WWW Almanac:
Making Curriculum Connections to Special Days, Weeks, and Months
by Sharron L. McElmeel and Carol Smallwood
Published by Linworth Publishing
WWW Almanac: Making Curriculum Connections to Special Days, Weeks, and Months
Reviewers say:
Educators are looking for ways to integrate the Internet into the curriculum. . . . The index provides subject categorization, so sites from across the calendar can be used with thematic units, author studies, or curricular topics. Recommended-- Book Report, March/April 2000.
For each event, the authors provide suggestions for curriculum connections, including community outreach, language arts, library skills, multicultural studies, and social studies. These curriculum connections come through virtual visits to museums, trips around the United States, and other interactive activities.
This book provides leads to the resources on the World Wide Web that connect with everyday events, celebrations, holidays, and which provide concepts and ideas that might assist in helping students to construct new knowledge. Integrate technology into the curriculum with this one-of-a-kind book.
Sharron L. McElmeel is a book review editor of Library Talk, the co-author of the third revision of Internet for Schools: a Practical Guide, Research Strategies for Moving Beyond Reporting, and Literature Frameworks: From Apples to Zoos. and editor of "Cool Stuff on the Web" -- a regular column in Library Talk and Book Report.
This book provides Internet sites relating to numerous special days and weeks that are relevant to the K-12 curriculum. The national observances, including National Health Month, Black History Month, Be Kind to Animals Week and Valentine's Day, provide students with a great way to connect electronicaly to topics of social concern.
©1999, ISBN 0-938865-78-1.
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