UPDATED> New Learning Resources at FREE (Jan 16, 2003)

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From: "Winters, Kirk" <Kirk.Winters@xxxxxx>
To: "Information from & about the U.S. Department of Education  publications &
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Subject: New Learning Resources at FREE (Jan 16, 2003)
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:45:31 -0500

      TWELVE NEW LEARNING RESOURCES in arts, science, & social
      studies have been added to FREE.

      They include the Mars Exploration Rover Mission website & the
      story of America's journey to the moon.  Also, four resources
      are featured for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 19).

      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

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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: The Making of a Dream"
      is a 30-minute documentary for middle and high school students
      that airs January 19 at 8:00 am & 2:00 pm (ET & PT) on the
      History Channel.  It includes guest appearances by Congressman
      Harold Ford, Jr., Dule Hill ("The West Wing"), & Education
      Secretary Rod Paige. (ED/HC)
      http://www.ed.gov/free

"History & Politics Out Loud"
      features sound files of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
      address & other speeches. (NEH)
      http://www.hpol.org/master.php?t=browse&s=speaker&id=12

"We Shall Overcome, Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement"
      is a travel itinerary of 41 churches, houses, & other
      properties related to the post-World War II civil rights
      movement. (NPS)
      http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

"Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site"
      looks at Atlanta's Auburn Avenue, the neighborhood where the
      civil rights leader was born & raised.  "Sweet Auburn" became
      the center of African American life in Atlanta between 1910 &
      1930. (NPS)
      http://www.nps.gov/malu/

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Arts
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"Chesterwood: Workshop of an American Sculptor"
      describes the work & estate of one of America's most important
      sculptors.  Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) produced more
      than 100 works -- including the statue of Abraham Lincoln for
      the Lincoln Memorial -- during a period when sculptors enjoyed
      high status.  Models & sketches from the Lincoln project,
      which took nine years, are provided, as are photos of the
      farmhouse that he converted into his estate & workshop.
      (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/100chesterwood/100chesterwood.htm

"Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking
Workshop"
      features works by the master printmaker & by his
      collaborators, students, & friends.  Blackburn (1920-2003)
      changed the course of American art through his graphic work &
      the Printmaking Workshop, which he founded in New York City in
      1948.  His experiments in color lithography helped fuel the
      explosion of graphic art during the 1960s. (LOC)
      http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/blackburn/

"Mark Rothko: The Mural Projects"
      presents nine works by one of America's foremost artists.  The
      works are related to two mural commissions from the 1950s-
      1960s.  Rothko (1903-1970) is closely identified with the New
      York School, a circle of painters that emerged during the
      1940s.  He created a new & impassioned form of abstract
      painting. (NGA)
      http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/rothkoinfo.htm

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Science
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"America's Space Program: Exploring a New Frontier"
      tells the story of America's journey to the moon.  The
      creation of NASA, the Apollo vehicles, & the January 1967
      tragedy are part of the story.  On July 20, 1969, as the Eagle
      lunar module approached the moon, it became clear that the
      computer had chosen an unacceptable landing site -- a boulder-
      strewn crater.  With 114 seconds of fuel left, astronauts
      Armstrong & Aldrin overrode the computers & manually landed
      the Eagle. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
      www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/101space/101space.htm

"Galileo's Battle for the Heavens"
      explains why Galileo is the father of modern science, why
      Galileo's refractor & Newton's reflector remain the two
      standard types of optical telescopes today, & Galileo's big
      mistake.  See demonstrations of his experiments, an
      illustrated chronology of his life, an online pendulum, & an
      interactive inclined plane. (NSF)
      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/

"Mars Exploration Rover Mission"
      provides images & updates on the two Mars rovers, Spirit
      (which landed January 3, 2004) & Opportunity (which is
      expected to land January 24, 2004).  Videos & text depict the
      challenges of getting to Mars:  testing the rovers on Martian
      terrain, launching the rovers, navigating their flights,
      bringing them into the Martian atmosphere, landing them, &
      getting them out of the lander cocoon. (NASA)
      http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

"The Secret Life of the Brain"
      presents a history of efforts to understand the brain, a
      three-dimensional tour of the brain, optical illusions, & an
      animation showing how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) works.
      Videoclips examine how the brain evolves & differs from
      infancy to childhood, adolescence, & through adulthood. (NSF)
      http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/

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Social Studies
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"Back Stairs at Brucemore: Life as Servants in Early 20th Century
America"
      looks at the role of servants at a 33-acre estate during the
      early 1900s.  The 21-room mansion was built in Cedar Rapids,
      Iowa, in the 1880s with a separate entrance, dining area, &
      stairs for servants.  Servants cleaned house, supervised
      children, washed laundry, cooked meals, cared for the garden &
      farm animals, & maintained carriages & cars.  Floor plans,
      photos, & diary excerpts are included. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/105brucemore/105brucemore.htm

"New Kent School & the George W. Watkins School: From Freedom of
Choice to Integration"
      focuses on the 1968 Supreme Court ruling that ended a decade
      of resistance to school desegregation in the South (1955-1964)
      & triggered massive integration of schools (1968-1973).  The
      New Kent & George W. Watkins schools illustrated typical
      characteristics of a southern rural school system that
      achieved token desegregation following the Brown decision.
      (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/104newkent/104newkent.htm

"Paterson, New Jersey: America's Silk City"
      describes conditions that led to the famous 1913 strike in a
      city that produced nearly half the U.S.'s manufactured silk.
      Conflicts between labor & management increased in the U.S.
      during the early 20th century.  In Paterson, on January 27,
      1913, when Henry Doherty tried to extend a new "four-loom
      system" throughout his plant, 800 silk weavers walked out.
      More than 20,000 Paterson silk workers took part in the
      strike, which lasted over five months. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/102paterson/102paterson.htm

"Wheat Farms, Flour Mills, & Railroads: A Web of Interdependence"
      examines those three industries as they evolved together in
      the Minneapolis-St. Paul area & North Dakota during the late
      1800s.  The three depended on each other for success &
      propelled this region to dominance in U.S. flour production
      for more than half a century. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
      www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/106wheat/106wheat.htm

   Acronyms
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ED/HC -- Department of Education & The History Channel
LOC -- Library of Congress
NASA -- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NEH -- National Endowment for the Humanities
NGA -- National Gallery of Art
NPS -- National Park Service
NPS,TwHP,NRHP -- Nat'l Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places,
Nat'l Register of Historic Places
NSF -- National Science Foundation

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