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Reminder: Send New GALILEO Password Home with Students for the Summer
I hope the school year is winding down well for everyone.
This is a reminder that the GALILEO password will change on Friday, May 17.
If you would like your students and teachers to be able to access GALILEO resources over the summer, they will need the new password.
The following can be used to send the password home with students:
Password Bookmarks
Password Take-Home Sheet
Parents and students may also be interested in having educational activities and other resources for the summer.
Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.
Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
National Poetry Month Resources in GALILEO
Are your students studying rhythm and rhyme for National Poetry Month? From the ancients to recent Pulitzer Prize winners, students can find poetry criticism, poet biographies, full-text poems, and more in Literary Reference Center. And, when they are trying to figure out what onomatopoeia means, Literary Reference Center also includes a literary glossary for that.
For a broader search for middle and high school students, just type a poet’s name, a type of poetry, or the words, poet* or poetry criticism, into the Discover GALILEO search box to find articles and more.
If you’re looking for a poem for Poem in Your Pocket Day on Thursday, April 18, 2013, here’s a quick tip for finding poems. In Literary Reference Center, go to Advanced Search, leave the search field blank, and then limit your search to Poem in the Document Types section. Click the Search button, and you have thousands of poems at your fingertips.
Elementary and middle students can find fun poetry activities in SIRS Discoverer. Search for “poetry” and look for the red “a” code that indicates articles with activities. Students will also find editorially-selected websites and articles about poets and poetry.
Students of all ages can also write a poem about their own hometown and create a digital story to share their personal narratives in the activities outlined by the Where I’m From in GALILEO lesson plan. See the GALILEO site for the lesson plan, poem template, GPS alignments, guides to resources and tools, and an example video and poster.
Teachers, media specialists, and other school personnel can find classroom activities and lesson plans in ERIC. Search for “poetry and activity” and limit by grade level in Advanced Search. Check both ERIC@eric.ed.gov and ERIC@EBSCOhost – each may have different items in full text. Professional Development Collection also includes research articles and practical guidance for the teaching of poetry. Just search for “poetry study,” “poetry slams,” or a favorite poetry-related term.
Find plenty of interesting Georgia poets in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Browse to Literature > Poetry to see the list. Several of the poets have video and audio clips included with the article, so don’t miss David Bottoms talking about metaphor or the reading of Sidney Lanier’s “The Marshes of Glynn.” Students can also read about Georgia poets, Alice Walker and Judith Ortiz Cofer as well as Natasha Tretheway, who is the current poet laureate for the United States.
See the archived Poetry Resources in GALILEO webinar in the Archived Sessions section of GALILEO Training and download the handout from the Presentation and Materials page.
Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.
Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access.
Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Literary Reference Center: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zblr
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
ERIC (at http://www.eric.ed.gov): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zeri
ERIC (at EBSCOhost): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zber
Professional Development Collection: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbpd
New Georgia Encyclopedia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ngen
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GALILEO Resources for Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month, here are a few resources in GALILEO to help you find the stories of women throughout history.
Middle and high school students can start by looking for a woman in the Discover GALILEO search box. Try finding Susan B. Anthony, Marie Curie, Helen Keller, Sally Ride, Coretta Scott King, Sonia Sotomayor, Jane Goodall, and others. For some major events in women’s history, look for women’s rights, women suffrage, women work*, feminism, or other topics of interest. For literary criticism, type in the title of a book or author names with the term literary criticism; for example, emily dickinson literary criticism or to kill a mockingbird literary criticism.
Tip: If you are getting a lot of book reviews in the results, use Limit by Type to remove reviews (click Show More to see all types, click Check all, then uncheck Reviews). You can also use Limit by Type to only see magazine and news articles (they have an easier reading level), primary source documents, or multimedia (choose Videos, Audio, or Non-Print Resources).
Next, explore Encyclopædia Britannica‘s spotlight on women, the Encyclopædia Britannica Profiles 300 Women Who Changed the World. There, students will find an illustrated timeline of women throughout history along with articles, essays, speeches, video clips, and learning activities.
For speeches, letters, and other primary source documents, search for women in Annals of American History to see a letter from Horace Greeley on women’s rights or a declaration of rights for women from Susan B. Anthony.
A quick search of SIRS Discoverer (elementary and middle school) will bring back news and magazine articles, images, and more. SIRS Discoverer also includes a spotlight for Women’s History Month, so click the Spotlight of the Month feature at the bottom of the SIRS Discover home page to investigate this (scroll to the bottom of the Spotlight page to see archives).
NoveList and NoveList K-8 offer book recommendations for all ages. Here is a tip to find fiction books by women. Go the Advanced Search, leave the search box blank (or type in a topic of your choice), and choose Female in the Author’s Gender field to see a list of books.
Want to meet important women in Georgia? Take a look at the Women of Distinction in Georgia feature in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Your students can read about interesting women like Mary Musgrove, Hazel Raines, Rosalyn Carter, Alice Walker, and many more fascinating women. Students can also see Famous Georgia Women in GeorgiaInfo.
Please Contact Us if you have questions or comments or if you need to report problems.
Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access.
Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs
Encyclopædia Britannica High School: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs
Compton’s by Britannica (for middle school): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm
Britannica Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk
Annals of American History: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zeba
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
New Georgia Encyclopedia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=ngen
GeorgiaInfo: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=gnfo
NoveList: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zknl
NoveList K-8: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne
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Announcing the 2013 Annual GALILEO Staff Awards for Best Use of GALILEO Resources in a Georgia Student Media Festival Project
The GALILEO staff will present two awards for the best use of GALILEO resources in a project submitted to the 2013 Georgia Student Media Festival: group project (classroom teacher) and individual (student). In addition to fame and glory, the awards provide a technology-oriented incentive such as a mini HD video camcorder. The award winners are selected as part of the festival judging process based on the number of GALILEO resources used and cited.
Help with Project Ideas
• Example projects are available in the GALILEO Scrapbook
• Standards-Aligned Lesson Plan “Where I’m From in GALILEO” lesson plan (see example in GALILEO Scrapbook)
• Standards-aligned activity “Create Your Own Story in GALILEO“
Here is a handout if you would like to share this information with teachers.
If you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.
GALILEO Staff
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
GALILEO Resources for Black History Month
Black History Month will soon be here, and GALILEO has quite a few great resources to share with students and teachers.
Start by entering a person or event associated with African American history in the new Discover GALILEO searchbox in GALILEO High School or GALILEO Teen, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Zora Neale Hurtson, Civil Rights Movement, Selma Montgomery March, Harlem Renaissance, African American arts, and more. Elementary students can search for topics in Britannica Elementary, SIRS Discoverer, or Kids Search.
The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) offers a variety of primary sources and education materials on the Civil Rights Movement, including films clips, images, oral histories, and more. Don’t miss the Educator Resources, especially the Freedom on Film site, for lesson plans and more.
For a look at the history of African Americans in Georgia, the Digital Library of Georgia offers historical images (Vanishing Georgia in particular), newspapers, and more. You can browse by your county or by subject (such as Peoples and Cultures) to see collections. Several collections of note are “Integrated in All Respects”: Ed Friend’s Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics of Segregation; Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander’s Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library; and The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s.
As always, Encyclopædia Britannica offers authoritative information on famous African Americans and historical events. Don’t miss the spotlight on Black History because Britannica has pulled together a nice collection of biographies, documents, multimedia, learning activities, and more.
SIRS Discoverer (for elementary and middle school) offers a spotlight on Black History Month. Just click the Spotlight of the Month at the bottom of the screen and then scroll down to see the Spotlight Archives. Students can also search either resource for “African American” or for names, events, or places to find articles and multimedia.
NoveList and NoveList K-8 offer book recommendations for all age and grade levels. Search for African Americans to see books, lists, and articles related to this topic. If you use the Advanced Search, you can limit your search to books written by African American authors. Hint: Leave the search box blank and choose African-American in the Author’s Cultural Identity field to see a list of books by African American authors. Check out the Teaching with Books section on the right of the main page in NoveList to see award lists (including the Coretta Scott King Awards), BookTalks, Book Discussion Guides, Picture Book Extenders, and curriculum-based lists.
GALILEO has provided a training session showing these resources. You can view the archive for this session and others on the Self-Guided Sessions page.
As always, if you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.
Courtney McGough
GALILEO Support Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Some links may not work off site. Log in to GALILEO first for access.
Image from Encyclopædia Britannica
Express Links for Databases Mentioned in this Post:
Civil Rights Digital Library: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=crdl
Digital Library of Georgia: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=dlg1
Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebs
Encyclopædia Britannica High School: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zehs
Compton’s by Britannica (for middle school): http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebm
Britannica Elementary: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zebk
SIRS Discoverer: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zssd
Kids Search: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbks
NoveList: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zknl
NoveList K-8: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zkne
