Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools. Alice Keeler is a mother of 5 and a teacher in Fresno, California. She has her B.A in Mathematics, M.S. in Educational Media Design and Technology and is currently working on a doctorate in Educational Technology with an emphasis in games and simulations. EdTech speaker, blogger, and presenter. Founder of coffeeEDU, a 1 hour conference event for educators. New Media Consortium Horizon report advisory panel member. High school math teacher for 14 years. Currently teaching pre-service teachers curriculum, instruction and technology at California State University Fresno. Teaches online for Fresno Pacific University in the Masters in Educational Technology. Passionate that kids are not failures, researches gamification in education to increase student motivation. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: English Language Arts CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

What is the role of a national library? © Zens photo/Getty Images Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

What is the role of a national library? Judging by the size of collections, the National Library of China is the eighth-largest library in the world, with 31.1 million items. Based in Beijing, the National Library acts as a repository for important literary works that define and shape Chinese culture, plus Chinese historical artifacts and other works collected from around the world. This building was opened in 1987, when the library was still known as the Peking Library, a name it had for most of the 20th century. But in 1999, officials changed it to the National Library of China. Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

What is the role of a national library? 1 Web Search Using a colon, list the 8 largest libraries in the world. 2 Identify 3 national libraries. Where they are located and what types of materials they hold. 3 How does the government support these national libraries? 4 Who has access to the materials in these national libraries? 5 Thinking What kind of information needs to be preserved and why? There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

What is the role of a national library? 5 Minutes You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

What is the role of a national library? 1 Web Search Using a colon, list the 8 largest libraries in the world. 2 Identify 3 national libraries. Where they are located and what types of materials they hold. 3 How does the government support these national libraries? 4 Who has access to the materials in these national libraries? 5 Thinking What kind of information needs to be preserved and why? You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

What is the role of a national library? 1 Web Search Using a colon, list the 8 largest libraries in the world. (Possible Search Queries: worlds biggest libraries) Sources Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_libraries The biggest libraries in the world are: the British Library, the Library of Congress, the Library and Archives Canada, the New York Public Library, the Russian State Library,the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the National Library of Russia, the National Diet Library, the National Library of China, and the Royal Danish Library.

What is the role of a national library? 2 Web Search Identify 3 national libraries. Where they are located and what types of materials they hold. (Possible Search Queries: National libraries, German National Library, National Library of China, National library of Russia) Sources The German National Library - http://www.dnb.de/EN/Wir/wir_node.html;jsessionid=5129185B14E37358476E65B7B47CAFEB.prod-worker2 National Library of China - http://www.nlc.gov.cn/newen/ The National Library of Russia - http://www.nlr.ru/eng/nlr/location.htm German National Library - There are three locations of the German National Library. One is in Leipzig, another is in Frankfurt am Main, and the music archive the Deutsches Musikarchiv Berlin is in Berlin. The German National Library has many different materials. Some of the categories of the library are the the German National Library which has information from the German National Library from 1913, the German Music Archive, the German Museum of Books and Writing, the Archival Papers of the German Exile Archive 1933-1945, the Anne Frank Shoah Library, and the Union Catalogue of serials. National Library of China - The National Library of China is in Beijing. It is the third largest national library in the world. “The National Library of China serves as the repository of the nation's publications, a national bibliographic center, as well a national center for the preservation and conservation for ancient books. The major mission of the NLC includes: the collection and preservation of domestic and foreign publications; national coordination of document preservation and conservation work; provision of information and reference services to the central government, other governmental organizations, social organizations, and the general public; research in library sciences, and development of library services and programs, and guidance to other libraries in China with its expertise; the fulfillment of its role in international cultural exchanges through participation in the activities of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and other related organizations worldwide, as well as the promotion of exchanges and cooperation with other libraries in China and abroad. “ National Library of Russia - The National Library of China is in the city of St.Petersburg. Some the materials that are in the library include: Universal, Foreign Books, Russian Books, Russian Periodicals, Maps, Manuscripts, Prints, Rare Books, Library Science, Social Sciences & Economics, Humanities & Art, Medicine & Biology, Science & Technology, Foreign Books, Russian Books, Russian Periodicals, Foreign Periodicals, National Literatures, Microforms, Standards & Specifications, Non-literary Collection, Newspapers, Printed Music & Recorded Sound, Junior, Listening & Viewing Service, Asian & African Collection, and the "Plekhanov House" Manuscript Sector.

What is the role of a national library? 3 Web Search How does the government support these national libraries? (Possible Search Queries: Government support national library of China, government support national library of Russia, Government support German national library) Sources National Library of Russia - http://www.cenl.org/docs/annual_reports/russia01-02.pdf In 2001 the Government of the Russian Federation approved the Statute of Federal Institution "The National Library of Russia" It has a budget of 202 million roubles. The Magazine of Digital Library Research - http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may10/zhen/05zhen.html China is providing funding for the process of digitizing documents. Libraries in the early 21st century, volume 1: An international perspective - https://books.google.com/books?id=RM2x4Vtx028C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=funding+german+national+library&source=bl&ots=DwqXvJGne9&sig=JOpssmZZvjDxvO4Jt6atY14TMRA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XLvtVNDLKMa3oQTJiIGABQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=funding%20german%20national%20library&f=false The Minister of State of Culture and Media provides funding for the German National Library. In June 2006, a new law reconfirmed support for the national legal deposit and the German National Library, which receives two mandatory deposit copies of each of the more than 95,000 items published in Germany every year.

What is the role of a national library? 4 Web Search Who has access to the materials in these national libraries? (Possible Search Queries: access national library of Russia, access national library of China, access German national library) Sources National Library of Russia - http://www.nlr.ru/eng/nlr/hours/ Harvard - http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/news/articles/2009/china_digitization.cfm German National Library - http://zbw.eu/en/about-us/key-activities/open-access/ The documents in the National Library of Russia, the National Library of China, and the German National Library are available to anyone who would like to view them. There are more and more documents that are being made available digitally. This makes it so that one can view the documents from anywhere in the world. It also eliminates the limit of how many people can view the document at once.

What is the role of a national library? 5 Thinking What kind of information needs to be preserved and why? Student answers may vary. Students may include that new knowledge, current ideas and culture need to be preserved. These are all things that are preserved in national libraries. This allows people to look back on the past not only to not forget about it but also to learn from it.

What is the role of a national library? This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.