This year's grant focuses on the National Library Week theme, "Communities
thrive @ your library®." All proposals must use this theme. Deadline:
October 16, 2009
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/pio/natlibraryweek/nlwgrant.cfm
Social Studies/History/Civics:
The article "Creating Strategies and Conditions for Civil Discourse
About Controversial Issues"
http://www.learner.org/workshops/civics/workshop7/otherlessons/index$2.html
by John Rossi is valuable reading if you're facilitating class
discussions specifically on the use of atomic weapons or on other
controversial topics.
OR
Science/Physics:
The Perseids are an annually observed meteor shower associated with
Comet Swift-Tuttle. The meteor shower can be seen from the latter part
of July until the latter part of August, this year peaking around August
12. For a peak experience on August 12, observe the sky just before
moonrise to avoid a glaring gibbous moon's interference with the display.
For information about meteors and their impact on Earth, visit the
following Learner.org resources: Mathematics Illuminated
http://www.learner.org/courses/mathilluminated/units/13/textbook/03.php
OR English/Debate/Current Events:
For literature that addresses racial profiling, see the work of
Ishmael Reed http://www.learner.org/workshops/hslit/session5/aw/work1.html
in The Expanding Canon: Teaching Multicultural Literature in High School.
Making Civics Real: A Workshop for Teachers, Workshop 7,
"Controversial Public Policy Issues"
http://www.learner.org/workshops/civics/workshop7/ in which high school
teacher JoEllen Ambrose of Champlin Park High School in Minnesota
actively engages her 12th-grade law class in the issue of racial
profiling. The Web site includes the lesson plan, student perspectives,
and more.
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