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AAM Electronic Newsletter
Published by An Adventure of the American Mind at Mars Hill College
Vol. 8 Issue 26 - April 6, 2007
LOC Learning Page - Change is Coming
So ... what's been added to the Library of Congress Web site that will be of interest to teachers? Here's but the tip of the iceberg (Editor’s note: I have shortened the items already featured in earlier AAM eNewsletters)...
From The Learning Page: Collection Connections...
France in America
This bilingual collection contains books, maps, prints, and other documents that illuminate the role France played in exploration and settlement, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution. Offering teaching strategies for viewing history from different perspectives, this Collection Connection will be useful to both world and American history teachers.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/france/index.html
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers
This collection documents the Civil War experience of a Union soldier, primarily through letters written between 1861 and 1865. The Collection Connection encourages making personal connections with history by considering the lives of this young Union soldier and his family during the Civil War -- drudgery of life in military camps, details of troop movements, experiences of a prisoner of war, a soldier's view of politics, and feelings of homesickness and familial love.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/reynolds/index.html
A New Library Of Congress Project
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
A partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, this project allows visitors read the news BEFORE it became history in this rich resource. View newspaper pages from 1900 to 1910 from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, and Virginia (initial pilot states), and find information about other newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present. http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/
New Collections From The Library Of Congress
Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal
This collection captures the culture and music of the men, women, and children who worked and lived along the Ohio and Erie Canal. Nye was born and raised on a canal boat and never lost his love of the "Big Ditch," as evidenced by his work to preserve its songs and stories. Listen to the recordings of 75 songs, sung by Nye (recorded by John, Alan, and Elizabeth Lomax, and Ivan Walton between June 1937 and September 1938). Read Nye's letters and transcriptions of song lyrics. View a snapshot of history through the collection's photographs.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/nye/index.html
Frontline Diplomacy, The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
ttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/diplomacy/index.html
The Kislak Collection
http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/kislak.html
Experiencing War: Women at War
From the Veterans History Project, study interviews and photographs that span four wars. The collection includes nurses' tales, the stories of a code breaker, a welder, a flight surgeon, and women who rose through the ranks to secure places in the military history books.
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-womenatwar.html
Have You Seen The Library's New Topical Portals?
This content is created to celebrate nationally observed "months," but we teach these topics, year-round! Consider bookmarking these "portal" sites, as they offer quick entry to multimedia collections, timely webcasts, and more:
African American History Month
http://www.loc.gov/topics/africanamericans/
Women's History Month
http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory/
More topics are coming...
Professional Development Opportunities
The Library of Congress Summer Institutes for Educators
Happily, the Institutes have all been filled. We look forward to making new friends as well as seeing some old friends this summer!
If you plan to visit the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in Atlanta, consider registering for a half-day, hands-on workshop "The Library of Congress: The Crash Course" (Tuesday, June 26, 1-4 p.m.).
Thanks to the Library of Congress Educational Outreach Staff
National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month. And our friends at LEARN NC have done us a tremendous favor. To help you observe the Month of Poetry in April — and all year long —they have compiled a special collection of poetry resources from their collections that includes many more great websites, articles, and lesson plans. http://www.learnnc.org/support/poetapril
LOC Community Center – Poetry and Literature
From the LOC’s Learning Page, here is a great spot for classroom resources for literature and poetry, including a primary source set and teacher’s guide.
ttp://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_literature.php
New Eaglet Video Cam
A few weeks ago, I sent you a link to an eagle web cam located outside of Washington, DC. Unfortunately, the harsh weather resulted in a less than positive outcome for the eagle family. But down in Norfolk, Virginia, there is a web cam (sponsored by a local TV station, so you may have to register) in the Norfolk Botanical Gardens that can help you look in on an eagle pair and their three fat chicks - extremely cute little guys. They also have web cams that look in on falcons nesting on the James River Bridge and Shenandoah National Park. Take a look at… http://www.wvec.com/cams/eagle1.html
Classroom Gardening Links
Here are a number of links sent in by a teacher in Western North Carolina. She has discovered a great website for those who work with any type of gardening, whether it be an outdoor or indoor one, with lots of ideas across the curriculum. It's www.ncagintheclassroom.com and is sponsored by NC Farm Bureau. It also has several helpful links.
In the same category is http://www.growing-minds.org, a project of its parent Appalachian Sustainable Agricultural Project, www.asapconnections.org/. If you live in this area, Emily and Molly are fabulous if you need help starting a classroom garden. Located in Asheville, they will even visit a school to help out with suggestions or connections...a great resource!
Thanks to AAM alumni teacher Tamara Main Houchard in Mitchell County, NC
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More input + greater diversity = better newsletter. Be part of the equation! Thanks to everyone who has sent submissions to me. Please continue to send your favorite resources and successes to your either of your editors, Liz Lang at elang@mhc.edu, or AnneMarie Walter at awalter@mhc.edu. I will feature them in coming newsletters and on the AAM program Web site.
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