Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Lesson 2: Chilton Library

Using Chilton Library online, I looked up my car: a 2009 Toyota Pruis.

1.  The Maintenance Schedule is not available for my car.

2. The most recent technical service bulletin, CP-ZTV-A110-D, is to extend warranty coverage for the Instrument Panel Combination Meter on 2004 to 2009 Model Year Prius vehicles.  It was issued on 9/30/2013.

3.  When I click on the repair tab, it says I have been logged out of my session and doesn't show anything on the "tree" on the left.


Common Core Connection:

5.R.I.7:
For a lesson using Chilton Library for 5th grade ELA in the area of Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, I would have students look up and compare and contrast two of the following: a newspaper article, a t.v. news story, or news magazine article on the topic of a recall for a popular vehicle.

For example, the Toyota Prius had a pedal recall in 2009.  This can be looked up on Chilton, and then articles looked up about this recall can be compared.
1.  Here is one from foxnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/11/25/toyota-to-replace-4-million-gas-pedals-after-crashes/
2.  Here is one from greencarreports.com
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1043253_2004-2009-toyota-prius-recall-will-reshape-accelerator-pedal
The take on the story could be compared and contrasted from the different sources.  Is a consumer reports or newsweek article different from a letter to the editor?

I used Chilton at a public library in Waynesboro, Virginia, where I was put at the reference desk even though I was the children's librarian because they didn't have a desk for me yet.  That was the only time I have used it.  It seems to me to be more a source for adults or at least driver-age patrons and more for public library than school library use.






1 comment:

  1. I agree, Elizabeth, that Chilton is for HS and up, yet you developed an excellent common core-based lesson for 5th graders! I think your internet connection may have hiccuped when you clicked the Repair tab, as there is a lot of information there for your car, should you need it. Thanks for your comments!

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