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What is the Learning Page
The Learning Page is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture. It offers tips and tricks, definitions and rationale for using primary sources, activities, discussions, lesson plans and
suggestions for using the collections in classroom curriculum. American Memory is an online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items important to America's heritage. The collections contain more than 7 million primary source
documents, photographs, films, and recordings that reflect the collective American memory. They are a treasure trove of unique personal items from another period in time - perhaps old records, letters with exquisite penmanship and arcane
language, clothing, keepsakes, or faded photographs. These collections are 'snapshots' providing a glimpse into America's past.
Delicious, Tasty, Yummy: Enriching Writing with Adjectives and Synonyms
ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation. NCTE and IRA are working together to
provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.
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curriculum. As a subscriber, you'll have access to ALL media types: more than 3,200 videos, 21,000+ core concept clips, 6,000 curriculum-oriented audio files, 5,000 print resources, and an unsurpassed collection of 25,000 photographs,
illustrations, and clip art images, as well as a databank of 15,000 quiz questions and 1,000 pre-made quizzes! In addition, podcasts created by and for educators and students connect you to dynamic educational media. PowerMediaPlus.com
features current content from top educational producers and uniquely smart, customized functions, making it the most superior digital delivery solution available.
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Ignite learning and give students solid connections to core concepts with the next generation in media-on-demand! Their state-of-the-art digital media solution allows you to easily integrate standards-based multimedia into your
school and curriculum. As a subscriber, you'll have access to all media types: more than 3,200 videos, 21,000+ core concept clips, 6,000 curriculum-oriented audio files, 5,000 print resources, and an unsurpassed
collection of 25,000 photographs, illustrations, and clip art images, as well as a databank of 15,000 quiz questions and 1,000 pre-made quizzes! In addition, podcasts created by and for educators and students connect you to dynamic
educational media. PowerMediaPlus.com features current content from top educational producers and uniquely smart, customized functions, making it the most superior digital delivery solution available.
The Cultures and History of the Americas
The Library of Congress presents a special exhibition which highlights some of the treasures of the Kislak Collection and gives an idea of the breadth and scope of the materials that comprise this major gift to the Library of Congress.
The complete collection-which focuses on the history of the early Americas, from the indigenous people of Mexico through the period of European contact, exploration and settlement-contains several thousand rare books, maps, manuscripts and
documents, as well as an extensive research library of secondary sources. Complementing the books and manuscripts is a group of masterworks of pre-Columbian artifacts and colonial art from North and South America, spanning three millennia of
Native American and European cultures.
When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood
Since the birth of photography in 1839, the camera has been used to capture the human experience. For many photographers, childhood, so short-lived in terms of time but lasting in impact and memory, has been an inspiring subject.
Preserving fleeting moments of youth on a glass plate or negative film allows them to be remembered and reconsidered. The pictures in this exhibition recall the spirit, vulnerability, playfulness, unpredictability, restlessness, and dignity
of children throughout generations and in diverse parts of the world.
Creative Space, Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop
Master printmaker Robert Blackburn (b. 1920, Summit, New Jersey; d. 2003 in New York City) changed the course of American art through his graphic work and the Printmaking Workshop, which he founded in New York City in 1948. His pioneering
contributions to the technical and aesthetic development of abstract color lithography is as legendary as his generosity in encouraging and training thousands of diverse artists to experiment in the graphic medium.
Our Changing Voices
Through dialogue, documentation, research, and interviews, students understand their role in society, bringing together all people to create a new sense of community. This unit provides a background to students' family histories, and
gives them an opportunity to listen to the voices of immigrants of the past.
Zoom Into Maps
Maps help us make sense of our world. A sampling of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division's 4.5 million treasures has been digitized and is available in Map Collections: 1500 - 2003. This activity introduces historical maps
from the American Memory collections. A graphic organizer, for analysis and note taking, and a set of guiding questions for each type of map have been provided.
The New York Times learning Network
Students can read the day's top stories, take a news quiz about today's world, and play special crossword puzzles. Students can also submit a letter to the editor, ask a reporter a question, or submit a science question and search
through the Science Q&A archive. They can also expand their vocabularies and practice their verbal test-taking skills, and even take a Web Exploration on a variety of topics.
Teachers can access a daily lesson plan for grades 6-12, written in partnership with The Bank Street College of Education in New York City. Each lesson plan and the article it references can be printed out for classroom use.
Previous lessons are available in the archive and in thematic lesson plan units. Teachers can also use News Snapshot, aimed for grades 3-5, to explore current events through New York Times photos and related questions. The site additionally
provides teachers with the latest education news from the newspaper.
Parents can enhance their child's understanding of current events using Conversation Starters, join an online discussion, explore the family movie guide or participate with their children in the activities in the student
section.
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