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Subject: What's new at FREE?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:00:42 -0800
What's new at FREE?
More than 20 new learning resources in the arts, foreign
languages, health & safety, language arts, science, & social
studies have been added to the FREE website. Teachers,
parents, students, & others are invited to search FREE for
teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal
organizations:
The 20+ new resources are described below.
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New Resources at the FREE Website
(Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
January 9 - March 2001
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Arts
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"2001: A Cyberspace Odyssey" invites teams of teachers to apply to
develop website models that include the visual arts, learning
theories, curriculum content, & resources of the National Gallery
of Art. Three-member teams will participate in a summer seminar, &
a selection of their work will be made available through the
Gallery's website. Applications are due March 31. (NGA)
http://www.nga.gov/education/cyberworkshop.htm
"Modern Art & America: Alfred Stieglitz & His New York Galleries"
brings together for the first time in more than 50 years a
representative collection of paintings, sculptures, & photographs
exhibited in the galleries of one of the most influential figures
in early 20th century art. An aim of this website is to "reveal
more clearly the nature of his [Stieglitz's] contribution to
American art." (NGA)
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/modartinfo.htm
"Prints Abound: Paris in the 1890s" features images that appeared
as posters, albums, books, periodicals, music primers, song sheets,
& folding screens. The prints & color lithography offered painters
such as Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, & Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
a wider audience for their artwork, which was often misunderstood
by the Salon, the organizer of state-sponsored exhibitions. (NGA)
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/printsinfo.htm
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Foreign Languages
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"The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary" is an effort to establish
new dictionaries of Swahili, the most widely spoken language in
Africa. The Kamusi Project features online dictionaries, Swahili
learning resources, a discussion forum, links to Africa related
sites, & images from East Africa. (ED)
http://www.yale.edu/swahili/
"SEAsite" offers language instruction materials as well as
cultural, political, & social information about countries in
Southeast Asia including Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, Vietnam, & the
Philippines. (ED)
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/
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Health & Safety
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"The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC)"
is a central source of information on prevention & intervention
programs, publications, research, & statistics on violence
committed by & against children & teens. (Multiple agencies)
http://www.safeyouth.org
"Promoting Better Health for Young People Through Physical Activity
& Sports" offers 10 strategies for promoting lifelong participation
in physical activity & sports. It also suggests ways that
communities, families, schools, media, afterschool programs, youth
sports programs, & recreation programs can help implement these
strategies. (ED & HHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/presphysactrpt/
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Language Arts
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"The Hannah Arendt Papers" presents selections from the work of a
political philosopher and educator whose writings constitute a
principal source for the study of modern intellectual life.
Selections include an essay on Arendt's intellectual history, a
chronology of her life, & an index of all folders in the Arendt
Papers. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/arendthtml/arendthome.html
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Science
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"Science@NASA" features space science stories & activities in
English & Spanish. Readings are organized around space science,
astronomy, living in space, earth science, biological & physical
sciences, & basic rocketry. (NASA)
http://science.nasa.gov/
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Social Studies
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"Allegheny Portage Railroad: Developing Transportation Technology"
shows the innovative transportation system used in the 1830s-1850s
to tow railroad cars up & down the steep slopes of the Allegheny
Mountains. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/23allegheny/23allegheny.htm
"The Amazing Picture Machine" is a database of photos & graphical
representations on the web. In includes pictures of animals,
architecture, maps, military equipment, paintings, patterns &
shapes, plants & trees, rock stars & world leaders, national parks
& monuments, weather & meteorological phenomena, World War II, &
more. A dozen lesson ideas demonstrate ways pictures can be used
to help students learn. (ED)
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
"Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial
America" looks at this area (along the Lehigh River) that became
the center of industry & community for Moravians, a Protestant
group that migrated to colonial America seeking opportunity & the
chance to spread their religious beliefs. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/59bethlehem/59bethlehem.htm
"Californio to American: A Study in Cultural Change" looks at an
area that was once part of an Indian village, then an outpost
shelter for "vaqueros" (cowhands), & then the site where
"Californios" (Spanish settlers in what is now the state of
California) built small adobe dwellings in the midst of their
cattle ranges. Successive owners altered one dwelling into the
elegant 18-room ranch house there today -- Rancho Los Alamitos.
(NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/8californio/8californio.htm
"Castolon: A Meeting Place of Two Cultures" depicts a small trading
& farming community in southwest Texas, near the border with Mexico
(in today's Big Bend National Park). Castolon was a farming,
ranching, & storekeeping partnership at Camp Santa Helena,
established after the Mexican Revolution (1920). (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/17castolon/17castolon.htm
"Chattanooga, Tennessee: Train Town" helps students see how
geography & promotion combined to encourage the growth of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, & how railroads shaped the organization &
architecture of this city & others from the mid-1800s to mid-1990s.
(NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/52chattanooga/52chattanooga
.htm
"Fort Morgan & the Battle of Mobile Bay" presents firsthand
accounts, maps, & more pertaining to this Civil War conflict
(August 5, 1864) in which Union Admiral David Farragut led about 20
ships & vessels into the torpedo-filled Mobile Bay. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/73morgan/73morgan.htm
"Gran Quivira: A Blending of Cultures in a Pueblo Indian Village"
can help students understand daily life & how it changed for the
Pueblo Indians of Gran Quivira, the largest of the three Salinas
pueblos located in central New Mexico. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/66gran/66gran.htm
"'The Great Chief Justice' at Home" offers photos of John
Marshall's residence in Richmond, Virginia. This website also
describes how Marshall, who wrote 519 opinions in his 34 years as
chief justice (1801-1835), transformed the Supreme Court from
obscurity into a prominent, powerful institution. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/49marshall/49marshall.htm
"Immigration/Migration: Today & During the Great Depression" is a
4-week American history unit for high school. Students conduct
oral history interviews, analyze photos, evaluate the relevance &
accuracy of primary & secondary sources, discuss changes in
immigration & migration over time, & more. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/migrate/intro.html
"The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC)"
provides information about the 54th Presidential inauguration and
previous inaugurations, frequently asked questions about inaugural
events, inauguration trivia, an inauguration quiz, & a scrapbook of
photos, prints, & images from past events. (JCCIC)
http://inaugural.senate.gov/
"Knife River: Early Village Life on the Plains" describes village
life in the Hidatsa & Mandan tribes during the peak of their
culture in the late 18th to early 19th centuries (North Dakota).
It helps students compare information about these seasonally
nomadic Plains villagers with the more popularized film & textbook
history of nomadic horse-culture Indians such as the Lakota &
Cheyenne. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/1knife/1knife.htm
"The Learning Page" helps teachers use the Library of Congress's
"American Memory" website to teach about U.S. history & culture.
It includes suggestions for using photos, objects, life histories,
& other primary sources in the classroom; tools for analyzing
primary sources; & a "lesson framework" for incorporating primary
sources into all phases of instruction (not just research
projects). It features 40 lessons developed by teachers on 17
topics, including the Revolutionary Era, the Civil War, the
Emergence of Modern America, the Great Depression, & Individual
Development & Identity. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
"Mammoth Cave: Its Explorers, Miners, Archeologists, & Visitors"
features a cave in southwestern Kentucky that, with more than 345
miles of explored passageways, is the longest cave in the world.
(NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/35mammoth/35mammoth.htm
"The North Carolina State Capitol: Pride of the State" tells the
story of this state capitol -- how a committee settled on a
location, how a new town (Raleigh) was laid out in 1792, & why the
"political temple" erected in mid 1800s stands today among the
finest examples of civic Greek Revival architecture in the U.S.
(NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/61capitol/61capitol.htm
"Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site: Home of a Gilded Age Icon"
takes us to the summer home & studio of sculptor Augustus Saint-
Gaudens (New Hampshire) from 1885 to 1907, where the artist
conceived a host of projects, became the leader of an art colony,
battled cancer, & was buried. It is a window on one aspect of the
Gilded Age: the role of artists & the arts in society. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/48GAUDENS/48GAUDENS.htm
"Saugus Iron Works: Life & Work at an Early American Industrial
Site" examines the first successful integrated ironmaking plant in
colonial America (Boston, 1646-1668). (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/30saugus/30saugus.htm
"Vieux Carre: A Creole Neighborhood in New Orleans" looks at the
history of the French Quarter, the heart & soul of modern New
Orleans & a constant reminder of the city's Creole, colonial past.
(NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/20vieux/20vieux.htm
"Weir Farm: Home of an American Impressionist" examines the farm
acquired by painter Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), where he
summered for nearly 40 years (northeast of New York City). At a
time railroads were expanding, populations were increasing, &
America's agrarian system was being replaced by industry, Weir was
an artist who found inspiration in the quiet everyday settings of
New England, and, in many ways, defined our vision of the American
landscape. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/22weir/22weir.htm
Acronyms
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ED -- Department of Education
HHS -- Health and Human Services
JCCIC -- Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
LOC -- Library of Congress
NASA -- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NGA -- National Gallery of Art
NPS,TwHP -- National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places
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