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Don’t forget that your Six Flags Read to Succeed forms are due by February 23rd. Late forms will not be accepted, so go ahead and turn yours in early if you can! Everyone who completes six hours of recreational reading, has the verification form signed by a parent, and turns the form in on time will receive a FREE ticket to Six Flags! You’ve still got time, so get to reading! Tickets will be distributed at Awards Day in May.
At the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Seattle, Washington, the ALA literary awards were presented.
Susan Patron, author of The Higher Power of Lucky, and David Wiesner, illustrator of Flotsam, were the winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, respectively. For more information on the recipients of these two awards visit http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2007/january2007/newbery07.htm
For a complete list of the ALA literary award winners visit www.ala.org/mw07winners
The following information is from the American Library Association:
Whether you’re looking for information on current leaders in the African-American community, black celebrities and popular culture icons, the history of slavery, or biographies of history’s most powerful and influential black leaders,these sites will help you find the resources you need:
Encyclopedia Britannica’s Guide to Black History http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory
Lessons to celebrate Black History Month http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson221.shtml
Black History educational resources from teachervision.com http://www.teachervision.fen.com/black-history-month/black-history/6602.html
Black History Month Lesson Plans http://www.lessonplanspage.com/BlackHistoryMonth.htm
Black History from Biography.com http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/
Black History Month resources from ReadingRockets http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory
African American World, by PBS http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld
Celebrating Black History http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory
PBS series “African American Lives” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/index.html
Culture & Change — Black History in America http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory
Amidst rumors of blogspot.com being blocked by some school systems, I have moved the site of our media center blog to edublogs.org. This is a blogging site for educators and should present no access problems.
