Curriculum Materials Center - temporarily relocating to the Virginia Lacy Jones Exhibition Hall, Upper Level of the Library

In Preparation for the renovation project, The CMC -Curriculum Materials Center is temporarily being relocated to the Virginia Lacy Jones Exhibition Hall on the upper level of the Library. This is with effect April 1, 2009.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database: Educational Materials

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Databasehas lesson plans that are tied to national standards in Social Studies (National Council for the Social Studies), History (National Center for History in the Schools), and Geography (National Council Geography Education). Relevant lesson plans and educational resources located on other websites have also been identified, to help educators build a broad study of the trans-Atlantic slave trade into their curriculum. http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/education/index.faces

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE).

FREE provides educators with lesson plans, primary documents, science visualizations, math challenges, literary works, paintings, music manuscripts and many other vital classroom resources. http://www.free.ed.gov/

Database Trial: Testing and Education Reference Center.

TRIAL LINK (4 weeks) : http://access.gale.com/academic/go/?key=5276_138504


Here is a link to further information on the product: http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/facts/TestingRC.pdf

New From YouTube: Free Downloads of College Lectures

New From YouTube: Free Downloads of College Lectures
YouTube began testing a new feature that lets users download videos posted to the site from partner institutions — including colleges — rather than just watching the videos in a streaming format. That means people can grab lectures from Duke and Stanford Universities and several institutions in the University of California system to watch any time, with or without an Internet connection. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3615/new-from-youtube-free-downloads-of-college-lectures

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

Please check out this new database at http://www.auctr.edu/rwwl/Home/databasesincludinggalileo/tabid/108/Default.aspx#c

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database is the most comprehensive source for PreK-12 and young adult reading materials, with over 300,000 reviews, all of which are keyword searchable. There are over 1.4 million records in the database and they are searchable by awards, prizes, best book and reading list entries. Links are included to over 100,000 authors and illustrators, with links to lesson plans. Most reading measurement programs are included. A free newsletter is also available to anyone interested.

Chilren Book Awards:Top books, videos and audiobooks for children:

For more information: http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/ymawrap.cfm
The following is a list of all ALA Youth Media Awards for 2009:
John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature. Neil Gaiman, author of “The Graveyard Book,” illustrated by Dave McKean and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, is the 2009 Newbery Medal winner.

Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults. “We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball,” written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, is the King Author Book winner. The book is published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group. “The Blacker the Berry,” illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Joyce Carol Thomas and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is the King Illustrator Book winner.