Johnson Traditional Middle School Library: Student Resources

Students can use a single sign-on to access Study Island and other school resources. 

Stay organized with these digital Research Note Cards!  To use these, Click File and Make a Copy.

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Click here to search in our library catalog for a book you want to read or a topic you want to research!

​Visit your local branch and use your library card to check out a book that we don't have or check out an e-book that can be delivered right to your device!

​Click here to access our Research, Biography, Global Issues, and Student Resources databases. These Gale databases are continuously updated to provide current information. 

2,000 primary resources curated around six crucial phases of the U.S. black freedom struggle. 

Over 130 document-based lesson plans that are free to download once you have created an account. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features a set of primary documents designed for groups of students with a range of reading skills. 

Explore thousands of primary sources- letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, and videos. Discover activities you can teach with! All provided by the National Archives so that you can provide students with inquiry experiences.

A condensed key fact-checking strategies into a short list of four moves, or things to do to quickly make a decision about whether or not a source is worthy of your attention. It is referred to as the “SIFT” method: Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, Trace claims, quotes, and media to the original context