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Dear Gail:
I am a 1997 AMF. While us "oldtimers" do not engage in the running dialog they way we
used to, we still follow the progress of each new group. I know I do! Your lesson
sounds very good. I am a social studies coordinator for my school district and I am
always looking for ways to use primary socurces for elementary age children.
Since you are linking to the Archives site, I assume you have read the Social Education
Article about FDR's speech. I think it was the December 1991 issue. The article
discussed the final written draft and handwritten changes FDR made to this speech and
gave a classroom lesson. My students were intrigued to know that the original draft
called it a "day which will live in world history." This just does not have the zip
that infamy has. It was a good lesson in the writing process.
Keep up the good work,
Agnes Dunn
Stafford, Va
gailhd wrote:
> Dear Judy,
>
> I piloted my Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself lesson with my 5th graders last
> month. The scope and sequence worked well and my student projects (poems in two
> voices and newspaper articles) exceeded my expectations. I'm excited to add the
> finishing touches. All links are working with the exception of the sound clip from
> the National Archives site of FDR's "A Day That Will Live in Infamy" speech. I'll
> need some help with the sound clip. Other than that, I'm about ready to submit the
> lesson in final form.
>
> I've already had a number of opportunities to present the American Memory Project
> and there are more to come this spring and summer. I'm very proud to be an AMF!,
> Gail Desler
>
> "Judith K. Graves" wrote:
>
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> > Sender: American Memory Fellows <AMFELLOWS@RS8.LOC.GOV>
> > Poster: "Judith K. Graves" <jgrav@LOC.GOV>
> > Subject: '99 lessons
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> >
> > Hi '99 Fellows,
> >
> > We're starting to think about getting our website chock full of '99
> > Fellows' lessons so our '00 Fellows will have the largest selection
> > possible of models to give them inspiration and spur their creativity. I
> > know that y'all are in the throes of trying to field test your lessons with
> > your students. That's a huge task as it is - and I'm here to try to make
> > the next step - getting your lesson online - as painless as possible.
> >
> > Would each team let me know by next week (Feb. 22) how you are doing and
> > what kind of help you will need to get your lesson web-ready. It's not too
> > early to think about all of this. With 25 teams to support, we want to get
> > an idea of what we need to do to get these available for the summer.
> >
> > Remember, we are in a partnership to provide these materials to educators
> > via our website. You need to tell us how we can work together to make
> > these lessons available. I'd be happy to work with you to get it web-ready.
> >
> > Fantastic web skills were not part of the criteria to become a Fellow, and
> > they are not needed to get the lesson online. We can provide the skills
> > and talent to get the lessons through the next phase. The important thing
> > is to have good models that speak to the participants of the institute.
> >
> > We can work via fax and email to get first a draft online in the test
> > region of the LC website in May, then a polished version by June. (If your
> > field test takes place during this time, let us know so we can accommodate
> > your schedule.)
> >
> > Hope all is going well with everyone. I'm starting to get hungry for the
> > sight of crocus and cherry blossoms.
> > Judy
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Judith K. Graves
> > Educational Services
> > National Digital Library Program
> > Library of Congress
> > Washington, D.C. 20540-1320
> > jgrav@loc.gov (V)202/707-2562 (F) 202/252-3173
> > http://learning.loc.gov/learn/
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Dear Gail:
<P>I am a 1997 AMF. While us "oldtimers" do not engage in the running
dialog they way we used to, we still follow the progress of each new group.
I know I do! Your lesson sounds very good. I am a social studies
coordinator for my school district and I am always looking for ways to
use primary socurces for elementary age children.
<P>Since you are linking to the Archives site, I assume you have read the
<U>Social Education</U> Article about FDR's speech. I think it was
the December 1991 issue. The article discussed the final written
draft and handwritten changes FDR made to this speech and gave a classroom
lesson. My students were intrigued to know that the original draft
called it a "day which will live in world history." This just does
not have the zip that infamy has. It was a good lesson in the writing
process.
<P>Keep up the good work,
<BR>Agnes Dunn
<BR>Stafford, Va
<P>gailhd wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Dear Judy,
<P>I piloted my Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself lesson with my 5th graders
last
<BR>month. The scope and sequence worked well and my student projects
(poems in two
<BR>voices and newspaper articles) exceeded my expectations. I'm
excited to add the
<BR>finishing touches. All links are working with the exception of
the sound clip from
<BR>the National Archives site of FDR's "A Day That Will Live in Infamy"
speech. I'll
<BR>need some help with the sound clip. Other than that, I'm about
ready to submit the
<BR>lesson in final form.
<P>I've already had a number of opportunities to present the American Memory
Project
<BR>and there are more to come this spring and summer. I'm very proud
to be an AMF!,
<BR>Gail Desler
<P>"Judith K. Graves" wrote:
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<BR>> Sender: American Memory Fellows
<AMFELLOWS@RS8.LOC.GOV>
<BR>> Poster: "Judith K. Graves" <jgrav@LOC.GOV>
<BR>> Subject: '99 lessons
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<BR>>
<BR>> Hi '99 Fellows,
<BR>>
<BR>> We're starting to think about getting our website chock full of '99
<BR>> Fellows' lessons so our '00 Fellows will have the largest selection
<BR>> possible of models to give them inspiration and spur their creativity.
I
<BR>> know that y'all are in the throes of trying to field test your lessons
with
<BR>> your students. That's a huge task as it is - and I'm here to
try to make
<BR>> the next step - getting your lesson online - as painless as possible.
<BR>>
<BR>> Would each team let me know by next week (Feb. 22) how you are doing
and
<BR>> what kind of help you will need to get your lesson web-ready.
It's not too
<BR>> early to think about all of this. With 25 teams to support,
we want to get
<BR>> an idea of what we need to do to get these available for the summer.
<BR>>
<BR>> Remember, we are in a partnership to provide these materials to educators
<BR>> via our website. You need to tell us how we can work together
to make
<BR>> these lessons available. I'd be happy to work with you to get
it web-ready.
<BR>>
<BR>> Fantastic web skills were not part of the criteria to become a Fellow,
and
<BR>> they are not needed to get the lesson online. We can provide
the skills
<BR>> and talent to get the lessons through the next phase. The important
thing
<BR>> is to have good models that speak to the participants of the institute.
<BR>>
<BR>> We can work via fax and email to get first a draft online in the
test
<BR>> region of the LC website in May, then a polished version by June.
(If your
<BR>> field test takes place during this time, let us know so we can accommodate
<BR>> your schedule.)
<BR>>
<BR>> Hope all is going well with everyone. I'm starting to get hungry
for the
<BR>> sight of crocus and cherry blossoms.
<BR>> Judy
<BR>> -------------------------------------------------------
<BR>> Judith K. Graves
<BR>> Educational Services
<BR>> National Digital Library Program
<BR>> Library of Congress
<BR>> Washington, D.C. 20540-1320
<BR>> jgrav@loc.gov (V)202/707-2562
(F) 202/252-3173
<BR>> <A HREF="http://learning.loc.gov/learn/">http://learning.loc.gov/learn/></BLOCKQUOTE>
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