TWELVE NEW RESOURCES

The 12 new resources are described below.

A SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY resource — the National Moment of Remembrance — asks Americans to honor those who died in service to our Nation by observing one minute of silence & reflection at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, Monday,

May 27. A timeline of America’s wars & a profile of each are available at the website. (White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance)

http://www.remember.gov/

U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige invites teachers, students, & other Americans to participate the National Moment of Silence & to use the Commission’s website in an effort “to

reclaim this noble holiday for its intended purpose of honoring those who died in service to our great country.”

http://www.ed.gov/News/Letters/020517.html

Arts

“Celebrating Stephen Sondheim” helps introduce students to one of the most influential figures in musical theatre history. In addition to lesson ideas & learning activities, it offers a biography of the composer-lyricist, a timeline of his career, & the background & synopses of four of his most well-known musicals. The site was developed in conjunction with the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration, which will be held throughout the spring & summer. (JFK-CPA)

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/mt/sondheim/artsedge.html

“Pablo Picasso’s ‘The Tragedy’: The Metamorphosis of a Painting” uses x-rays & infrared light to reveal that Picasso sketched & painted at least four works on this panel before painting over them in 1903 to produce “The Tragedy.” He did not, however, merely paint over the previous images; rather, he incorporated each layer into the subsequent one, believing that, “What comes out in the end is the result of the discarded finds.” (NGA)

http://www.nga.gov/feature/picasso/index.htm

Health

“Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Newborn” provides parents of newborns information about checkups & shots, breastfeeding & bottle feeding, changing diapers, installing car seats, bathing, communicating, keeping a memory book, “what it is like to be a newborn,” & more. (USAD,ED,HHS)

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/earlychildhood/healthystart/

Language Arts

“Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers & Child Care & Family Providers” suggests how to read aloud to children, develop their listening & speaking skills, teach about letters & numbers, & build their background knowledge & thinking skills. The booklet is designed to help adults who work with young children create rich learning environments. (ED,HHS)

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/teachingouryoungest/

Social Studies

“Boston’s Arnold Arboretum: A Place for Study & Recreation” provides readings, maps, & lesson ideas about the first arboretum in the U.S., which opened to the public in the 1880s. This site, though focused on a place devoted to the study of trees, can help students learn how 19th-century urban conditions influenced the development of parks & how to research the history of parks in their own communities. (NPS,TwHP)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/56arnold/56arnold.htm

“Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos’ Cast Their Spell” looks at the history of this area in Utah known for its hoodoos — limestones, sandstones, & mudstones that have been carved by erosion into spectacular spires, fins, & pinnacles. (NPS,TwHP)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/64Bryce/64Bryce.htm

“Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright” tells the story of how Andrew Carnegie donated over $40 million from his fortune made in the railroad & steel industries to build more than 1,600 libraries across America. Photos, maps, tables, & drawings of “Carnegie libraries” help tell the story. (NPS,TwHP)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/50carnegie/50carnegie.htm

“Chatham Plantation: Witness to the Civil War” recounts what happened at this plantation overlooking Fredericksburg, Virginia.

The house served as a headquarters & communications center for generals & commanders. When General Irvin McDowell was housed there, President Lincoln visited to confer with about strategy.

Later in the war, the house served as a hospital where Clara Barton & Walt Whitman tended to wounded soldiers. Four major battles were fought in the countryside surrounding Chatham. (NPS,TwHP)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/45chatham/45chatham.htm

“Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor” features 46 historic places along a 150-mile stretch from Bristol to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of the anthracite coal industry. This National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary illustrates the history of an extraordinary 19th-century transportation system

— mountain railroads, rivers, dams & canals — devised to move anthracite from mine to market. (NPS,NRHP)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/travel/delaware/index.htm

“Fort Hancock: A Bastion of America’s Eastern Seaboard” is a lesson that uses this fort, built in the late 1800s to defend New York Harbor, as a base for examining issues in U.S. defense policy & military preparedness in the late 1800s. (NPS,NRHP)

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/37hancock/37hancock.htm

Science

“EdiFun: Thomas Edison & His Inventions” looks at Thomas Edison’s life & the impact of his work. The site describes individuals at Menlo Park who turned his ideas into reality & provides a database of all 1,093 of his patents. (National Park Service)

http://www.nps.gov/edis/edifunpage.htm

Acronyms

ED — Department of Education

HHS — Department of Health & Human Services

JFK-CPA — John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

NGA — National Gallery of Art

NPS — National Park Service

NPS,NRHP — National Park Service, Nat. Register of Historic Places

NPS,TwHP — National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places

USDA — Department of Agriculture