Library Passport Missions - Social Sciences | St. Cloud Technical and Community College

Week Seven

H: Social Sciences - Understanding Society

Class H investigates society, economics, business, sociology, labor, finance, and how communities function.

Main Mission: Data Detective

Choose a current social issue.

Find:

One statistic
One scholarly source
One news article

Explain how each source contributes to understanding the issue.

Side Quest

Find an infographic and identify one thing it does well and one thing it could improve.

Badge

🏆 Data Detective

You already know about bad information.

You see this every day, all over social media, in the things you hear people say, and other things you read.

Knowing the difference between truth and foolishness is a vital skill that every person needs to be using every day. And the library is here to help you to build your skills and your confidence in finding and using the best information!

We want you to get comfortable looking at different kinds of information, and sharing what you have discovered. We want to encourage your independent exploration of both physical and digital library resources. Each week in the library this semester, we will host a mission for you to explore, with an optional side quest. You will learn about materials and ideas in topics across the Library of Congress classification system - the way that librarians sort out all the information in the universe of all possible knowledge. (You didn’t think we just randomly threw things onto a shelf, did you?) Grab a Library Passport.

Each week we have a new Main Mission you can do, to explore an area of information. There is an optional Side Quest each week, to keep exploring the topics. When you are done for the week, bring your results to Mary Jordan (Librarian) or Elizabeth Norgren (Library Technician), in person or email it to us. If it all looks correct, we’ll give your Passport a stamp, and issue your badge. Side quests get a separate stamp.

Milestone Awards

5 Stamps = Library Scout
15 Stamps = Research Ranger
10 Stamps = Information Explorer
20+ Stamps = Library Legend

Final Achievement

Students who complete all 15 weeks earn the Master Library Explorer Certificate

Add to Calendar 2026-10-05 00:00:00 2026-10-09 23:59:59 Library Passport Missions - Social Sciences Week Seven H: Social Sciences - Understanding Society Class H investigates society, economics, business, sociology, labor, finance, and how communities function. Main Mission: Data Detective Choose a current social issue. Find: One statistic One scholarly source One news article Explain how each source contributes to understanding the issue. Side Quest Find an infographic and identify one thing it does well and one thing it could improve. Badge 🏆 Data Detective You already know about bad information. You see this every day, all over social media, in the things you hear people say, and other things you read. Knowing the difference between truth and foolishness is a vital skill that every person needs to be using every day. And the library is here to help you to build your skills and your confidence in finding and using the best information! We want you to get comfortable looking at different kinds of information, and sharing what you have discovered. We want to encourage your independent exploration of both physical and digital library resources. Each week in the library this semester, we will host a mission for you to explore, with an optional side quest. You will learn about materials and ideas in topics across the Library of Congress classification system - the way that librarians sort out all the information in the universe of all possible knowledge. (You didn’t think we just randomly threw things onto a shelf, did you?) Grab a Library Passport. Each week we have a new Main Mission you can do, to explore an area of information. There is an optional Side Quest each week, to keep exploring the topics. When you are done for the week, bring your results to Mary Jordan (Librarian) or Elizabeth Norgren (Library Technician), in person or email it to us. If it all looks correct, we’ll give your Passport a stamp, and issue your badge. Side quests get a separate stamp. Milestone Awards 5 Stamps = Library Scout 15 Stamps = Research Ranger 10 Stamps = Information Explorer 20+ Stamps = Library Legend Final Achievement Students who complete all 15 weeks earn the Master Library Explorer Certificate Location Library - Heartland Building noreply@sctcc.edu America/Chicago public

Tagged As

Events