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Updates 20 Aug 2004
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KNE Project Manager
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Aug 23, 2004 14:18 PDT
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HOT SITE
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Legends of Tuskegee (National Park Service)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/
Who are the Legends of Tuskegee and what do they have in common? This
three-part web exhibit highlights the achievements of Washington, Carver
and the Tuskegee Airmen. Booker Taliafero Washington, George Washington
Carver and the Tuskegee Airmen all came to Tuskegee and created their
own legends. Tuskegee was a bold experiment and a site of major
African-American achievements for over 100 years. "Tuskegee Airmen"
refers to all who were involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experiment,"
the Army Air Corps program to train African Americans to fly and
maintain combat aircraft. The Tuskegee Airmen included pilots,
navigators, bombardiers, maintenance and support staff, instructors, and
all the personnel who kept the planes in the air. The Tuskegee Airmen
overcame segregation and prejudice to become one of the most highly
respected fighter groups of World War II. They proved conclusively that
African Americans could fly and maintain sophisticated combat aircraft.
The Tuskegee Airmen's achievements, together with the men and women who
supported them, paved the way for full integration of the U.S. military.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: Community Interest (Regional Information), History &
Social Studies (Cultures), History & Social Studies (United States
History) [Dewey #973]
Application type: Information Resources
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NEW SITES
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Eduweb (Musee McCord Museum)
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/eduweb
The McCord Museum web site offers numerous resources for exploring
Canadian history, including Keys to History, a database of 90,000 images
(2,000 of which are fully documented), and virtual exhibitions. EduWeb
presents diverse ways of using Web resources in secondary-level history
classes. The site includes 50 thematic tours about major events and
everyday life in the past. There are activities; mainly observation
games, quizzes, and inquiries into the past. These activities are
described in a pedagogical guide entitled ClioClic. The site permits
visitors to produce their own visual presentations in the form of Web
tours, where they can add their own images drawn from external sources.
Requires Flash.
Grade Level: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High
School, College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Community Interest (Regional Information), History &
Social Studies (World History) [Dewey #900]
Application type: Information Resources, Activities
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dMarie Time Capsule
http://dmarie.com/timecap/
A simple tool to help locate news headlines based on the date you enter.
Quick Page will automatically generate a Time Capsule page for you.
Advanced Page will lead you through a "wizard" that allows you to select
specific headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, and books for your
selected date. You can edit the information, or even add your own
information to the final page! When you're through, you'll be presented
with your own customized page that includes all the information you've
chosen, plus typical consumer prices from that year, Academy Award
winners that year, etc. Currently has data for the years 1800 through
2002. From dMarie Direct Inc.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School, College,
Adult/Professional
Content Area: Community Interest (Current Events/News), Community
Interest (Leisure), History & Social Studies (Current Events) [Dewey
#070]
Application type: Tools
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For Teachers: National D-Day Museum New Orleans
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/education_teacherslesson.html
Resources and Teaching Materials from The National D-Day Museum: Student
Fact Sheets (D-Day History, Women in World War II, Enigma,
African-American Involvement, SHAEF, What does the "D" in D-Day Mean?,
Pearl Harbor, Home Front, Higgins in New Orleans). The Education
Department at The National D-Day Museum offers these guidelines to help
teachers focus on the main themes of D-Day and WWII. The Museum offers a
number of Lesson Plans, which you may download or print from this web
site for classroom use free of charge. Each lesson comes complete with
directions, Louisiana education benchmarks, and reproducible handouts.
(Adobe Acrobat Reader required). Quiz at
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/education_studentsquiz_0804.htm and puzzle:
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/ddaycrossword.htm
Grade Level: Middle School, High School
Content Area: Education (Curriculum), History & Social Studies (United
States History) [Dewey #973]
Application type: Lesson Plans, Information Resources, Activities
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AOL USERS
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<A HREF=http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/>Legends of
Tuskegee</A>
<A HREF=http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/eduweb>Eduweb (Musee McCord
Museum)</A>
<A HREF=http://dmarie.com/timecap/>dMarie Time Capsule</A>
<A HREF=http://www.ddaymuseum.org/education_teacherslesson.html>For
Teachers: National D-Day Museum New Orleans</A>
Linda L. Woods,
Project Manager,
SBC Knowledge Network Explorer
http://www.kn.sbc.com/
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