From School Library Journal A collection of nine long-term collaborative projects in which students are required to use many research and reporting skills. Helpful assessment checklists allow students to be held individually accountable for group projects. The descriptions are broken down into manageable chunks to ensure step-by-step success. Each project requires critical thinking and offers a creative way for researchers to present their findings. For example, a propaganda unit ends with the creation of a student-made video. The biome unit ends with making a class database to compare findings. Heller provides enough detail for teachers and library media specialists to plan effective units based on research skills and content from the curriculum and many take on a multidisciplinary approach. Useful lists of Web sites with annotations are included, but there are no lists of books. Permission is issued to individual librarians and educators to copy the worksheets for classroom use. A useful resource to help break down a long-term project into pieces that are practical and helpful. Sandra L. Doggett, Urbana High School, Ijamsville, MD Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Review ?An invaluable addition to middle school librarian and teacher resources and references, as well as the home schooling parents of middle school aged children.?-Wisconsin Bookwatch