DID YOU KNOW??????

November brings thoughts of holidays to come, esp. Thanksgiving. ….the Native American experience offers many ways to enrich your lesson planning and school activities at this time of the year. NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH! What started at the turn of the century as one day to honor the contributions of Native Americans to the culture and history of the United States has grown to an entire month.

The Curriculum Library has many resources & of course there are also many quality resources on the Internet. A very small sampling of both offerings are listed below. Many sources suggest ways to incorporate Native American history and culture in social studies, art, music, language arts, and even math (make a recipe!). How about some indoor Lacrosse phy ed teachers?

In the Curriculum Library:

Through Indian Eyes: the native experience in books for children
(REF) 970.1 S631t 1998 [must use here]

Through Indian Eyes: the native experience in books for children
(Prof) 970.1 S631t [can be checked out]

A broken flute: the native experience in books for children
(Prof) 970.1 B967 (2005)

Native crafts : inspired by North America’s first peoples
745.5 T858n

Moccasin thunder: American Indian stories for today
808.83 M713

Moving within the circle: contemporary native American music & dance
(Prof) 970.1 B947m

The kids’ multicultural art book: art & craft experiences…
745.5 T334k

Pushing up the sky: seven native American plays for children
812.54 B887p

First houses: native American homes and sacred structures
970.1 M753f

The birchbark house
E66b

Native American crafts workshop
(Prof) 745.5 B531n

American Indian themes in young adult literature
(Prof) 810.9 M722a

Our stories remember: American Indian history, culture and values through storytelling
973.04 B8860

Lightening inside you: and other Native American riddles
398.6 L724

Native American doctor: the story of Susan LaFlesche Picotte
921 P598f

Names & maps tell a story of Wisconsin (Wis. Woodland Indian Project)
C.C. SS-Geo-Wi

Keepers of the earth: native American stories and environmental activities (Prof) 398.2 C126k

Star tales: north American Indian stories about the stars
398.26 M473s


On the web:

National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Native American History Month from Libraryof Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/topics/nativeamericans/

EDSITEment: several good lesson plans:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/

Lewis & Clark: Native American Contributions (from Xpeditions:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g68/contributions.html

First American: fromARTSedge (lesson plans dance, storytelling, sculpture, poetry):
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3622/

Picturing America-history and culture info

Picturing America is a new award program from the National endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association. By bringing high-quality reproductions of notable American art into public and private school libraries, home school consortia with a circulating library and public libraries, participants learn about our nation's history and culture in a fresh and engaging way. The program uses art as a catalyst for the study of America - the cultural, political and historical threads woven into our nation's fabric over time.

Collectively, the masterpieces in Picturing America, used in conjunction with the Teachers Resource Book and program Web site, help students experience the humanity of history and enhance the teaching and understanding of America's past. Multiple schools within a school system or school district or multiple libraries within a library system may apply for the Picturing America reproductions and teachers resource book. One application is permitted from each home school consortium.

There are six main steps you need to complete in order to apply for Picturing America:

1. LOG IN OR REGISTER at http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/
2. COMPLETE PROJECT DIRECTOR INFORMATION
3. COMPLETE RECIPIENT SCHOOL OR LIBRARY INFORMATION.
4. COMPLETE COLLECTION USE QUESTIONS.
5. REVIEW AND EDIT YOUR APPLICATION.
6. LIST AUTHORIZING OFFICIAL AND CERTIFY AUTHORIZATION.
7. SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION.

Your online application must be submitted (i.e. you must click the "submit" button) by November 14, 2008, 11:59 p.m. C.S.T. Remember, once you have submitted your application, you will no longer be able to make changes in it. Upon submission of the application, an e-mail message acknowledging receipt of your application will be sent to you. Late applications will not be reviewed.

If you have questions about the initiative, contact:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Picturing America Program
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Room 511
Washington, DC 20506
(202) 606-8337
www.neh.gov
picturingamerica@neh.gov

TRY THIS NEW DATABASE

Ebsco (many of our databases, come from our subscription with Ebsco) has provided our users an opportunity to try the following database free of charge through the 08/09 school year. Please give it a try and give us feedback at the Curriculum Library [libcurriculum@uwm.edu]

RESEARCH STARTERS - EDUCATION

Key Features:

* Convenient 3,000-word topic overviews with concise, yet comprehensive content

* Overview information on 500 topics parallel to course offerings at major colleges and universities, with links to key articles in associated EBSCO databases

* Content designed to be appropriate for advanced high school and two/four-year college students, public libraries and selected schools

* Quality study guides written by highly qualified professors, school administrators, consultants, educators and professional writers

ACCESS: at the BOTTOM of the EBSCOhost database list. [On Library web page see "Resources A-Z" site, under "Databases by Vendor/Publisher" select EBSCOhost.]

NEW Social Sciences Database

Take a look at the UWM Libraries newest database, described below. Access this and other databases from either the Curriculum Library web site or the UWM Libraries web site.


Twentieth Century Advice Literature: North American Guides on Race, Gender, Sex, and the Family

Dates vary; Searchable handbooks, manuals, textbooks, etiquette guides, self-help books, instructional pamphlets, and how-to books that illustrate both how Americans actually behaved and how they felt they ought to behave. The collection provides a window into American social history by bringing together the instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of personal conduct for millions of Americans and reflected the prevailing social mores across the twentieth century.

library instruction

It is not too late to schedule an instruction session for your class. These can include general "how to use library resources" information to specific resources for your subject. While it is always better do request a session asap, essential research skills will be useful throught the semester. To schedule a session, see the link http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/ris/instruction/
To schedule an introduction to the Curriculum Library only, or to hold a class session here contact Curriculum Library Head Andrea Van Groll at libcurriculum.uwm.edu