Lesson 10

Week 10 has arrived!  Take this week to reflect on what you've discovered and think about how you will continue to use the resources.  As always, we look forward to your comments.

I had a lot of fun with this challenge. I found some great searching tools that I will use in my classroom.  A lot of the tools my students will be able to benefit from.

Thanks for this opportunity to explore.

Lesson 9

I did a search on my name and found all the address's I had previouse lived at.  I searched for my grandmother and found her address's as well.

HeritageQuest - I did a search on the Ford family in Alabama.  I did find some county records.

Sanborn Maps - I did locate a lot of old buildings that are still downtown. 

Lesson 8

Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake or Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan, was a Native American shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. He fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded in battle on several occasions. Sitting Bull greatly opposed the encroachment of the white men. He led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry at the battle of Little Bighorn. After the battle, in which many were killed, Sitting Bull led his tribe into Canada, where they lived until surrendering to U.S. forces. After his capture he toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Sitting Bull was killed while resisting arrest for his unwillingness to abandon the traditions of the ritual Ghost Dance, which had been outlawed.

Cartes de visite of the Lincoln family, Lincoln's business card as a lawyer, political cartoons and newspapers from the period of Lincoln's presidency and Lincoln souvenirs and reproductions of the Gettysburg Address.   Found in the New York State Archives.

Paul Revere made a lot of silver items.  When I typed in Sioux a lot of wonderful photographs came up.

I did a search on Monet.  I am getting reading to do a art lesson about Monet, so this has a lot of his work to show the students.  I an art store had a customer who was looking for a certain item by an artist this would be a great resource to find that.

It was very easy to create a web page from CAMIO.

Lesson 7

I searched for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I found 1795 libraries own this book. Black Hills State was the top library.  The call numbers I think are PZ7.D1515; PR6054.A38;  I see different versions of the book. 

Lesson 6

We are currently working on the Water Cycle in Science, so I was able to find a lot of great information to share with my classes.

Depending what age level you are the Titles I found for Constitution Day had a lot of choices.  I thought you could assign the students different topics to research on .  I found these most interesting:  The Federalist Papers,  The Articles of Confederation, and  Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era.  

When I typed in Nebraska I found a lot of great information from the planning of Omaha to a lot of information on Native Americans.

Lesson 7:
Using this tool was very confusing for me.  I don't feel like my 5th graders would be able to do this independently.  I do think it is another great tool for searching, but not for my grade level

Lesson 5

I selected all on education.  I searched for scholarships.  This was full of great information on various scholarships.  My son is going of to college this fall and we are elbow deep into applications.  This provided much needed source of funding.

Zinc is a mineral that is essential for a healthy immune system, production of certain hormones, wound healing, bone formation, and clear skin. It is required in very small amounts, and is thus known as a trace mineral. Despite the low requirement, zinc is found in nearly every cell of the body and is a key to the proper function of over 300 enzymes, including superoxide dismutase. Normal growth and development cannot occur without it.

The read to me is always a wonderful option for esl students or the struggling reader.

Lesson 4

I searched for the publication NEA Today.  I found every volume I would ever need.  I like the that there were many volumes to choose from and I wasn't limited with just the current year.

Lesson 4 - Proquest

I did research on Pancreatic Cancer and found a lot of good info.  I was able to find some documents on trail studies with various medications.  This is another wonderful research tool to use and share with my students.

SIRS Issues Researcher

I liked this tool as well.  This is above what my students would do.  But I found the information valuable for myself.  I like having another place to pull information from.  The database was really neat.  I would be able to pull information from there for my students to use.
I am always on the look out for new search tools for students to find new information.

SIRS Discoverer- Lesson 3

This is a great source of information.  I loved the maps.  This will be great when I am talking to my students about landforms and where to find them.  My students love to use research tools so this is a great addition.

Lesson 2

I took one of the test on synomyns.  I really liked it and I think this will be useful in my class.  I added Culinary Arts to my center.  The document was 187 pages long.  It did have everything you need to know on how to become a chef.  There was a lot of good information.  Searching through various skills I found about everything I searched for.  The information this source provides is very useful.  I do planning to have my students complete some of the test.

Lesson 1C

I loved exploring the World Book foreign language.  I know my kids would love it.

Lesson 1A

A koala <<koh AH luh>> is a small animal found in Australia. It is sometimes called a bear, but it is not really a bear. Koalas are marsupial <<mahr SOO pee uhl>> mammals. The young koala, called a joey, is carried in a pouch on its mother's belly, and it drinks its mother's milk.

SD Library Challenge: Electronic Resources Challenge Winter Edition

I started lesson 1a and had a bit of trouble trying to do a search.  I was able to and found it very friendly once I got to the right spot.