Catholic Youth and School Services –
Diocese of Toledo
Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence (FREE) website.
FREE makes it easy for teachers, parents, students, & others to find
teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal organizations. http://www.ed.gov/free/
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Acronyms:
DOE -- Department of Energy
LOC -- Library of Congress
NASA -- National
Aeronautics & Space Administration
NEH -- National Endowment for the
Humanities
NGA -- National Gallery of Art
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"Cultural Arts
Resources for Teachers & Students" features resources & best
practices for combining oral history & community study with dance, theater,
music, & visual arts. This
site also presents curricular materials from City Lore, an organization that
sponsors artist residencies in schools & staff development for teachers in
New York & other cities. (NEH) http://www.carts.org/
"Spirit of an
Age" provides information about 15 images from one of the most significant
presentations of 19th-century German painting ever shown in the U.S. The 75 works by 35 artists were on
display from the collection of the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery), Berlin. (NGA) http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/spiritinfo.htm
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"Human Genome Project
Education Resources" offers curriculum modules, a newsletter, a molecular
genetics primer, tutorials on biomolecules & biological processes, an
overview of research on mutant genes & hereditary diseases, an online resource
for learning biology, publications, teaching aids, animations, & other
learning resources related to genetics. (DOE) http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/education/education.html
"MicroWorlds"
looks at materials sciences research at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), a
facility that produces light one billion times brighter than the sun &
offers opportunities for studying semiconductors, polymers, malaria, the
electronic structure of matter, & other topics. Instructional modules explore why Kevlar is 20 times
stronger than steel under water, how contaminants move & change in an
ecosystem, & what makes a material a good electrical conductor. (DOE) http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/
"NASA Connect" is
designed to help students in Grades 5-8 see connections between math, science,
& technology concepts taught in the classroom & those used every day by
NASA researchers. Each program
includes a 30-minute TV broadcast, a web activity, & a
lesson guide. Proportional reasoning is the theme of
the 2001-2002 series. (NASA) http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/
"NASA Why? Files"
is a series of 60-minute broadcasts, problem- based activities (such as
"The Case of the Unknown Stink"), an educator's guide, & web
resources designed for Grades 3-5. (NASA)
http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/
"Newton" offers
an "ask a scientist" service, a question of the week, & resources
developed & identified by teachers. (DOE) http://newton.dep.anl.gov/
"Windows to the
Universe" explores the Earth, planets of our solar system, & the
universe. It includes images,
animations, & data sets, & information about books, movies, scientists,
& myths. (NASA) http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
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"Jackie Robinson &
Other Baseball Highlights, 1860-1960" presents 34 images &
descriptions of early baseball, famous players, & more. It includes a print of Union soldiers
playing baseball in a Confederate prisoner of war camp, a photo of the Brooklyn
Atlantics (a team that dominated early baseball by winning championships in
1861, 1864, & 1865), & what is believed to be the first photo of a
softball. Links are provided to
"Baseball, the Color Line, & Jackie Robinson" & a collection
of 2,000 baseball cards. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/jr/jrintro.html
"Marcus Garvey: Look
for Me in the Whirlwind," the companion website for a film by the same
title, presents interview clips, a timeline, an online forum of scholars,
information about people & events in the film, & a teachers' guide
about this immigrant laborer who, in the early 1900s, rose to lead the largest
black organization in history, was taken to prison in handcuffs, & was
eventually deported. (NEH) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/
"Radio Fights Jim
Crow" looks at a series of radio programs aired during World War II in an
effort to mend racial & ethnic divisions in America. (NEH) http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/jim_crow/index.html
"Ralph Bunche: An
American Odyssey," the companion website for a film by the same title,
chronicles the life & legacy of this mediator & U.N. diplomat who was
the first person of color anywhere in the world to be awarded the Nobel Prize
for Peace. (NEH) http://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/
"Scottsboro: An
American Tragedy," the companion website for a film by the same title,
provides a timeline, maps, teachers' guide, & other resources for examining
the 1931 rape accusation in Paint Rock, Alabama -- made by two white women
against 9 nine black teenagers -- that began one of the most significant legal
fights of the 20th century. (NEH) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/index.html
"What Is an
American?" invites students to read life histories from the interviews of
everyday Americans conducted between 1936-1940 & consider to what extent
Jean de Crevecoeur's definition of an American holds true today. In "Letters from an American
Farmer," published in 1782, Crevecoeur wrote that an American, if he were
"honest, sober & industrious," prospered in a welcoming land of
opportunity. (LOC) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/american/intro.html