Kraus Curriculum Development Library

News - Summer 2010

The 29th Edition of KCDLonline is now complete and includes 410 new documents. There are over 8,000 document records in the database, over 4,000 of which are full-text. New additions to the 30th Edition will be posted monthly beginning in August 2010.

The Shelf List for the 29th Edition is available by request. Please contact us at info@kcdlonline.com and we will forward you a PDF copy for your collection.

New Content and Updates:

The following materials have been added to the collection, including documents from:

• Amnesty International U.S.A. (NY) - Darfur Now Film Guide; Human Rights Education Lesson Plans; Intended Consequences - Genocide Mothers & Children of Rape; The Conflict in Darfur & Eastern Chad Curriculum Guide; Companion Curriculum for: A Duty to Protect - Justice for Child Soldiers in the D.R.C., Amazon Watch 2006, Blood Diamond, Born Into Brothels, Catch a Fire, Equal Access - Integrated Education for the Romani Children in Bulgaria, Hotel Rwanda, Innocents Lost, Outlawed - Extraordinary Rendition / Torture & Disappearances in the War on Terror, RISE! Revolutionary Women Re-envisioning Afghanistan, Stolen Voices, System Failure - Violence / Abuse & Neglect in the California Youth Authority, The Kite Runner, War Dance
• Center for Social and Emotional Education (NY) - National School Climate Standards - Benchmarks to Promote Effective Teaching, Learning & Comprehensive School Improvement; School Climate Guide for District Policymakers & Education Leaders; The School Climate Challenge - Narrowing the Gap Between School Climate Research & School Climate Policy Practice Guidelines
• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning / CASEL (IL) - Social & Emotional Learning & Bullying Prevention; The Impact of After-School Programs That Promote Personal & Social Skills; The Positive Impact of Social & Emotional Learning for Kindergarten to Eighth-Grade Students - Findings from Three Scientific Reviews
• Publications from the Department of Education in: Louisiana, Mississippi
• Fort Dodge Community School District (IA) - K-12 Standards & Benchmarks
• Friends of the National Zoo (DC) - Finding Common Ground - Temperate / Forest Habitat Conservation in the United States & China
• Glacier National Park (MT) - Glacier Teacher's Guides for: K-3 Activities, 4-6 Activities
• Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IL) - 2009 Farm Bureau Youth Conference Activities; A Few of Our Favorite Things; AG = ES - Inquiry Based Lessons from IAITC; Ag, Paper Plates, & You; Ag, Ziplocs & You; April Foolishness; Beef & Nutrition; Candy, Culture & Creativity; Celebrate 100 Days of School, 100 Agricultural Activities; Change for a Dollar - How Does Our Money Have a Direct Impact on Agriculture; Enviro Ag - Environmental Agriculture Activities; Exploring Corn; Farmers' Almanac - Almanac Themed Activities; Green Eggs & Agriculture; IAITC A Hog Ate My Homework - Activities to Complement the Book; IAITC Horse Lesson Booklet - Activities to Complement the Horse Ag Mag; IAITC Nutrition Lessons - Activities to Complement the Nutrition Ag Mag; Super Soybeans; The Very Hungry Illinois Caterpillar; Touring Illinois' Specialty Crops - Activities & Lessons to Complement the Illinois Specialty Crops Ag Mag; Using Bloom's Taxonomy & Gardner's Multiple Intelligences with Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom
• Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children / IAPC (NJ) - IAPC Curriculum Chapters & Teacher Guides Excerpts for: Grades PreK-4, Grades 5-12
• Montana Historical Society (MT) - Architecture - It's All Around You; Cavalry & Infantry - The U.S. Military on the Montana Frontier; Coming to Montana - Immigrants from Around the World; Contemporary American Indians in Montana; Discover the Corps of Discovery - The Lewis & Clark Expedition in Montana; East Meets West - The Chinese Experience in Montana; From Traps to Caps - The Montana Fur Trade; Gold, Silver, & Coal Oh My - Mining Montana's Wealth; Inside & Outside the Home - Homesteading Life in Montana 1900-1920; Lifeways of Montana's First People; Montana Ancient Teachings - A Curriculum for Montana Archaeology & Prehistory; Montana Indian Stories; Montana Mosaic - 20th Century People & Events; Montana Stories of the Land Companion Website & Online Teacher's Guide; Prehistoric Life in Montana; The Cowboy Artist - A View of Montana History; The Treasure Chest - A Look at the Montana State Symbols; To Learn a New Way; Tools of the Trade - Montana Industry & Technology; Woolies & Whinnies - The Sheep & Cattle Industry in Montana
• New Jersey Audubon Society (NJ) - Songbirds at the Crossroads of Migration
• Project Look Sharp / Ithaca College (NY) - Media Construction of Martin Luther King, Jr. - A Media Literacy Kit
• School District of Holmen (WI) - A Parent's Curriculum Guide - K-5; Art Curriculum; Comprehensive School Counseling Program - Curriculum & Action Plan; Elementary Curriculum Expectations; Integrated Language Arts Curriculum; World Language Curriculum
• Vermont Center for the Book (VT) - Beginning with Mother Goose - A Family Activity Guide; Beyond Difference - Educator Resource Guide; Especially for Dads - Introducing Dads With Young Children to Literacy, Language & Learning Through Great Children's Literature; Growing With Mother Goose - A Family Activity Guide; Mother Goose Asks "Why"? - A Family Activity Guide Introducing Science Through Great Children's Literature; Mother Goose Cares About Math & Science - Educator Resource Guide; Mother Goose Cares About Social Studies - Educator Resource Guide; Mother Goose Cares About the Early Years - Educator Resource Guide; Mother Goose Meets Mother Nature - A Family Activity Guide Introducing Environmental Experiences Through Great Children's Literature; The Red Clover Award for 2009-2010 - Educator Resource Guide; What's the Big Idea? Librarian Manual - Making Math & Science Come Alive for Children & Families in Your Library; You Can Count on Mother Goose - A Family Activity Guide Introducing Mathematics Through Great Children's Literature

Don't forget to check out our "Tips and Tutorials" tab which includes our own PowerPoint presentation, as well as user-created posters, lessons, and usage tips. (You are more than welcome to share materials you have created with us. We will add them).

Monthly updates to the Web site include new documents and updated links. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you find any typos, bad links, or any other problems.

News - Spring 2010

New Content and Updates:

KCDLonline recently exhibited at the February ASCD conference in San Antonio, TX. We enjoyed meeting some of our subscribers and talking with the educators there.

KCDLonline was recently reviewed in Reference Reviews. "KCDL links to many useful documents, and the variety of access points provides a forward-thinking infrastructure that will serve users well in the future."
Reference Reviews, Volume 23, Issue 8, Lesley Farmer, Professor & Coordinator, Teacher Librarian Services / Librarianship Program, California State University, Long Beach

The following materials have recently been added to the collection, including documents from:

• Alabama Math, Science, & Technology Initiative (AL) - AMSTI-GLOBE Teacher Resources and Guides: Grade K-8
• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (DC) - Kick Butts Day Activity Guide
• Center for Sutton Movement Writing, Inc. (CA) - A Collection of Classical Ballet Variations Written in Sutton Dance Writing; A Selection of Isadora Duncan Dances Written in Sutton Dance Writing; Dance Writing Quick-Reading for Classical Ballet; Dance Writing Shorthand for Classical Ballet; Dance Writing Shorthand for Modern & Jazz Dance; SignPuddle Reference Manual; SignText Editor Instruction Manual; SignWriting - A Complete System for Writing & Reading Signed Languages (Spanish Sign Language / LSE English Version); Write SignWriting By Hand
• Center for English Learning & Achievement / CELA (NY) - The State of Writing Instruction in America's Schools: What Existing Data Tell Us
• Character Education Partnership (DC) - Character Education Quality Standards - A Self Assessment Tool for Schools & Districts; CyberSmart! Cyberbullying Package; CyberSmart! K12 Student Curriculum - Authentic Learning & Creativity; CyberSmart! K12 Student Curriculum - Manners, Cyberbullying & Ethics; CyberSmart! K12 Student Curriculum - Research & Information Fluency; CyberSmart! K12 Student Curriculum - Safety & Security Online; CyberSmart! K12 Student Curriculum - 21st Century Challenges; Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education; Performance Values - Why They Matter & What Schools Can Do to Foster Their Development
• CREDO at Stanford University / Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CA) - Multiple Choice - Charter School Performance in 16 States; Paying for A's - An Early Exploration of Student Reward & Incentive Programs in Charter Schools
• Departments of Education in: New Jersey, North Dakota
• National Aeronautics & Space Administration / NASA (DC) - NASA Engineering Design Challenges: Environmental Control & Life Support Systems, Water Filtration Challenge; Rockets: Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics; The Courage to Soar: An Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, Language Arts & Technology
• Southern Regional Education Board (GA) - Career / Technology Centers That Work - An Enhanced High Schools That Work Design for Technology Centers; Establishing Benchmarks for New & Maturing HSTW Sites; Establishing Benchmarks of Progress for Middle Grades Sites; HSTW - An Enhanced Design to Get All Students to Standards; Making Career / Technology Studies an Essential Part of High School Reform; Making Middle Grades Work - An Enhanced Design to Prepare All Middle Grades Students for Success in High School; Making Middle Grades Work - Technical Assistance Visit Guide for Team Members; Newsletters of Best Practices from the 2006, 2007 & 2008 HSTW Staff Development Conference; SREB Leadership Curriculum Modules - Engaging Leaders in Solving Real School Problems, Curriculum Framework & Module Summaries; Technical Assistance Visits - A Guide for Local Sites
• Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired (TX) - Elementary Math Skills Continuum; Elementary Reading Skills Continuum
• The New Media Consortium (TX) - Challenge-Based Learning - An Approach for Our Time; The Horizon Report - 2009 K-12 Edition
• U.S. Department of Education / Institute of Education Sciences (DC) - IES Practice Guides for: Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics - Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary & Middle Schools; Helping Students Navigate the Path to College - What High Schools Can Do; Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement
• U.S. Department of Education / Office for Civil Rights (DC) - Sexual Harassment - It's Not Academic
• U.S. Department of Education / Office for Elementary & Secondary Education (DC) - Guidance on Enhancing Education through Technology (Ed Tech) Program Funds Made Available under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
• U.S. Department of Education / Office of Planning, Evaluation & Policy Development (DC) - Evaluation of the Enhancing Education through Technology Program: Final Report; Teachers' Use of Student Data Systems to Improve Instruction: 2005-2007
• Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (MO) - Educator's Guide to the Battle of Wilson's Creek: August 10, 1861; No Easy Choices: Taking Sides in Civil War Missouri
• World Education / NCSALL (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning & Literacy) (MA) - NCSALL Study Circle Guides for: Adult Development, Adult Multiple Intelligences, Adult Student Persistence, Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education, Research-based Adult Reading Instruction, Rethinking Instruction & Participation for Adult Basic Education, Teaching & Learning in Authentic Context; Beyond the GED - Making Conscious Choices About the GED & Your Future - Lesson Plans & Materials for the GED Classroom; Creating Authentic Materials & Activities for the Adult Literacy Classroom - A Handbook for Practitioners; Health Literacy Study Circle Guides for: Skills for Chronic Disease Management, Skills for Disease Prevention & Screening, Skills for Health Care Access & Navigation; Understanding What Reading Is All About - Teaching Materials & Lessons for Adult Basic Education Learners

Monthly updates to the web site include new documents and updated links. Please don't hesitate to contact us at info@kcdlonline.com if you find any typos or bad links, or have any suggestions.

News - Winter 2009/2010

New Content and Updates:

We have added the latest kcdlonline brochure to our "Tips and Tutorials" section (in pdf format). The Tips and Tutorials section also includes a PowerPoint presentation, as well as user-created posters, lessons, and usage tips. (You are more than welcome to share materials you have created with us. We will add them).

The following materials have recently been added to the collection, including documents from:

• American Youth Policy Forum (DC) - Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth
• Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (WY) - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area School Curriculum: Teacher's Guide Grades K-8
• Bureau of Land Management, Division of Education, Interpretation & Partnerships (DC) - A Teacher's Guide to Energy on Public Lands; Burning Issues: Fire in Wildhorse Basin; Energy: Fuel for Thought; Environmental Technology is an Ancient Science: The Hupobi Heritage Project; Get Energized! Educator's Guide; GIS: A New Way To See; Holding onto the GREEN Zone Action Guide and Leader Guide: A Youth Program for the Study and Stewardship of Community Riparian Areas; Mystery of the Mesa: A Science Detective Story; Public Lands: America's Big Backyard; Share the Adventure! Electronic Field Trip Educator's Guides for Tracking Habitat Change and Exploring Wildland Fire; The Wild Bunch; Wildland Fire Primer: A Guide for Educators
• Center for History and New Media, George Mason University (VA) - Foundations of U.S. History: Primary Source Activities; Historical Thinking Matters - Units on Rosa Parks, the Scopes Trial, Social Security, and the Spanish-American War; Probing the Past: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories, 1740-1810
• Departments of Education in: Idaho, Iowa, New Mexico, Texas
• Education Sector (DC) - Are We There Yet? What Policymakers Can Learn From Tennessee's Growth Model; Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment; Food for Thought: Building a High-Quality School Choice Market; Measuring Skills for the 21st Century; Plotting School Choice: The Challenges of Crossing District Lines
• Grand Canyon Association (AZ) - Travelin' Trunk Lesson Plans about Colorado River Ecology, Grand Canyon Ecology, Human History, John Wesley Powell, and a Primary Trunk; Travelin' Trunk Teacher's Guide about Grand Canyon Geology
• Grand Canyon National Park, Environmental Education (AZ) - Grand Canyon Distance Learning Program; Grand Canyon National Park Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides
• Institute of Museum & Library Services (DC) - Charting the Landscape, Mapping New Paths: Museums, Libraries, and K-12 Learning; Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth: Final Report of a Study of IMLS Youth Programs, 1998-2003; Nine to Nineteen - Youth in Museums and Libraries: A Practitioner's Guide
• Life Lab Science Program (CA) - Getting Started: A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms
• Media Education Foundation (MA) - Study Guides for MEF Videos - Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs; Blood and Oil; Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class; Deadly Persuasion: The Advertising of Alcohol and Tobacco; Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex and Power in Music Video; Freedom of Expression: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property; Generation M: Misogyny in Media and Culture; Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes; Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies and Alcohol; Teaching Writing, Teaching Media; The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality and Relationships; War Made Easy: How President and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
• National Emergency Medicine Association (MD) - Fitting In: A Video-Based Program About Peer Relationships and Peer Influences
• Project Look Sharp - Ithaca College (NY) - Creativity and Aging Through the Lens of Film; Critical Thinking and Health: TV Commercials and Nutrition; Economics in U.S. History: A Media Literacy Kit; Global Media Perspectives; Media Construction of the Environment: Chemicals in the Environment; Media Construction of the Environment: Endangered Species; Media Construction of the Environment: Resource Depletion
• Teaching Tolerance, A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (AL) - Prom Night in Mississippi: A Teacher's Guide with Standards-Based Lessons for Grades 7 and Up; Speak Up! Responding to Everyday Bigotry; The Power of Words; Vietnamese Americans: Lessons in American History; Viva La Causa; Writing for Change: Raising Awareness of Difference, Power, and Discrimination
• The Last Green Valley (CT) - The Stories of People and Place; The Story of the Temperate Forest: One Plot at a Time - A Curriculum and Activity Guide for Grades 3 and up
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (CA) - WaterShare Teacher Lesson Plans
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC) - Join Our Pest Patrol: A Backyard Activity Book for Kids on Integrated Pest Management

Monthly updates to the web site include new documents and updated links. Please don't hesitate to contact us at info@kcdlonline.com if you find any typos or bad links, or have any suggestions.

News - Fall 2009

New Content and Updates:

KCDLonline was recently reviewed in School Library Journal. "By making the process of curriculum development and classroom teaching even more educational and productive for educators everywhere, KCDL Online deserves an A+." School Library Journal, 5/1/2009, Shonda Brisco, Assistant Professor/Curriculum Materials Librarian, Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

The first documents in the 29th Edition have been added to the collection, including documents from:

• Buck Institute for Education (CA) - Problem Based Economics; Problem Based Government
• Center on Education Policy (DC) - Educational Architects: Do State Education Agencies Have the Tools Necessary to Implement NCLB?; Effects of High School Exit Exams on Dropout Rates: Summary of a Panel Discussion; From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 3 of the No Child Left Behind Act; From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 4 of the No Child Left Behind Act; NCLB at Five: A Review of Changes to State Accountability Plans; Why We Still Need Public Schools: Public Education for the Common Good
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (GA) - CDC Guidance & Technical Report for State & Local Public Health Officials & School Administrators for School (K-12) Responses to Influenza during the 2009-2010 School Year; Preparing for the Flu (Including 2009 H1N1 Flu): A Communication Toolkit for Schools (Grades K-12); The Tobacco-Free Sports Playbook: Creating Programs for Healthier Youth, Teams, & Communities; Tobacco-Free Soccer Coach's Manual
• Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (NY) - Benchmark Studies & Reports in Adult Literacy; Findings in ESL: A Quick Reference to Findings of CAAL Research on ESL Programs at Community Colleges; To Ensure America's Future: Building a National Opportunity System for Adults - Strengthening Links Between Adult Education & Community Colleges
• Departments of Education in: Florida, Iowa, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
• Ecological Society of America (DC) - Communicating Ecosystem Services Toolkits for: Pollination, Water Purification
• Edvantia, Inc. (formerly AEL, Inc.) (WV) - Aligned Curriculum & Student Achievement: Research Brief; Effective Instructional Strategies: Research Digest; Evaluation of a Multi-School Project Designed to Close Achievement Gaps; Faith in Learning: Supporting Faith-Based Efforts to Improve the Academic Achievement of African American & Low-Income Youth; Scientifically Based Research: A Planning Tool for Educators; The Effects of a Consumer-Oriented Multimedia Game on the Reading Disorders of Children with ADHD; Toward an Effective Use of Technology in Education: A Summary of Research
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (DC) - FDIC Money Smart - Adult Financial Education Curriculum modules: Bank On It; Borrowing Basics; Charge It Right; Check It Out; Keep It Safe; Loan to Own; Money Matters; Pay Yourself First; To Your Credit; Your Own Home
• Jobs for the Future (MA) - An Agenda for the Obama Administration & the 111th Congress: Ten Ways the Federal Government Can Restore Economic Vitality & Increase Competitiveness Through Education & Skill Development; Beating the Odds: The Real Challenges Behind the Math Achievement Gap & What High-Achieving Schools Can Teach Us About How to Close It; Ensuring College Success: Scaffolding Experiences for Students & Faculty in an Early College School; On Ramp to College: A State Policymaker's Guide to Dual Enrollment; Raising Graduation Rates in an Era of High Standards: Five Commitments for State Action
• Kidwind Project (MN) - Kidwind Project Lessons
• National Institute of Child Health & Human Development / NICHD (MD) - For Strong BonesÖFor Lifelong HealthÖMilk Matters!; Milk Matters: Classroom Activities & Supplemental Classroom Materials
• National Youth Gang Center (FL) - Best Practices To Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model
• Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children (WA) - Philosophy for Children Lesson Plans & Activities
• Richmond County Schools (NC) - 2009-10 High School Curriculum Guide; K-5 and 6-12 English Language Arts; Pacing Guides for: K-12 Mathematics; 6-8 Science; 10-11 Social Studies
• Staten Island Zoo (NY) - Teacher Activity Packets: Let's Be Sensible; The African Savannah; The Tropical Rainforest
• WIDA Consortium - Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WI) - English Language Proficiency Standards for English Language Learners in PreK through Grade 12; Spanish Language Arts Standards; The English Language Learner CAN DO Booklet; Understanding the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards: A Resource Guide

Don't forget to check out our new "Tips and Tutorials" tab which includes our own PowerPoint presentation, as well as user-created posters, lessons, and usage tips. (You are more than welcome to share materials you have created with us. We will add them).

Monthly updates to the web site include new documents and updated links. Please don't hesitate to contact us at info@kcdlonline.com if you find any typos or bad links, or have any suggestions.

News - Summer 2009

• The print Index to the current year's edition has been discontinued. We are creating the yearly Shelf List, but no longer posting it online. The Shelf List for the 28th Edition is available by request. Please contact us at info@kcdlonline.com and we will forward you a PDF copy for your collection.
• We have reversed the order of the Search screens, so that the Advanced Search screen is above the Keyword Search.
• We have added a "Tips and Tutorials" tab which includes our own PowerPoint presentation, as well as user-created posters, lessons, and usage tips. (You are more than welcome to share materials you have created with us).

• Biscayne National Park (FL) - Biscayne Explorer: Wildlife Inventory & Nature Study Guide for Teachers; Discovery Pack Curriculum Materials; Underwater Ecosystem: Adventure Lesson Plan
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (DC) - FDIC Money Smart for Young Adults: 8 Modules (A Roof Over Your Head, Bank On It, Borrowing Basics, Charge It Right, Check It Out, Pay Yourself First, Paying for College & Cars, Setting Financial Goals)
• Greece Central School District (NY) - A Parent Guide to Career & Occupational Development & Transition Services; Academic Intervention Services Compliance Plan; ESOL Standards & Performance Indicators; Middle School Home & Careers; Parent Guide for Special Education Services; Curriculum for: Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts
• Publications from Departments of Education in: Iowa, Massachusetts, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming
• Heard Museum (AZ) - Native American Fine Art Movement Resource Guide
• JA Worldwide (CO) - Economic Investigations: There Is More to the Story; Excellence Through Ethics Classroom Activities for Elementary, Middle & High School
• Journalism Education Association (KS) - Model Guidelines: Job Description for Publication Advisers
• Mineral Information Institute (CO) - A Study of the Earth; Creating a Universe; Everyday Uses of Minerals; Everything We Have & Everything We Use Comes from Our Natural Resources; Natural Resources We Use
• Napa Valley Unified School District (CA) - Pacing Guides for: English Language Development - Avenues & High Point, Language Arts, Mathematics; Language Arts Probe Tests for Grades K-3; Language Arts Teaching Guides for Grades K-3, 4-6, & 7-8
• National Eating Disorders Association (WA) - Educator Toolkit; Parent Toolkit
• National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health (MD) - Brain Power! Challenge: Grades 6-9
• National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) (MA) - Healthy Choices Afterschool: Investigation of the Alignment of Physical Activity & Nutrition Programs; It's About Time! A Look at Out-of-School Time for Urban Teens
• National Park Service, Eisenhower National Historic Site (PA) - Agricultural / Environmental Science Curriculum
• National Science Teachers Association (VA) - Environmental Inquiry Downloadable Forms for: Assessing Toxic Risk, Decay & Renewal, Invasion Ecology, Watershed Dynamics
• Ocmulgee National Monument (GA) - Georgia's Heartland Heritage Activity Guide
• Reading Recovery Council of North America (OH) - Standards & Guidelines of Reading Recovery in the United States
• Summit County Educational Service Center (OH) - Courses of Study in: Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Health & Physical Education, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology
• TakingITGlobal (CANADA) - TIGed's Digital Media Literacy Primer, Teacher Toolkits for: TIG Xpress HIV / AIDS, The Virtual Classroom on Tobacco Control
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (NY) - 24 Modules on Major Topics in American History
• Union of Concerned Scientists (MA) - Confronting Climate Change in California: Ecological Impacts on the Golden State; Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast: Prospects for Sustaining Our Ecological Heritage; Global Warning: Early Signs - Exploring Climate Change Impacts; Renewables Are Ready: A Guide to Teaching Renewable Energy in Junior & Senior High School Classrooms
• U.S. Department of Education (DC) - Publications from: Institute of Education Sciences; Office of Elementary & Secondary Education; Office of the Secretary
• U.S. Geological Survey (VA) - The Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit - A Teacher's Guide for Hands-On Mineral Education Activities

News - Spring 2009

New Content and Updates:

• Bullies to Buddies, Inc. DBA The Wisdom Pages, Inc. (NY) - A Revolutionary Guide to Reducing Aggression between Children, How to Stop Being Teased & Bullied Without Really Trying
• Carver Public Schools (MA) - Benchmarks for: Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, & 9-12
• Center for the Advancement of Ethics & Character (MA) - Center for the Advancement of Ethics & Character Lesson Plans
• Departments of Education in: Indiana
• Earth Force, Inc. (CO) - Earth Force: A Curriculum for Community Action & Problem Solving
• Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (AK) - Curriculum for: Career Technical Education, K-12 Art, K-12 Health Education, K-12 Physical Education, K-12 Social Studies
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (CO) - Paleontology Curriculum for High School; Teaching Paleontology in the National Parks & Monuments - A Curriculum Guide for Teachers of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Levels; The Paleontologist's Path for: Grades K-3, Grades 4-6, Grades 7-12
• Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine (MD) - Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides
• Foundation for Teaching Economics (CA) - Economics of Disasters
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (OH) - Expeditions into Ohio's Past - An Integrated Curriculum for Grades 3-5
• Medina County Ohio Educational Service Center (OH) - K-12 Library Guidelines; K-12 Comprehensive School Counseling Program; Courses of Study for: Business; Family & Consumer Science; K-12 Dance; K-12 Drama / Theatre; K-12 Foreign Language; K-12 Health; K-12 Technology; PreK-12 English Language Arts; PreK-12 Math; PreK-12 Physical Education; PreK-12 Science; PreK-12 Social Studies
• National Center for School Engagement (CO) - Tool Kit for Creating Your Own Truancy Reduction Program
• Shannon County School District (SD) - Lakota Social Studies Standards
• Street Law, Inc. (MD) - Deliberating in a Democracy - Democracy Lessons; Housing Matters - Lessons on Fair Housing; various Landmark Supreme Court Cases including: Brown v. Board of Education, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Gibbons v. Ogden, Gideon v. Wainwright, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, Korematsu v. United States, Mapp v. Ohio, Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Miranda v. Arizona, New Jersey v. T.L.O., Plessy v. Ferguson, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Roe v. Wade, Texas v. Johnson, Tinker v. Des Moines, United States v. Nixon; various Street Law Civil Mock Trials including: Brooks v. Lawrence & the Metro City Police Department, Chris M. v. Dr. Terry Preece & the Metro City Unified School District, Elyse Roberts v. District of Columbia, Karmia Kahn v. Keith Kahn, Kyle Wilkins v. New Columbia County School District, Neighbors Against AIDS Homes v. the John King Trust / Administrator of Our House, Ricki Jones v. Metro City, Sandra W. v. Gregg M., Scott Walker v. Tanya Brewster, Shawn Wright v. Play & Learn Childcare Center; various Street Law Criminal Mock Trials including: Chris Archer v. the State of New Columbia, People v. Andrew Madison, United States v. David Jones, United States v. Martha Monroe; Street Law for Youth Courts Educational Workshops; Supreme Court Lesson Plans & Teaching Methods
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (NY) - Modules on Major Topics in American History for: Pre-Civil War Reform, Slavery, The Constitution, The Jacksonian Era, The Jeffersonian Era, The New Nation, The Revolutionary War
• The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop (NY) - Getting Over the Slump - Innovation Strategies to Promote Children's Learning; the Power of Pow! Wham! - Children, Digital Media & Our Nation's Future - Three Challenges for the Coming Decade
• The Liberation Curriculum Initiative of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute (CA) - Liberation Curriculum
• Victor Valley Union High School District (CA) - Pacing Calendars & Standards for: Language Arts, Mathematics
  
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News - Winter 2008 / 2009

New Content and Updates:

• Association for Career & Technical Education (VA) - ACTE Issue Briefs on: CTE's Role in American Competitiveness, CTE's Role in Dropout Prevention and Recovery, CTE's Role in Secondary-Postsecondary Transitions, CTE's Role in Workforce Readiness Credentials
• Bill of Rights Institute (VA) - American Lives, Bill of Rights in the News, Bill of Rights in Times of Crisis, First Amendment in History, Landmark Supreme Court Cases and the Constitution, Presidents and the Constitution, Primary Source Activities
• Cabrillo National Monument (CA) - Growing Up in the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo - A Voyage of Exploration, Life in the Coastal Sage Scrub - The Ecology of Cabrillo National Monument, Life in the Intertidal Zones, The Chaparral Supermarket - Native American Plant Uses
• California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (CA) - A "Sour" Subject; A Garden Plot - The Tale of Peter Rabbit; Edible Numbers; Food Safety from Farm to Fork - An Interdisciplinary Educational Unit for Grades 5-7; From Genes to Jeans; Fruits & Vegetables for Health; Red Imported Fire Ants - Facts About These Interesting Insects - Teacher's Guide; Science Fair & Lesson Ideas; Simple & Complex Machines Used in Agriculture; That Was Then, This Is Now; What's Bugging You?; Where'd You Get Those Genes?
• Center for Civic Education (CA) - Center for Civic Education Sample Lessons; Lessons for Constitution Day & Citizenship Day, September 17
• Connecticut Consortium for Law & Citizenship Education, Inc. (CT) - Student and Teacher's Guides to Crusaders & Criminals, Victims & Visionaries - Historic Encounters Between Connecticut Citizens and The U.S. Supreme Court
• Departments of Education in: Rhode Island
• East Lyme Public Schools (CT) - Diving Into a Reading Adventure - Entering Grades 1-8 Summer Reading 2008; East Lyme High School Summer Reading List 2008
• Fairview Independent Schools (KY) - Comprehensive School Improvement Plans for: Fairview Elementary School (2006-2008); Fairview High School (2006-2008); Fairview Independent Schools District (2007-2008)
• Foundation for Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University (CA) - Critical Thinking - Where to Begin for: Elementary Teachers (Grades K-3, Grades 4-6), Junior High School Teachers (Grades 6-9), High School Teachers
• Humane Society Youth (CT) - Animals in Entertainment: A Study & Activity Guide for High School Students; Farms as Factories: Issues in Animal Welfare, Environmental Protection, & Public Health - A Resource Book for High School Students; Into the Wild: A Look at the Relationship Between People & Wildlife - A Study & Activity Guide for High School Students; K-6 Lesson Plans on Responsible Pet Care; Mission Humane: Action Guide; Pets for Life: A Look at the Relationship Between People & Their Companion Animals - A Study & Activity Guide for High School Students; Science & Conscience: The Animal Experimentation Controversy: A Study & Activity Guide for High School Students; Speak Up for Animals! An Action Guide for Kids Who Care; Understanding Animal Cruelty: A Resource Book for High School Students
• Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (VA) - Potential Consequences of Climate Variability & Change
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory & NASA's Cassini Mission (CA) - Reading, Writing & Rings for: Grades 1-2, Grades 3-4
• Lexington Institute (VA) - A Primer on Multicultural Education: Unifying or Divisive Force?; English Language Learners in Illinois - What Worked & What Didn't; Immersion Not Submersion: Can a New Strategy for Teaching English Outperform Old Excuses? - Lessons from 8 California School Districts; Improving No Child Left Behind: Suggestions from Education's Front Lines; Making Uneven Strides: State Standards for Achieving English Language Proficiency Under the No Child Left Behind Act; Merit Pay for Teachers: Can Common Sense Come to Public Education?; The Benefits of a Tuition Assistance Program for Special Education Students in Virginia; The Education of Jaime Capellan: English Learner Success in California Schools
• Maggie's Earth Adventures LLC (VA) - A Great Catch; Catch Up with John Smith; Herd of Elephants? Parts I & II; Rushin' River; You Must Be Choking
• National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (VA) - ASE Program Certification Standards for: Automobile Technician Training Programs, Collision Repair & Refinish Technician Training Programs, General Service Technician Programs, Medium / Heavy Truck Technician Training Programs
• National Diabetes Education Program (MD) - Move It! And Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes School Kit
• National Economic & Social Rights Initiatives (NY) - Alternative Schools & Pushout: Research & Advocacy Guide
• National Park Service / Point Reyes National Seashore (CA) - Creating Coastal Stewardship through Science series: Defining Habitats at Point Reyes National Seashore, Discovering Northern Elephant Seals at Point Reyes National Seashore, Identifying Resident Birds at Point Reyes National Seashore, Investigating Tule Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, Monitoring Creek Health at Point Reyes National Seashore, Observing Pacific Gray Whales at Point Reyes National Seashore, Uncovering the San Andreas Fault at Point Reyes National Seashore
• SeaWorld San Diego Education & Conservation Department (CA) - Classroom Activities (9-12); SeaWorld Science Activity Guide (K-4); Teacher's Guides for: Animal Behavior & Training (K-3, 4-8); Arctic Animals (K-3, 4-8); Endangered Species (4-8); Marine Animal Husbandry & Training (7-12); Saving the Wild - Conservation Around the World (6-8, 9-12); Seals, Sea Lions, & Walruses (K-3, 4-8); Splash of Math (K-3, 4-8); Whales (K-3)
• Space Math @ NASA (MD) - Adventures in Space Science Mathematics; Black Hole Math; Calculating the Distance to the Sun; Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field - An IMAGE Satellite Guide to the Magnetosphere; Hinode Math; Image Scale Math; Northern Lights & Solar Sprites - Exploring Solar Storms & Space Science; Radiation Math; Solar Storms & You!; Space Math I; Space Math II; Space Math III; Space Math IV; The Mission & Instruments of IMAGE - An Analysis of a NASA Mission for High School Physics Students; The Northern Lights - A Grade 7-8 Guide to Understanding the Aurora Borealis Through Math, Geometry & Reading Activities; Tracking a Solar Storm
• U.S. Department of Education / Institute of Education Sciences (DC) - IES Practice Guides for: Dropout Prevention; Improving Adolescent Literacy - Effective Classroom & Intervention Practices; Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary Classroom
• U.S. Department of Education / Office of Vocational & Adult Education (DC) - Adult Basic Education to Community College Transitions Symposium: Proceedings Report
  
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News - Fall 2008

New Content and Updates:

• Adler Planetarium (NY) - Astronomy Connections Guides for: Alien Expose (grades 5-8); Gravity & Black Holes (grades 5-8 and 9-12); Sun-Earth Connection (grades 5-8)
• California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (CA) - 2008 Teacher Resource Guide: A Guide to Educational Materials About Agriculture; Agricultural Awareness Through Poetry; An Ag Interview; Commodity & Natural Resource Fact & Activity Sheets; What's Growin'On? Teacher's Guides/ Supplements
• Career Academy Support Network, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley (CA) - Building Blocks for Reconstructing American High Schools; Career Academy Course Sequences; Career Academy National Standards of Practice; Career Academy Support Networks; Implementing Career Academies Schoolwide-Promising Practices; Implementing Career Academies Schoolwide-Four Case Studies; Internship Handbook for Career Academies; Is There Solid Evidence of Positive Effects for High School Students?; Issues in Schoolwide Application of Career Academies; Learning By Doing; Lessons From the Field; Mentor Handbook for Career Academies; Multiple Perspectives on Multiple Pathways; Planning Guide for Career Academies; Scheduling Guide for Small Learning Communities / Career Academies; Self-Assessment Guide for Small Learning Communities & Career Academies; Teacher Externship; Teaching & Learning Resources-Curriculum Guide for Career Academies
• Common Core (DC) - Still At Risk: What Students Don't Know, Even Now
• Departments of Education in: Arkansas, Connecticut, Maine
• Everglades National Park (FL) - Don't Let It Loose! Activity Guide for Teachers; Everglades ABCs: Activity Guide for Grades K-3 Teachers; The South Florida National Parks Activity Guide for Teachers
• Foundation for Teaching Economics (CA) - Is Capitalism Good for the Poor?
• Kilowatt Ours (TN) - Kilowatt Ours Companion Curriculum: Educator Guide
• Koshland Science Museum (DC) - Field Trip Guides for: Global Warning Facts & Our Future, Infectious Disease-Evolving Challenges to Human Health, Putting DNA to Work; Koshland-Designed Activities: Controlling the HIV Pandemic-A Public Health Focus, How Do Antiretroviral Drugs Work?
• North American Council for Online Learning (VA) - Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning: A Review of State-Level Policy & Practice; NACOL National Standards for Quality Online Teaching; NACOL National Standards of Quality for Online Courses
• Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (NY) - Theodore Roosevelt & His Sagamore Hill Home, Educational Materials for Elementary School & for Secondary School
• StarDate.org, McDonald Observatory, and the University of Texas Astronomy Department (TX) - StarDate Lesson Plans; StarDate Teacher Guide: Universo
• U.S. Department of Education / Office of Innovation & Improvement (DC) - Innovations in Education: Evaluating Online Learning, Challenges & Strategies for Success; The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Provisions Related to Children With Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents in Private Schools
• U.S. Department of Education / Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools (DC) - Mobilizing for Evidence-Based Character Education
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General (MD) - The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent & Reduce Underage Drinking: A Guide to Action for Educators

News - Summer 2008

• The following materials have been added to the collection, including documents from:
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Project 2061 (DC) - Communicating & Learning About Global Climate Change: An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change        
• American Sports Institute (CA) - America's Misdirected School Reform Movement; Issues of Language - Banning the Terms Jock & Student Athlete; Promoting Achievement in School through Sport (PASS) - A Description and Evaluation Study; PASS - Promoting Achievement in School through Sport; Teaching Methodologies - Principles & Practices for Meaningful Educational Reform; The Call of Sport - A Model for Educational Reform - Education Forum     
• Bourbon County Schools (KY) - Core Content / Program of Studies / Curriculum Maps in: K-12 Arts & Humanities, K-12 Physical Education, K-5 Reading, K-12 Science, K-12 Social Studies, K-8 Technology, Grades 4-12 Vocational Studies / Practical Living, K-5 Writing
• Publications from Departments of Education in: Delaware, Kentucky, Montana
• Environmental Education Office, Mammoth Cave National Park (KY) -  Fire: Grades 4-8
• Evergreen Consulting Associates (CO) - Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning - A Review of State-Level Policy & Practice
• Experience Corps / Civic Ventures (DC) - Appealing to Experience - Zeroing In on the Right Message; Engaging Older Volunteers in After-School Programs; Experience After School - Engaging Older Adults in After-School Programs
• Facing the Future (WA) - Climate Change - Connections and Solutions for High School and Middle School; It's All Connected - A Comprehensive Guide to Global Issues & Sustainable Solutions & Teacher's Companion; Teaching Global Sustainability in the Primary Grades - A K-4 Curriculum Guide  
• Institute on Religion & Civic Values, formerly Council on Islamic Education) (CA) - Artistic Exchange - Europe and the Islamic World; Journey Along the Silk Road - Writing Your Own Rihla, or travel Journal; Online Lesson Plans for the documentary film Frontline - Muslims; Online Lesson Plans for the documentary film Muhammad - Legacy of a Prophet; Strategies and Structures for Presenting World History, with Islam & Muslim History as a Case Study; The Story of Classical Knowledge & Its Transfer Before the Renaissance  
• Insurance Education Institute (OH) - Insurance Curriculum in a Box for: Auto Insurance, Careers in Insurance, Health Insurance, Homeowners Insurance, Life Insurance
• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial / National Park Service (MO) - Teacher Activity Guides for: African Americans of the West (K-3, 4-6, 7-12); American Indians of the Great Plains (K-3, 4-6, 7-12); Animals of the West (Preschool); Freedom School Old Courthouse Programs (K-6); General Tour of the Museum of Westward Expansion (K-3, 4-6, 7-12); Lewis and Clark Expedition (3-5, 7-8); Old Courthouse History Mystery Game (3-8); Pioneers on the Trail (1-3, 4-6); The Game of the West (3-8)
• Mesa Verde National Park (CO) - Mesa Verde National Park Enrichment Package
• Michigan State University Center for Research in Mathematics & Science Education (MI) - The Preparation Gap - Teacher Education for Middle School Mathematics in Six Countries - A Report of Mathematics Teaching in the 21st Century (MT21)
• Mississippi National River & Recreation Area / National Park Service  (MN) - Big River Journey Teacher's Guide
• National Center for Family Literacy (KY) - Planning for Volunteers in Literacy - A Guidebook, Talking About Wordless Picture Books - A Tutor Strategy Supporting English Language Learners
• Randolph Township Board of Education (NJ) - Gifted and Talented Program, Social Studies Curriculums (Grades 6-8 and Grades 9-12), Social Studies Electives (Grades 9-12)
• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education / SAVE (MN) - LEADS: For Youth (Sample Materials
• The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement / CIRCLE (MD) - Working papers on civic education, community involvement and the First Amendment
• The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop (NY) - D is for Digital
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (MD) - Public Playground Safety Handbook
• U.S. Department of Education (DC) - Publications from: Institute of Education Sciences; National Mathematics Advisory Panel; Office of Planning, Evaluation & Policy Development 

News - Spring 2008

New Content and Updates:

• Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey (NJ) - The Peregrine Project: A 6-Month Unit for Grades 1-5
• Fight Crime: Invest in Kids (DC) - A School and Youth Violence Prevention Plan; America's After-School Choice: The Prime Time for Juvenile Crime, or Youth Enrichment and Achievement; America's Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy; Bullying Prevention Is Crime Prevention; Caught in the Crossfire: Arresting Gang Violence By Investing in Kids; Promoting Preschool in Your Community: How to Piece Together a Successful Strategy
• IEEE / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (NJ) - IEEE Pre-University Education Lesson Plans
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA (DC) - Astro-Venture: Design A Planet Educator Guide; Astro-Venture: Occupation Lessons; Distance - Rate - Time Problems in Air Traffic Control: Smart Skies Line Up with Math Teacher Guide; Future Flight Design: Educator and Student Guides; Radiation Biology Educator Guide: An Interdisciplinary Guide on Radiation Biology for Grades 9-12; Virtual Skies Teacher Guide
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / NOAA (DC) - Ocean Explorer Expedition Education Modules for: Cayman Islands Twilight Zone, Davidson Seamount, Deep Slope 2006, Deep Slope 2007, New Zealand America Submarine Ring of Fire 2007, Operation Laser Line, PHAEDRA, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006, The Aegean and Black Sea, Tracking Narwhals in Greenland
• New America Foundation (DC) - Early Education Initiative Issue Briefs on various subjects: 10 New Ideas for Early Education in the NCLB Reauthorization, Building a 21st Century Economy - The Case for Investing in Early Education Reform, Closing the Achievement Gap Through Expanded Access to Quality Early Education in Grades PK-3, Ladders of Learning - Fighting Fade-Out By Advancing PK-3 Alignment, Teacher Quality in Grades PK-3 - Challenges and Options, The Key to NCLB Success - Getting it Right From the Start
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection & New Jersey Audubon Society (NJ) - Fishing for Answers in an Urban Estuary
• Peace Corps' Coverdell World Wise Schools (DC) - Match Handbook for U.S. Educators and Peace Corps Volunteers
• Project Look Sharp - Ithaca College (NY) - Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns: A Document-Based History Kit ; Media Construction of War: A Critical Reading of History Curriculum; Soviet History through Posters: A Visual Literacy Curriculum Kit
• Randolph Township Board of Education (NJ) - Curriculum for: 9-12 Business Education; K-12 Dance and Theater; 6-8 Family and Consumer Science; 9-12 Family and Consumer Science; K-12 Guidance; K-8 Health Education; 9-12 Health Education; K-5 Language Arts Literacy; 6-8 Language Arts Literacy; 9-12 Language Arts Literacy; K-5 Mathematics; 6-8 Mathematics; 9-12 Mathematics; K-12 Music; K-8 Physical Education; 9-12 Physical Education; K-5 Science; 6-8 Science; 9-12 Science; K-5 Social Studies; 6-8 Technology Education; 9-12 Technology Education; K-12 Visual Arts; K-2 World Language; 3-5 World Language; 6-8 World Language; 9-12 World Language
• The Ewing Public Schools (NJ) - Curriculum for: K-12 Art; 9-12 Business; K-8 Computer Literacy; K-12 Health and Physical Education; K-12 Language Arts / English; K-12 Music; 6-12 Physical Education; 6-12 World Languages
• The Trauma Center at Justice Research Institute (MA) - Urban Improv for the Classroom: 4th Grade Teacher Curriculum
• U.S. Department of Education / Institute of Education Sciences (DC) - IES Practice Guides for: Encouraging Girls in Math and Science; Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning
• U.S. Department of Education / Office of Innovation & Improvement (DC) - Innovations in Education series: Connecting Students to Advanced Courses Online; Supporting Charter School Excellence Through Quality Authorizing