ELEVEN NEW LEARNING RESOURCES in math & social studies have
been added to FREE. They're described below.
FREE makes finding federal learning resources easier:
http://www.ed.gov/free
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Math
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"Balanced Assessment"
offers over 300 mathematics assessment tasks for grades K-12.
Topics & activities include averages, addition, area, batting
orders, bicycle rides, chance of rain, chance of survival,
cheetah's lunch, classroom groups, cost of living, dart
boards, detective stories, Fermi estimates, genetic codes,
gestation & longevity, graphing, gravity, intersections,
logarithms, oil consumption, rectangles, squares & circles,
stock market, triangles, volume, & more. (NSF)
http://balancedassessment.concord.org/
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Social studies
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"The Atlantic World: America & the Netherlands"
explores the history of the Dutch in America. Topics include
Henry Hudson, New Netherland, New Amsterdam, the sale of
Manhattan, Native Americans & the Dutch, slavery in New
Netherland, the patroon system, & Dutch place names. (LOC)
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/
"Churchill & the Great Republic"
presents more than 200 photos, speeches, & letters from one of
the most important & colorful leaders of the 20th century & in
all British history. Best known as Prime Minister of the U.K.
during World War II, Winston Churchill was a soldier, writer,
legislator, painter, & statesman. Listen to sound files of
famous speeches (including the Finest Hour & Iron Curtain
speeches). Learn about Churchill's impact on world events &
history. (LOC)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/
"Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States, 1846-48"
offers geography & history activities showing how two years in
history had an indelible impact on American politics &
culture. Students interpret historical maps, identify
territories acquired by the U.S., identify states later formed
from these territories, examine the territorial status of
Texas, & identify political, social, & economic issues related
to the expansion of the U.S. in the 1840s. (SI)
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/borders/
"Federal Court Concepts"
introduces students to the U.S. federal court system. It
describes the structure of the federal courts, the kinds of
cases that federal courts hear, the Supreme Court, & how
federal court decisions can be used in research. (ED)
http://www.catea.org/grade/legal/intro.html
"A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution"
tells the story of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans who were
forced from their homes into detention camps during World War
II. Many spent three years living under armed guard, behind
barbed wire. (SI)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/
"Our Changing Voices"
is a lesson in which students identify issues involved in a
family or community's migration into Nebraska. Students then
examine the history of their own families. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/voice/
"Summertime"
includes resources related to the summer & leisure: how
sunscreen works, why it's hot in the summer, June 1 (longest
day) & June 21 (first day of summer), baseball stories,
Blondie & cartoon art, Bob Hope & vaudeville, pop culture from
baseball to rock & roll, a history of Wizard of Oz,
celebrations of different countries & cultures, movies
depicting leisure activities in the U.S. from 1894 to 1915,
Atlantic City Boardwalk in 1870, & Jones Beach (NY). (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/community/cc_summertime.php
"United We Stand"
provides primary source documents that students use to examine
the working conditions of U.S. laborers at the turn of the
century & to develop their own answers to a question: "Was
there a need for organized labor unions?" (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/00/labor/
"Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories"
features interviews with 23 former slaves (the oldest was 130
at the time of the interview). These nearly 7 hours of
recordings provide a glimpse of what life was like for slaves
& freedmen. The former slaves discuss how they felt about
slavery, slaveholders, their families, & freedom. Several
sing songs they learned during their enslavement. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/
"Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting"
presents 3882 photos & 470 interview excerpts from a 1994
study of occupational culture in the cradle of the Industrial
Revolution in the U.S. Founded in 1791, Paterson, New Jersey,
became a leading manufacturer of silk, railroad locomotives,
firearms, & other products. Learn how its industrial heritage
is reflected in Paterson today. Explore business life along
one street. Hear interviews with retired workers. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wiphtml/pthome.html
Acronyms
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ED -- Department of Education
LOC -- Library of Congress
NSF -- National Science Foundation
SI -- Smithsonian Institution
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