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Crystal Knutson

National Archives-Educators & Students - 1 views

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UNOREF10 PrimaryDocs USHistory Exhibits

shared by Crystal Knutson on 01 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Ken Dahlenburg on 01 Oct 10
     
    The National Archives' digital classroom for using primary sources. Activities and training for students and teachers. Link to another site for using primary sources, Docs Teach.
  • Crystal Knutson on 02 Oct 10
     
    The exhibits on this site were awesome! From the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence to the Deadly Influenza Virus or Electing a President and Democracy; these were just a few among many that met indicators on my specific grade level, so I'm sure others would work for different elementary grades. My favorite part was the Eyewitness exhibit. It has links to all important moments in US History and has video, songs, and voice recordings to bring students into that very moment in time.
Anne J. Coffman

100 Milestone Documents - 0 views

www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php

Am_History democracy social_studies diversity past future

shared by Anne J. Coffman on 21 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Anne J. Coffman on 21 Sep 10
     
    I really like how user friendly this website is. It has a link to the 100 source documents, but they are also scrolling at the top of the page. I find that really fun and different. I think it would get the kids attention, and let them preview quickly. This site also has a download source book with key ideas for how to use the 100 milestone documents in the classroom.
Beth Eilers

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy - 2 views

www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

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shared by Beth Eilers on 13 Sep 10 - Cached
  • April Jorgensen on 13 Sep 10
     
    This site is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office has hundreds of U.S governmental documents sorted into the following categories: cornerstone documents, Congressional, presidential, judicial, regulatory, demographic, economic and miscellaneous. This site would be great for social studies students who are studying U.S. history, or those who are comparing our government to other countries.
  • Caitlin Nelson on 26 Sep 10
     
    This website has a list of the "cornerstone documents" from our government. Many of these documents like the Bill of Rights, Constitution, and declaration of independence are the documents our country's laws were founded on. Very easy for students to access the most important documents.
  • Beth Eilers on 01 Oct 10
     
    From the Government Printing office... a fabulous and most interesting collection of links to primary and "Core" government documents -- the Declaration of Independence, Presidential Papers, Supreme Court decisions, and more! Great basic resource to help you "GET TO THE SOURCE!"
Sandra Kriz

Sex in the Library: How Gender Differences Should Affect Practices and Programs - 2 views

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gender research stereotypes

shared by Sandra Kriz on 11 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • According to Chapman (1997), boys are about eight times more likely than girls to call out answers and not be rebuked by the teacher, creating a classroom dominated by the more aggressive style of males.
  • Girls read more than boys, but they choose narrative fiction to the neglect of other genres. Simpson (1996) argues that boys' nonfiction reading is more "congruent with the acquisition of social power and financial success" since secondary school and the workplace demand the reading of expository and information texts and the writing of reports, procedures, explanations and arguments.
  • Application to curriculum design  Draw from nonfiction genres (e.g., newspapers, web pages and nonfiction texts) for reading aloud and booktalks.  Encourage resistant readings of literature in Literary Club and Socratic Seminar texts.  Find ways to redesign tradition research essays so that students write debate speeches, briefings and persuasive letters.  For example, collaborate with a math teacher to turn a biography report about a mathematician into an investigation in which students research job opportunities in math or science, then write a résumé (e.g., Job Search: Mathematician).  Students benefit from enriched understanding of applied math or science career opportunities while they are reading and writing in workplace genres.
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  • Seek opportunities for students to experience, rather than just read, about careers (e.g., Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work).  I sponsored our 6th grade students' participation in Hewlett Packard's e-mail mentoring program in which year-long one-to-one mentor relationships were created through e-mail between students and HP employees, a program that can be replicated using local parents.
  • Sandra Kriz on 11 Nov 10
     
    Summary of gender research as it relates to school media and teaching in general. Good links to other resources.
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