What's new at FREE?
Fourteen new resources in the arts, science, & social studies
have been added to the 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/
The 14 new resources are described below.
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Arts
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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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Science
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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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Social studies
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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
Acronyms
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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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