K12> New Learning Resources at FREE (February 14, 2003)
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Subject: New Learning Resources at FREE (February 14, 2003)
SEVENTEEN NEW LEARNING RESOURCES in social studies have been
added to FREE, including one for President's Day.
The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
website makes it easy for teachers, parents, students, &
others to find learning resources from more than 40 federal
organizations.
http://www.ed.gov/free
The 17 new resources are described below.
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Social studies
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"President's Day: United in Service"
was unveiled February 14, 2003, at the White House website for
kids. This new feature includes web-exclusive videos,
presidential biographies developed with help from area 5th-
graders, coloring pages by a White House artist, & resources
on volunteer service, history, & civics. In web videos, "Lord
of the Rings" actor Sean Astin, Arizona Diamondback Luis
Gonzalez, & former Washington Redskin Darrell Green discuss
the importance of volunteer service. (WH)
http://whitehousekids.gov
"Attu: North American Battleground of World War II"
is the site of the only land battle on the North American
continent during World War II. In June 1942, Japanese forces
invaded Attu & other Aleautian islands. Americans feared the
islands would be used as a staging area to attack the
mainland. The U.S. had to regain the Aleutians at all costs.
(NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/7attu/7attu.htm
"The Battle of Oriskany: Blood Shed a Stream Running Down"
tells how long-standing prejudices & the Revolutionary War
unleashed massive bloodshed among inhabitants of New York's
Mohawk Valley. Located in rich farmland & at a strategic
point in a fur trade route, the valley had been settled by
Dutch, German, Irish, Scotch, & British immigrants who had
prospered from productive farms & lucrative trade. As war
broke out, everyone had to choose sides: Rebel or Tory. It
was not easy for many, including the Iroquois Confederacy,
which could not agree. Five hundred years of unity among the
Six Nations was broken. On August 6, 1777, as Rebels crossed
a ravine preparing to attack a British camp, they were
ambushed by Seneca Tories. Thus began the battle where
neighbor fought neighbor & a quiet ravine became a bloody
slaughterhouse. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/79oriskany/79oriskany.htm
"Chicago's Columbus Park: The Prairie Idealized"
presents the story of Jens Jensen, who immigrated from Denmark
to the U.S. in the 1880s, took a job as a Chicago street
sweeper, was promoted to gardener, & rose to renown as a
landscape architect. Jensen aimed to portray "the soul of the
landscape" & developed the "Prairie style," incorporating
regional trees & flowers in idealized settings of groves,
streams, limestone outcroppings, & flat fields. His crowning
achievement was Columbus Park, a 150-acre park of wildflowers,
waterfalls, stepping stone paths, & a river 7 miles from
downtown Chicago. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/81columbus/81columbus.htm
"Coffeyville, Kansas: The Town That Stopped the Dalton Gang"
recounts the bank robbery attempt that made Coffeyville famous
in 1892. Bob Dalton's gang had been robbing trains, stealing
horses, & looting gambling houses in the Midwest. But Dalton
wanted more. He claimed he would "beat anything Jesse James
ever did -- rob two banks at once, in broad daylight." This
is the story of his attempt to do so & the response he met
from the citizens of this small southeastern Kansas town.
When the dust had settled, more than half a dozen citizens &
four of the five outlaws lay dead. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/99condon/99condon.htm
"The Freeman School: Building Prairie Communities"
examines a once common feature on the American West landscape:
the one-room schoolhouse. This particular one-room school,
originally known as the Red-Brick School House, served the
community of Blakely Township, Nebraska, from 1872 to 1967.
When closed, it was the oldest continuously used one-room
school in Nebraska. It served not only as a school, but also
as a church, meeting hall, polling place, & social & political
center of the community. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/80homestead/80homestead.htm
"Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering"
was the first highway by which visitors could see the lakes,
glaciers, alpine peaks, & meadows of Glacier National Park.
Work on the 50-mile route, which connected the east & west
sides of the park & crossed the Continental Divide at Logan
Pass, began in 1921. The high technical standards of the
Bureau of Public Roads (later the Federal Highway
Administration) needed to be balanced with the commitment of
the National Park Service to minimize damage to the landscape.
This website tells how those goals were pursued & why this
road served as a model for subsequent road construction in
national & state parks for more than 25 years. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/95sunroad/95sunroad.htm
"Hardin County, Iowa"
presents 26 historic places -- barns, civic buildings,
churches, railroad depots, schools, & libraries -- that depict
the history of this county, known as the "Heart of the
Heartland." (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/hardin/
"Hispano Ranchos of Northern New Mexico: Continuity & Change"
features the small subsistence farms, or ranchos, created by
"Hispanos," early Spanish settlers of New Mexico, during the
1800s in the mountain valleys of the Pecos & Mora rivers.
Houses were built from the same adobe used to construct Indian
pueblos & Spanish missions, with decorative details added
based on architectural fashions brought to New Mexico after it
became a U.S. territory in 1851. Irrigation ditches were dug
& regulated by rules dating back centuries. The website
provides an historical view of this region during the 19th
century & of the Hispanos' cultural heritage & how they
adapted to change. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/96ranchos/96ranchos.htm
"Hopewell Furnace: A Pennsylvania Iron-making Plantation"
focuses on one of the 65 small ironworks operating in
southeast Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. The
Hopewell Furnace, located in forested hills & valleys along
French Creek in Berks County, operated from 1771 to 1883. The
furnace was the center of a self-contained hierarchical
community of 200-300 people, all of whose work was related to
the production of iron. Hopewell produced shot & cannon for
Continental forces during the Revolution; between 1825 & 1844,
it supplied various iron products to eastern cities, including
the popular "Hopewell Stove." This website offers a glimpse
into the early days of the iron & steel industry, which played
a central role in the growth of America as an industrial
nation. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/97hopewell/97hopewell.htm
"Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England"
examines the life & times of the Reverend Joseph Bellamy
(1719-1790), a leading preacher, author, & educator in New
England. At the age of 20, Bellamy became the minister in
Bethlehem, Connecticut, in 1740. He & other ministers,
including Jonathan Edwards, spent most of 1741-1742 riding
about New England delivering impassioned sermons to bring
sinners back to the fold of the church. The movement, known as
the Great Awakening, appealed particularly to working class
people & spread throughout the northern & central colonies.
Through his sermons & writings, Bellamy linked traditional
Calvinist doctrine with reformers' belief that the "call of
the gospel was to everyone without exception." He molded
religion to fit people instead of vice versa -- an approach
many of his colleagues opposed vehemently. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/85bellamy/85bellamy.htm
"Lexington, Kentucky: The Athens of the West"
highlights 29 places that illustrate the transformation of the
city from a small frontier post during the Revolutionary War
into a center of economic, intellectual, & political activity.
Photos, maps, & essays are included. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lexington/
"Memories of Montpelier: Home of James & Dolley Madison"
describes the setting, main house, & grounds of the home of
our fourth President & "father" of our Constitution. It also
looks at daily life in this 19th century home on a 5,000-acre
plantation in the Piedmont of Virginia. The Madisons received
many visitors. In fact, it was not uncommon for them to have
as many as 25 guests requiring both room & board. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/46montpelier/46montpelier.htm
"Springwood: Birthplace & Home to Franklin D. Roosevelt"
is the only place in the U.S. where a President was born,
maintained a lifelong connection, & lies buried. The estate,
located in Hyde Park on the Hudson River (New York), is where
Roosevelt was raised & where he & his wife, Eleanor, raised
their five children. From the time of his first political
election, he delivered his acceptance speeches from the
portico of this house. Cabinet members, heads of state,
royalty, congressmen, senators, & Secret Service stayed at the
house during his presidency. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/82springwood/82springwood.htm
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INTEGRATE FOLKLORE, MUSIC, & TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Folk music - sung during the days before there was a music
industry when the role of music was about your life -
about the life and times that most of us don't experience
anymore and when the music was sung because it helped
people through it and sustained them.
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/folk.html>
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"Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site: Birthplace of the Modern
Presidency"
examines the career of our 26th President -- the conditions
under which he became a vice presidential candidate, the
assassination of President McKinley, the home where TR was
hastily inaugurated in 1901, & the influence he exerted on the
nation & the presidency. His inauguration marked a turning
point in the role of the presidency, launching a change in
national policy & propelling the U.S. into world affairs.
(NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/77troosevelt/77troosevelt.htm
"These Honored Dead: The Battle of Rivers Bridge & Civil War Combat
Casualties"
recounts a battle in a cold, rainy swamp in South Carolina
during the last year of the war. In contrast to major
campaigns & battles, this small battle presents the war on a
human scale. Through maps, illustrations, photos, &
descriptions, one can comprehend the entire battlefield &
tactics used there. Excerpts from letters help students see
the war & its effects from the perspective of individual
commanders & soldiers. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/94rivers/94rivers.htm
"The War Relocation Camps of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger
Than Justice"
looks at the causes & consequences of President Franklin
Roosevelt's executive order, signed two months after the
attack on Pearl Harbor, that moved nearly 120,000 Japanese &
Japanese Americans into 10 isolated relocation centers. The
website provides an excerpt from the executive order as well
as headlines from newspapers, a 1942 notice of "instructions
to all persons of Japanese ancestry," a description of life in
the relocation centers, maps, photos of a typical barracks
room & mess hall, & more. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89manzanar.htm
Acronyms
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NPS,NRHP -- National Park Service, Nat. Register of Historic Places
WH -- White House
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