  information that is provided in the chart about
  each book. Click on several book titles and read
  the summaries and teaching ideas. Also read the
  teaching ideas included with the thematic
  collection. How would you introduce these books
  to your students? How might you use this
  collection of books to enhance your instruction
  in one of the GED topic areas? What evidence
  would you use to determine if these activities
  were successful?
• 2. Choose an article to read. Write a short
  summary of the article. Explain in detail why you
  would or would not use the suggestions in the
  article with your students.
• 3. Choose a set of teaching ideas for one of the
  books on the list. Pick out two or three
  activities that you think your students would
  enjoy. Explain which components of performance
  and benchmarks in the reading standard are
  addressed in the activities you picked. What
  evidence would you use to determine if these
  activities were successful?

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• In the next slides youll explore the Teaching
  and Learning Strategy resources

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• There are a variety of teaching and learning
  strategies you can use to help your students
  improve their learning and liven up your
  classroom.

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• The Teaching and Learning strategies are
  organized according to the EFF standards. Click
  on a standard to see a list of the strategies.

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• Clicking on a strategy from the list will show a
  printable page that describes how to use the
  strategy in the classroom.

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• Take a few minutes to explore the strategies for
  the Reading, Writing, and Math standards.

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• There are also links to more strategy resources.

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• Activity for Teaching Strategies Section
• Choose at least one teaching strategy from any of
  the standards on the wheel. Explain how you would
  use this strategy in at least 3 of the 5 GED
  topic areas.

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• In addition to a searchable database of over
  1,000 library books, this section contains ideas
  and suggestions for using these books in adult
  literacy classrooms.

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• Searching for a single book allows you to use
  keywords to find books on a topic. These books
  should be available at your local library.

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• You can search for books in one of two ways
• by typing a word into the search box or
• by clicking the link to the keyword list

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• If you know what you are looking for, enter a
  search term in the box for example weather

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• You will get a list of the books in the database
  on weather. Clicking on a book title will take
  you to a summary of and teaching ideas for that
  book

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• If you are not sure what keyword to use, click
  on the keyword list and browse the books by their
  keywords.

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Scroll down the keyword list until you find a
topic of interest, then click on it. The more
specific the keyword, the better your search
results will be. For example search for
founding of the country instead of U. S.
History.
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A list of books on that topic will be displayed.
By clicking on a book title, you can get a
summary of and teaching ideas for that book
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• You can also see an alphabetized list of all the
  books in the database by clicking on also
  available.

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• Thematic Collections were described earlier in
  this tutorial.

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• General suggestions are ways to use the Trade
  Books in your classroom.

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• Using Books Thematically offers general
  suggestions for using text sets and the Thematic
  Collections.

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• Understanding the Symbols explains the
  information found on the book description pages.

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• Activity for the Trade Books Section
• (complete all three parts of this activity)
• Scroll down the list of keywords to find topics
  of interest to your students. Click on the
  keywords to display the titles of the books for
  that topic. Click on several of the book titles
  to read the summaries and teaching ideas for the
  books.
• List at least three book titles that you think
  would tie into GED study. Explain how you might
  use them.
• List at least three book titles that you think
  some of your students would like to read for
  pleasure. Explain how you might introduce them to
  your students.

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• In the Lesson Plans section you will find
  resources to plan standards-based lessons. You
  will also find ready to use standards-based
  lesson plans.

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• A printable version of the Student Experience
  Model is available.

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• Teaching Ideas and the Advanced Search were
  explained in earlier slides.

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• The lesson plan Advanced Search will search only
  for lesson plans.

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• You can search by a standard - reading, writing,
  or math
• or by topic for example, voting

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• A list of lesson plans will be displayed. Click
  on the lesson you would like to view

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• All lesson plans have a print friendly version
  with handouts

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• Clicking on Required Elements will show a list
  of the information required by the Ohio ABLE
  office to be included on lesson plans.

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• Thematic Collections were described earlier in
  this tutorial.

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• Lesson plan templates are also available for you
  to use to create your own lesson plans.

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• Activity for Lesson Plans Section
• (complete all three parts of this activity)
• Scroll down the alphabetical list of lesson
  plans. Choose one from each of the three
  standards (reading, writing, and math) that you
  think would work in your classroom.
• Explain why you chose these plans.
• Choose one of the three plans and determine which
  benchmarks are not addressed in the lesson.
  Keeping in mind that all the components of the
  standard need to be addressed, design a follow-up
  activity to address the remaining benchmarks.

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• This section contains other helpful instructional
  resources.

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• The Ohio Literacy Alliance has quick and easy
  reading assessments for adult students. Summaries
  of research are also available.

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• The Miami Univ. Picture Book database is a great
  way to find picture books that will interest your
  students children or grandchildren.

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• The Helping Books Connection is a searchable
  database of books that deal with sensitive issues
  children and families often face.

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• The Resource Collections are research based
  resources for adult literacy practitioners on a
  variety of topics.

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• This ends your tour of Eureka! We hope you found
  something useful.
• Visit often since we are always adding new
  resources.

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If you have questions or comments about Eureka!
or this tutorial, send an e-mail to
olrc_at_literacy.kent.edu