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 The library/media curriculum has 5 major components:
- Literature - The literature component is designed to help students acquire an appreciation of literature and to develop their abilities in reading.
- Information literacy - Information literacy involves students' abilities to research topics using the skills of seeking, acquiring, evaluating, and constructing meaning from information.
- Knowledge - Students gain knowledge of how to use the library and various print and electronic formats.
- Ethics - Students learn how to be ethical and responsible users of information.
- Communication - The fifth component helps prepare students to organize, produce, and communicate information and ideas.
The skills in each of these areas are taught as an integral part of the language arts, social studies, math, and science curriculums.
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