************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: learningpage@xxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 17:04:55 -0500 THE NEW, THE IMPROVED...THE SOURCE The Learning Page staff has been working hard to update The Source, an online newsletter of articles written by educators just like you. The Source provides feature articles, teaching ideas, and tech tips for using primary sources from the American Memory collections of The Library of Congress. Have something to share? You can now submit your own article for publication in the online newsletter. Come take a look! http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/am_newsletter/index.php THE MARCH COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOW AVAILABLE How often do we hear America's story told from a woman's perspective or see it written in a woman's hand? What contributions have women made to the shaping of our country and our culture? Join us in the March Community Center to explore "Her Story" through primary sources from The Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_herstory.php ************************************************************************** ActiveServers, Inc ServerFarm, Co-Location, Point to Point Wireless, Consulting, and Windows dotnet Servers. Premium Hosting Solutions on multiple OC-48 redundant connections. Visit http://activeservers.com ************************************************************************** LIVE ONLINE CHAT SESSION MARCH 20th Mark your calendars! We will be hosting a live, online chat session on March 20th at 8:00 PM EST to discuss Her Story: Women's History in America through resources from The Library of Congress. This session will be facilitated by Leni Donlan, The Learning Page Project Coordinator. Please join us! You may participate as a Guest or Registered User. Registration: http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/chat/chat_register.html Log on to the Chat Session (March 20, 2003 8:00 PM EST): http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/chat/chat_logon.html NEW ACTIVITIES ON THE LEARNING PAGE >From Slavery to Civil Rights Use this interactive online activity to introduce a study of African-American history. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/civilrights/flash.html Looking Into Holidays Past Focusing on holiday themed resources, help your students analyze what they see, hear and read in primary sources. This activity is updated quarterly with a seasonal look and new resources! http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/doc_analysis/flash.html Zoom Into Maps! Using historic maps from the Library of Congress, help students discover the stories that maps can tell us. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/index.html NEW LESSON PLANS Created Equal? (Grades 6-12) Students argue Thomas Jefferson's intentions in the Declaration of Independence statement, "All men are created equal". http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/01/equal/index.html Ladies, Contraband, and Spies: Women in the Civil War (Grades 10-11) Through a series of document galleries, students explore the perspectives of slave women, plantation mistresses, female spies, and Union women during the Civil War. Ultimately, students understand the human consequences of this war, especially for women. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/01/spies/index.html Mapping My Spot in History (Grades 6-8) Students create their town's history for coming generations and place themselves on the map in a literal as well as figurative sense, by producing portions of an updated version of an early twentieth century panoramic map from the American Memory collections. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/01/map/ THE LEARNING PAGE SYMPOSIUM Join Library of Congress staff in The Learning Page Symposium, an online discussion forum created to discuss the timely themes of the Community Center. Join colleagues from across the country in a discussion of "Her Story" during the month of March. http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/WebX?14@@.ee6b530 Look for more news from The Learning Page soon! ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************