Library and Research Skills · Preparatory 1

15/15 weeks ready · Follows the order of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education textbook Libraries and Research Skills (المكتبات ومهارات البحث), First Year of Preparatory School (Grade 7), Term 1: ten topics (the ten branches of knowledge, Dewey speaks, digital information sources, the Bride of the Nile, Mr Register, the story of a bottle, the power of knowledge, a talk with the cat, the key of life, keywords are the secret) and a glossary. All explanations, activities and quizzes are Darslab’s own.

Term 1Classification and the library (ten classes, Dewey, library records and book numbers); information sources (digital sources, images, borrowing, recycling); reading and deciding (library manners, kinds of reading, active reading, time); trusted sources and rumours; searching with keywords; glossary, review and a mini research project

نرتّب المعرفة: التصنيف والأقسام العشرة Unit 1 Ten Branches of Knowledge (Dewey classes)

الأرقام تدلّنا: التصنيف العشري Unit 2 Dewey Speaks (the classification idea, decimal, water resources in Egypt)

مصادر المعلومات: ورقية ورقمية Unit 3 Digital Information Sources (paper versus digital, four kinds of digital source)

الصور الرقمية والاختراعات وقطرة من النيل Unit 4 The Bride of the Nile (digital images, inventions that changed reading, a water-drop model)

سجلات المكتبة وأرقام الكتاب Unit 5 Mr Register (visitors' register, borrowing register, technical numbers on a book)

نستعير ونُدوّر: من الكتاب إلى الزجاجة Unit 6 The Story of a Bottle (borrowing a book, recycling versus remanufacturing)

قوة المعرفة: آداب المكتبة وأنواع القراءة Unit 7 The Power of Knowledge, part 1 (library manners, kinds of reading, effective reading)

نقرأ بفعالية ونقرّر ونُنظّم الوقت Unit 7 The Power of Knowledge, part 2 (active reading methods, information and decisions, a work-and-rest time technique)

الشائعة الإلكترونية: كيف تولد وكيف تنتشر Unit 8 A Talk with the Cat, part 1 (what an electronic rumour is, how it spreads)

المصادر الموثوقة والتحقق قبل أن نشارك Unit 8 A Talk with the Cat, part 2 (trusted sources, checking before sharing)

الكلمة المفتاحية: مفتاح البحث Unit 9 The Key of Life (keywords: long keywords, questions, place, regular updating)

هدف واضح وبحث يتدرّج Unit 10 Keywords Are the Secret, part 1 (stating the goal, general to specific searching)

المرادفات والتقرير: بكلماتي أنا Unit 10 Keywords Are the Secret, part 2 (synonyms, report and essay with keywords)

قاموس الفصل: مصطلحات المكتبة والبحث Glossary: library, source, reading and search terms

مراجعة الفصل ومشروع البحث الصغير Term 1 Review and Project (Units 1–10)

The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Darslab. Lessons follow the order of the Ministry’s textbooks; all explanations, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own. Pictures of animals, plants and objects: Twemoji, CC BY 4.0.