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Britannica’s spotlight on Chinese New Year

Britannica frequently throws the ‘spotlight’ on calendar events or topics. It produces mini-sites which are designed for use by teachers, librarians and parents of primary school children. They give access to Britannica articles as well as colour-ins and puzzles in the ‘activity centre’ so that children can have fun as they learn.
Explore the latest spotlight on Chinese New Year or browse the archive listings by curriculum topic or diary dates.
Edinburgh Libraries’ readers can access Britannica Junior, Britannica Student and Britannica for free from Your Library.

Britannica Study Guides

Britannica have launched a new study guide feature!

They’ve put together a collection of activities to help students with some valuable essay-writing skills. The ‘Activity Centre’ gives several helpful hints on how to write a thesis statement and create an outline for an essay.

For this first edition, all of the activities are based on “mythology” and use the information within the Britannica article to show how to use research and information. There’s also some fun activities too like a crossword puzzle, word search and quiz.

Britannica are keen to get feedback, and also hear suggestions for future study guides topics. So it’s well worth signing up to receive newsletters and passing on your views.

Britannica Junior, Britannica Student and Britannica original editions are all available to Edinburgh Library members free of charge from Your Library.