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Library of Congress Email Update for Teachers Update

Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:24:20 -0500 (CDT)
September 2008 Email Update from the Educational Outreach Team of the Library of Congress

Hope everyone is having a great start to the school year. We hope this quarter's update gives you some suggestions for activities to use inside the classroom and places for you to go for professional development outside of the classroom.

National Book Festival and Young Readers Toolkit
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/2008/toolkit/
Please join us at the National Book Festival September 27th on the National Mall.  Among some 70 authors and illustrators participating this year are Tiki Barber, Marc Brown, R. L. Stein, Judith Viorst, Sharon Draper, Neil Gaiman, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Robert Sabuda, Dorren Cronin and Steven Kellogg. Jon Scieszka, the National Ambassador for Young People=92s Literature and Pat Ryan, the new Poet Laureate, will also be in attendance.  Also meet illustrator Jan Brett who created this year=92s Book Festival poster. Make sure to visit the Library of Congress Pavilion to learn about the new Library of Congress experience, the World Digital Library, our collaboration with Flickr and how to preserve your home library. Visit the Pavilion of the States to learn about reading programs in your state and the Let=92s Read America Pavilion with fun activities to spur families to enjoy reading.
For those who cannot attend the book festival think about planning one of your own. The Young Readers=92 Toolkit helps to bring the National Book Festival into libraries, schools and homes across the country.  The Toolkit features information about National Book Festival authors who write for children and teens, podcasts of their readings, teaching tools and activities for kids. This interactive resource also shows educators, parents and children how they can host their own book festival.

The Am=E9ricas Award for Children= =92s and Young Adult Literature
http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/aa/index.cfm
The Hispanic Division and the Center for the book invite everyone to join them and the Consortium of Latin American Studies program for the awarding of the Americas Award for Children and Young Adult Literature to Pat Mora and Rafael L=F3pez the author and illustrator of Yum! =A1Mmmm!  =A1Qu=E9 Rico! America=92s Sproutings and Laura Resau, the author of Red Glass. The ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 4th from 10am-12 at the Mumford Room in the James Madison Building at the Library of Congress. The Am=E9ricas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.  Please call 202-707-2013 to confirm your attendance.

Apply to be part of the Internet Archive k-12 project 
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
Could your school be one of 10 middl= e or high schools helping to capture and archive today's primary source materials on the Web?
A small number of individuals and institutions recognize the importance of archiving and preserving the often transitory digital cultural artifacts that are distributed over the Web. But so far, the vast majority of decisions about what Web sites will live into the future have been made by adults, and reflect adults=92 sensibilities about what constitutes the important stuff of history. The Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and California Digital Library are collaborating on a project that explores archiving the Web from the perspective of adolescents.
Find a complete project description and the brief application in the "Featured Resources" section at http://www.loc.gov/teachers/. Apply by September 30 for full consideration.

Come see Library staff at NCTE an= d NCSS
Planning to attend the National Council of Teachers of English annual convention in San Antonio in November? There is still space available in the post-conference workshop "Teaching with Primary Sources to Develop Critical Literacy," scheduled for Monday, 11/24/2008, 9 a.m.-3:30 a.m.   This hands-on workshop will model activities for incorporating primary sources into literacy instruction across the curriculum. Registration and an additional fee are required.

Planning to attend the National Council of Social Studies conference in Houston November 14-16? Library staff will be involved in the following sessions:
Using Primary Sources and Technology to Celebrate the Lincoln Bicentennial
The directors of the Teaching with Primary Sources Programs from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois University, the Abraham Lincoln Fellow from Colorado and Library of Congress staff member will talk about resources and strategies for integrating primary sources into your lessons about Lincoln for the upcoming bicentennial celebration. 

Carter G. Woodson Award Books as Hooks to Primary Sources
Gail Petri of the Educational Outreach Team will show participants strategies for combining NCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award winners with online primary sources to encourage critical thinking and enhance student learning.

Library of Congress Staff will also present a two hour workshop on Sunday morning called the =93Library of Congress: The Power of Primary Sources.=94 During this workshop participants will learn strategies for using free Library resources to engage students and stimulate critical thinking. Help students gain a powerful sense of history and the complexity of the past.

Immigration Primary Source Set
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_immigration_kit.php
The theme for this set is challenges facing new immigrants. Included are maps, images, a sound recording and several documents that will help when discussing immigration in American History.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
http://www.loc.gov/topics/hispanicheritage/
In collaboration with several museum= s the Library has mounted a Hispanic Heritage month website with links to resources on our website and activities happening at the Library to celebrate the Hispanic community. Of special interest will be the Veterans History Project feature Hispanics in Service, which highlights the inspirational stories of Hispanic Americans who fought for democracy while facing discrimination on the home front.

Elections
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_elections.php
Want to help students learn more about the process of electing a president? Visit our election thematic resource to find a variety of sources focusing on the election process. Of special interest will be our elections feature which focuses on the process of electing a president.

Great Depression Thematic Resource
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_greatdepression.php
Listening to stories about our current financial crisis may have students thinking about the Great Depression. Explore our thematic resource to see the vast collection of Library of Congress resources on the Great Depression and how the United States dealt with this crisis. Of special interest is the Primary Source set focusing on the ravages of the Dust Bowl.

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Looking for up to date information about what=92s happening on Capitol Hill? Visit the Thomas website where you can determine the status of a bill of interest, find out which bills your senators and representatives are sponsoring and read about the latest activities on the House and Senate floor.

New Lesson Plans and MyLOC.gov
http://myloc.gov/Education/Pages/Default.aspx
Visit MyLOC.gov t= o see our new lesson plans on the Huexotzinco Codex, the creation of the Constitution, the voyage of Sir Francis Drake and The Minerva Mosaic at the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Make sure to spend some time looking at our two newest activities The Declaration of Independence: Rewriting the Rough Draft and Thomas Jefferson's Library: Connecting the Books to the Life.

New Webguides from the Digital Reference Section
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/bibguide.html
The Digital Reference Section has created a variety of new guides to help you maneuver your way around the Library=92s website. Included are links to information on the various state memory projects to help preserve local history and primary sources, how to find stories and poem and do effective poetry analysis, links to resources on the New Deal, the Revolutionary War and World War 2.

Digital Natives Cybercasts
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/results.php?cat=3D8
Unable to attend the series on digital natives? You can view the webcasts of these presentations and others from the Library=92s website. All you need is Real Media to view the presentations by Douglas Rushkoff, Stephen Berlin Johnson and Edith Ackermann.

Professional Development Opportunities
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/index.html
Information about some of our professional development opportunities can be found on the Professional Development section of the Teachers Page. We will also post information here in mid to late January about the Summer Teacher institutes.

News For Teachers RSS Feeds
http://www.loc.gov/rss/
We are doing weekly RSS feeds featuring updates on new Web content, professional development opportunities, Library programs, events and services of special interest to educators. If you are interested in registering to receive RSS feeds please visit the website listed above.


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