As I think about the mini-lesson assignment, I get a little overwhelmed. I am currently working as a Media Specialist, so I believe that means that I can choose any grade or content level to complete my lessons. I have taught grades 3,4 and 5, as well as 8th grade social studies. I am leaning towards either social studies or reading for my mini-lessons. My thoughts for social studies are evaluating primary source documents or maybe political cartoons. This lesson would be authentic because students would be asked to view historical sources of information and then discuss the documents. Using prompts from the teacher, students will develop a deeper understanding of the documents. Technology can be used to view the documents instead of running off printed copies. I could also use this lesson to teach students about digital citizenship. These are the first thoughts that come to mind for this assignment, but I would like to consider some reading and literacy lessons as well.