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June 2003

Fifteen New Reading Resources In Arts, Language Arts, Science,
& Social Studies Added To “Free” Website

Arts

“Drop Me Off in Harlem” is a multimedia exploration of the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s). Students can hear Langston Hughes read his poems, listen to Duke Ellington direct his orchestra, or watch.

“Shorty” George Snowden dance the Lindy Hop. An interactive map displays important cultural, social, & political establishments. Lesson ideas & learning activities facilitate an arts-integrated approach to the study of key works & themes that emerged. (KC).

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem

“What Is Jazz?” presents audio excerpts from four lectures by Billy Taylor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1995. Taylor — a noted jazz pianist, historian, & educator — discusses jazz from its roots in the African-American slavery experience, through the early days of ragtime, & onward through swing, bop, & progressive jazz. Excerpts can be sorted by artist or jazz style. They’re organized around questions, such as: Where was jazz born? How did swing become bebop? How is bebop influencing today’s jazz artists? Where do ideas for improvisation come from? (KC)

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/whatisjazz/

Language arts

“Piers Plowman Electronic Archive” offers a hypertext archive of the three versions of the William Langland’s 14th-century allegorical poem “Piers Plowman.” The poem was reproduced by scribes & early editors, & the surviving 54 manuscripts are full of errors — some the result of incompetence, others the product of sophisticated re-writing. This electronic edition differs from most printed editions in that it does not suppress editorial disagreement among the manuscripts. It embraces the provisional nature of scholarly editing & proposes a set of solutions to editorial problems without suggesting they will have the final authority. (NEH).

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/seenet/piers/

Science

“Exploring Earth: Investigations” provides more than 75 earth science investigations. Each investigation is organized around a question: What stories do rocks tell? Could Mars support life? How can one volcano change the world? Photos & text (& sometimes video) help students answer each question. Among the topics: earth’s layers, rocks, volcanoes & plate tectonics, earthquakes & mountains, surface & ground water, wind & currents, atmosphere & weather, climate change, oceans, our moon & solar system, & earth’s history. (NSF)

http://earthsci.terc.edu/navigation/investigation.cfm

“Red Rock Adventures: A Teacher’s Guide to Canyon Country Outdoor Education” provides 100 science activities for Grades 1-6. The guide also outlines 18 one-day field trips. While best suited to the high desert of southeastern Utah, many field trips can be adapted for other sites. (NPS)

http://www.nps.gov/seug/ccoe/guide.html#

“Watershed Ecology” introduces basic watershed ecology concepts. It examines physical forces that shape watershed ecosystems, plants & animals that inhabit watersheds, typical watershed structures, & how watersheds function — at different geographic scales & over time. (EPA)

http://www.epa.gov/owowwtr1/watershed/wacademy/acad2000/ecology/

Social studies

“Archeology for Interpreters: A Guide to the Knowledge of the Resource” can help students learn about archeological methods & how archeological interpretations are made. It is organized around questions that include: What is archeology? What do archeologists do? How do archeologists determine how old things are? (NPS)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/afori/

“Cowpens National Battlefield” commemorates a battle at the “cow pens” in South Carolina (January 1781) that helped turn the tide of war in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. Coming on the heels of a patriot victory at nearby Kings Mountain (October 1780), it was the second successive staggering defeat for British forces under General Cornwallis. Nine months later (October 1781), Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. (NPS)

http://www.nps.gov/cowp/

“Effigy Mounds National Monument On-Line Teacher’s Guide” offers 40 lesson ideas in archeology, art, language arts, math, science, social studies, & other subject areas. The website also provides articles on the history, geology, & ecology of the mounds. (NPS)

http://www.nps.gov/efmo/parks/table_of_contents.htm

“Eisenhower Home Virtual Tour” walks students through the only place President Eisenhower

& his wife ever called home. In 1950, as they approached

retirement, the Eisenhowers purchased a farm adjoining Gettysburg National Military Park. During his Presidency, President & Mrs. Eisenhower used the farm as a weekend retreat, a refuge in time of illness, & a comfortable meeting place for world leaders. (NPS)

http://www.nps.gov/eise/tour1a.htm

“Grant-Kohrs Ranch” commemorates America’s frontier cattle era. The ranch — located north of Yellowstone in Deer Lodge, Montana – is among the best surviving examples of an economic strategy based on the western cattle industry of the 1850s-1970s. A German immigrant, Conrad Kohrs, purchased the ranch in 1866 & began by supplying to mining camp butcher shops. In 1874 he inaugurated rail shipment to Chicago’s Union Stock Yard. He upgraded the bloodlines of his stock by introducing purebred Shorthorn & Hereford cattle, which were better suited to the northern climate & put weight on faster than the rangy Texas Longhorns. He located & moved cattle among rangeland in four states & two Canadian provinces. This website tells his story. It includes information about cowboys, cattle drives,

& the winter of 1886. (NPS)

http://www.nps.gov/grko/kohrs.htm

“Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen” defines “strong character” & how parents can help children develop it. The booklet includes chapters on “dealing with media pressures” & working with schools, lists of books & magazines that can support character development, & 18 activities. (ED)

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/citizen/index.html

“Revolutionary War Timeline” describes 125 battles, incidents, & other developments during

the Revolutionary War. Descriptions are brief (often one sentence) & presented chronologically over the nine-year war.

http://www.nps.gov/cowp/Timeline.htm

“Rise & Fall of Jim Crow” accompanies a PBS series examining the century of segregation following the Civil War (1863-1954). “Jim Crow,” a name taken

from a popular 19th-century minstrel song, came to personify government-sanctioned racial oppression & segregation in the U.S. This website describes pivotal developments during that time — the Emancipation Proclamation, the Compromise of 1877, the Brown v. Board of Education decision, & others. It tells of actions taken by Presidents, Congress, & the Supreme Court, as well as organizations that opposed & supported Jim Crow. Interactive maps show Jim Crow laws across the U.S. (& over time), as well as migration patterns, population changes, & more. Individuals who endured Jim Crow tell their stories. A 20-minute video, narrated by Ozzie Davis, recounts the 1919 Elaine, Arkansas, riot & its aftermath. (NEH)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

“Ships/Piers, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park” presents photos & stories of six of the park’s collection of 100 of schooners, ferryboats, tugs, & other traditional & significant small boats. (NPS)

http://www.nps.gov/safr/local/ship.html

Vocational education

“A Career Afloat: Gateway to Maritime Employment” describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, & employment opportunities.#

http://marad.dot.gov/acareerafloat/

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