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Board, Lewis & Clark (May 4, 2004) Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 16:08:10 -0400 TWELVE NEW LEARNING RESOURCES in arts, foreign languages, science, & social studies have been added to FREE. They're described below. TWO NEW PAGES of learning resources are now available: > Brown v. Board of Education -- in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of this landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision: http://www.ed.gov/free/bveb.html > Lewis & Clark Expedition -- in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the launch of their historic journey: http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html FREE makes finding federal learning resources easier: http://www.ed.gov/free ================= Foreign languages ================= "Project REACH: Recursos para la Ensenanza y el Aprendizaje de las Culturas Hispanas" offers resources on the history & literature of the Spanish language, Latino cultures in the U.S., arts of the Spanish- speaking world, instructional materials for teaching Spanish- speakers, & the Quechua culture indigenous to the remote regions of the Peruvian Andes. (NEH) http://www.nflc.org/REACH/index.htm ============= Language arts ============= "Grapes of Wrath Scrapbook" aims to enhance reading & understanding of "The Grapes of Wrath" through ethnographic research -- collections of sound recordings, drawings, photos, fieldnotes, & correspondence. Students show how cultural artifacts support one of themes in the novel. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/grapes/ ======= Science ======= "Exploratorium Online" features dozens of online learning activities & exhibits. Make a mold terrarium, pinhole projector, telescope, or hair hygrometer. Explore the brain, biodiversity, Antarctica, DNA, frogs, structures, or illusions. Learn about magnetism, electricity, motors, eyeballs, perception, Mars, chocolate, seasonings, or the science of cooking, sports, & music. Search over 3,000 photos & movies. Watch webcasts of science demonstrations by teachers. (NSF) http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html "Helping Your Child Learn Science" offers a dozen fun learning activities parents can use at home to help children (ages 3-10) learn about bubbles, bugs, surface tension, adhesives, friction (using gelatin), volume (using measuring cups), static electricity (using balloons), cause & effect (using plants), chemical reactions (using cake), & more. (ED) http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/science/index.html ============== Social studies ============== "Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site" features Monroe Elementary, the school attended in 1950 by third grader Linda Brown. Because she was black, Brown was barred from attending a white school much closer to her home. The cases brought by father & others led to the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. (NPS) http://www.nps.gov/brvb/ "The Civil War through a Child's Eye" is a lesson plan that uses historical fiction & primary sources to expand students' perceptions of the Civil War era. Photos, non-fiction, & literature (Paul Fleischman's "Bull Run") help students see this era from a child's perspective. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/civilwar/ "Fill up the Canvas" features journal entries from 20 points in the journey of Lewis & Clark: mission preparations, winter in St. Louis, first council with Indians, death of Sergeant Floyd, first killing of a buffalo, Sioux camps, near run-in with Teton Sioux, Rocky Mountains, Nez Perce, falls of the Columbia River, & others. The site also provides letters from Thomas Jefferson to Lewis & Clark; images of people, places, plants, & animals; & maps. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/lewisandclark/index.html "From Fantasy to Flight" provides photos, letters, articles, & resources for learning about the history of flight -- aircraft & balloons, Alexander Graham Bell's aerodynamic studies, the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Igor Sikorsky's helicopters, & Amelia Earhart. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_flight.php "From Slavery to Civil Rights" is a timeline of African-American history. Photos, broadsides, maps, & other items are organized around time periods: slavery, abolition, antebellum, Civil War, reconstruction, progressive era, World War I, between the wars, World War II, & civil rights. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/civilrights/flash.html "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War" provides clips from the documentary, as well as transcripts, a look behind the scenes, & a teacher's guide. Among the featured topics: 40 acres & a mule, plantations in ruins, African American legislators, Northerners in the South, & from slave to sharecropper. (NEH) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/ "Remembering Jim Crow," companion to a radio documentary, examines the system that, for much of the 20th century, barred many African Americans from their rights as U.S. citizens. Read personal histories of segregation. See a sampling of Jim Crow laws. Learn how African Americans fought economic hardships imposed by Jim Crow & how they built social institutions to combat segregation. (NEH) http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/remembering/ "With Wings as Eagles: From Fantasy to Flight" documents the history of human flight. Photos, drawings, & articles are presented in six categories: myth & fantasy, early science, balloons & airships, kites & gliders, the Wright brothers, & after the Wright brothers. 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