Library &
Information Science, Course 250: Instructional Strategies.
Dr. David Loertscher
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MORE THAN 40 new federal educational resources have been added
to FREE, the website that makes hundreds of learning resources
from more than 40 federal agencies available -- & searchable --
in one place.
Below are titles, descriptions, & sponsoring agencies of
recently added resources.
Visit the FREE website & its "What's New" area:
http://www.ed.gov/free/
Your feedback is invited:
http://www.ed.gov/free/comment.html
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New Resources Added to the FREE Website
(Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
June 1999
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Foreign languages
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"Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition" describes
the University of Minnesota center, which supports programs of
research, training, development, & dissemination of information
related to second language teaching, learning, & assessment. The
site describes its Summer Institute for Teachers & its various
conferences, workshops, publication series, & working papers. (ED)
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Science
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"Acid Rain Lesson Plan" is a series of 5 activities for grades 6-8.
The lessons include the pH concept, the definition of acid rain &
its measurement, & the sources of acid rain & methods for
controlling it. (NPS)
http://www.aqd.nps.gov/ard/lessons.html
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" shows a different image or
photograph of our universe every day, along with a brief
explanation written by a professional astronomer. (NASA)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
"The Office of Science Education" features free educational
materials & outreach programs at the NIH, a video & slide program
of speakers discussing Hollywood movies that have a medical science
theme, original stories about medical research in the news,
profiles of people in a variety of science-related careers, &
articles that explain how various achievements in science happened.
(NIH)
http://science-education.nih.gov/homepage.nsf
"Teachers' & Students' Corners" offers teachers lesson plans &
classroom activities, & students a glossary, the periodic table, an
animated discussion of nuclear energy, & background fact sheets on
topics relating to nuclear energy. (NRC)
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/school.html
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Social studies
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"Adeline Hornbek & the Homestead Act: A Colorado Success Story"
offers pictures & diagrams of her house & land near Colorado
Springs, & gives readings & suggested school assignments about
women owning land. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/67hornbek/67hornbek.htm
"Affidavit & Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case" introduces
students to one instance in which immigrants challenged the Chinese
Exclusion Act of 1882 through the judicial system. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/chinese.html
"Alexander Graham Bell's Patent for the Telephone & Thomas Edison's
Patent for the Electric Lamp" introduces students to significant
inventions of the late 19th century. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/edbell.html
"American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass" features items owned by
the famous abolitionist, human rights & women's rights activist,
orator, author, journalist, publisher, & social reformer. The site
consists of enlargeable images of items in the museum & archival
collections at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site at
Cedar Hill, Southeast Washington, DC. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/exhibits/douglass/
"American Visionaries: Thomas Moran" shows paintings & sketches of
the noted American landscape painter. Moran's pencil & watercolor
field sketches & paintings captured the grandeur & documented the
extraordinary terrain & natural features of the Yellowstone region.
His artwork was presented to members of Congress by park proponents
& helped inspire Congress to establish the National Park System in
1916. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/exhibits/moran/
"Chicago's Black Metropolis: Understanding History through a
Historic Place" concentrates on the area south of the main business
district, where blacks lived in Chicago. The site shows photos &
maps of historic buildings in the area & gives suggestions for
student assignments. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/53black/53black.htm
"The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady" invites students to
visualize the Civil War by studying period photographs. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/brady.html
"Clara Barton's House: Home of the American Red Cross" uses
photographs & floor plans of her home in Glen Echo, Maryland, as a
focal point, & suggests readings & school assignments about her
career. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/27barton/27barton.htm
"Curriculum-Based Education Programs" links educational programs to
over 50 national parks, monuments, & historic sites of the National
Park Service. Information at the sites includes background guides
& educational kits for the classroom. (NPS)
http://www.nps.gov/interp/curriculum.html
"Destination Detroit: A National Register of Historic Places Travel
Itinerary" exhibits residential, recreational, commercial,
industrial, & religious locations to create an online tour of the
city. The itinerary features 39 properties in the National
Register of Historic Places. Through maps, descriptions, &
photographs of places both famous & little-known, this guide
explains why Detroit is more than just a Motor City. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/detroit/dethome.htm
"Electronic Rehab" is useful for those contemplating actual
rehabilitation of old places. It details the 10 Standards for
Rehabilitation developed by the Secretary of the Interior, & each
standard is discussed & illustrated with specific historical
examples. (NPS)
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/e-rehab/
"First Lady to the World: Eleanor Roosevelt at Val-Kill" uses a
retreat she built on her husband's estate as a focus, & gives
readings & suggested school assignments about her career. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/26roosevelt/26roosevelt.htm
"Fugitive from Labor Cases: Henry Garnett & Moses Honner"
encourages students to analyze historical documents related to 2
fugitive slave cases & determine the impact events of the period
1850 to 1860 had on them. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/fugitive.html
"The Gettysburg Battlefield -- Virtual Tour" describes with photos
& text the 3-day battle that marked the turning point in the Civil
War. The site gives detailed descriptions of each day of the
battle & further texts about the various generals involved. (NPS)
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gnmpvtour/tourintro.htm
"Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy & World Humanitarian" uses the
birthplace of the American president to introduce readings &
suggested theme topics for student papers. The site shows photos &
drawings of the home in West Branch, Iowa, where he was born. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/34hoover/34hoover.htm
"Invention Factory: Thomas Edison" contains photographs, maps, &
readings about the laboratories & the process of turning research
into commercial products. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/curriculumkit/lessons/edison/4edison.htm
"Iron Hill School: An African-American One-Room School" focuses on
a school constructed in 1923 in a rural area of northern Delaware,
1 of more than 80 schools for African-American children built
between 1919 & 1928 as part of philanthropist Pierre Samuel du
Pont's "Delaware experiment." The site shows photos, maps, &
diagrams about the school & suggests student activities. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/58iron/58iron.htm
"Kingston, New York: A National Register of Historic Places Travel
Itinerary" explores Kingston's rich history using 24 historic
places that recall past eras when Dutch settlers & Native Americans
warily shared river flood plains, when proud Revolutionaries &
angry British armies walked its narrow streets, & when coal,
limestone, & even patent medicines flowed through Kingston along
the route of the Delaware & Hudson Canal.(NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/
"Letters, Telegrams, & Photographs Illustrating Factors That
Affected the Civil War" allows students to analyze a variety of
documents to identify events, actions, & individuals who
contributed to the Civil War's outcome. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/civilwar.html
"The M'Clintock House: A Home to the Women's Rights Movement" is a
guide to a home in Waterloo, New York, where several early
abolitionists, women's rights advocates, & social reformers lived.
The site uses photos & drawings of the house as a beginning point
to lead into readings about the First Woman's Rights Convention in
nearby Seneca Falls in 1848. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/76m'clintock/76m'clintock.htm
"Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, & Will Rogers' Enrollment
Case File" encourages students to study a variety of documents to
understand the impact of a particular piece of legislation. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/dawesact.html
"Martin Van Buren's 'Return to the Soil'" uses Lindenwald, the home
the 8th President moved to after his term in office, to introduce a
discussion of Van Buren & his times. The site contains photos &
drawings of Lindenwald as well as discussions how Van Buren
interacted with other political leaders of the day, such as Andrew
Jackson & John C. Calhoun. The site offers questions & suggestions
for student assignments. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/39vanburen/39vanburen.htm
"Old Courthouse in St. Louis" served not only as a house of
justice, but also as a public gathering place for pioneers planning
their westward trek across the plains. Its iron-framed dome was
the forerunner of many similar domes erected on government
buildings throughout the country. The site includes maps,
readings, photos, drawings, as well as a guide for doing a student
project. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/9stlouis/9stlouis.htm
"Petersburg National Battlefield -- A Teacher's Resource Guide"
gives materials for different grade levels to prepare students for
field trips to the site of an important Civil War battle south of
Richmond, VA. This resource guide is based upon Standards of
Learning Objectives for Virginia Public Schools. (NPS)
http://www.nps.gov/pete/pe_trg.htm
"Petition Signed by Thomas A. Edison for Sunday Openings at the
World's Columbian Exposition" focuses on petitioning the federal
government, peaceably assembling, & exercising freedom of speech &
religion, all of which are protected by the First Amendment to the
Constitution. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/edison.html
"Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor"
encourages students to analyze dozens of photographs taken in the
early 1900s depicting working conditions for child laborers. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/hine.html
"Remembering Pearl Harbor" contains photographs, charts, &
documents concerning the attack itself, as well as research
questions for student papers. Special emphasis is given to the USS
Arizona, a battleship destroyed during the attack. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/curriculumkit/lessons/arizona/5arizona.htm
"Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower & Khrushchev at Gettysburg" uses
the home of the 34th President to introduce a discussion of the
Cold War during the period. The site offers photos & maps of the
home as well as suggestions for student assignments. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/29ike/29ike.htm
"When Rice Was King" concentrates on Georgetown County, South
Carolina, where rice, rather than cotton, was the principle
commercial product. The site includes maps, readings, photos,
drawings, as well as a guide for doing a student project. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/3rice/3rice.htm
"We Shall Overcome, Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement --
A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary" shows 41
churches, houses, & other properties related largely to the post-World
War II civil rights movement. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
"Whitman Mission National Historic Site -- The Learning Place"
gives a teaching guide about the mission of Marcus & Narcissa
Whitman at Waiilatpu, an important way station in the early days of
the Oregon Trail. The Whitmans labored to bring Christianity to
the Cayuse, but deep cultural differences & a measles epidemic led
to violence in which the Cayuse killed the Whitmans & 11 others in
November of 1847. The park preserves the mission site, a short
segment of the Oregon Trail, & the grave where the victims are
buried. (NPS)
http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate.htm
Acronyms
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ED -- U.S. Department of Education
NIH -- National Institutes of Health
NARA -- National Archives & Records Administration
NASA -- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NPS -- National Park Service
NRC -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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