INFONEWS n°30 du 28/03/99
 

    Cette semaine, j'ai surtout aimé la leçon supplémentaire d'Instant Lessons
***pour nous remercier de les utiliser et une petite vidéo électorale 'I
like Ike'***. Elle nécessite le chargement et l'installation de Shockwave,
mais le résultat vaut l'effort!

Bonne semaine à tous!

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NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY ( FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer, Mar-26-99)
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Tuesday, March 30, 1999 Doctor's Day ; "I Am in Control" Day
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 Vice President Al Gore's birthday
Thursday, April 1, 1999 April Fools Day
Friday, April 2, 1999 Hans Christian Andersen's birthday
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Civics Resources (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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Great American Web Site
The Inaugural Classroom
Making the Constitution
PBS News and Views
State and Local Governments
The Thirty Second Candidate ***
White House Project
American Presidents: Life Portraits ( COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #20)
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Lesson plans, exercises, tests
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A special little free Instant Lesson for Infonews ***
NOVELS: LESSON PLANS AND INTERNET RESOURCES (BONUS POINTS 14 March )
SHAKESPEARE LESSON PLANS AND INTERNET RESOURCES (BONUS POINTS 14 March )
FunBrain ( FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer, Mar-22-99)
TEST CONSTRUCTION (BONUS POINTS 14 March )
BBC Education Online News ( The Weekly Bookmark - March 23)
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other useful sites
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The British Monarchy ( COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #20)
96 Years of Women in the Olympics ( FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer,
Mar-22-99)
Emilio Serge Visual Archive (LII> [LIIWEEK] March 22)
Los Angeles: Past, Present & Future (LII> [LIIWEEK] March 22)
Movie data base

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NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY ( FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer, Mar-26-99)
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Tuesday, March 30, 1999
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Doctor's Day
Observed since 1933, Doctor's Day marks the March 30, 1842,
anniversary of Dr. Crawford W. Long performing the first surgery
with anesthetic. Red carnations are the official flower of this
observance.

"I Am in Control" Day
On March 30, 1981, after President Ronald Reagan was shot by John
Hinckley, Jr., Secretary of State Alexander Haig announced in a
televised press conference that, "As of now, I am in control..."

Wednesday, March 31, 1999
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Vice President Al Gore
Born March 31, 1948, in Washington DC, Albert Gore, Jr., is the
45th US Vice President. You can send him a birthday greeting from :
--> http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Mail/html/Mail_Vice_President.html

Thursday, April 1, 1999
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April Fools Day
The first of April, some do say
Is set apart for All Fools' Day
But why the people call it so
Nor I nor they themselves do know
-- Poor Robin's Almanack, 1760
Here's site where you can -- for free -- create phony headlines
and bogus web pages:
--> http://aprilfools.infospace.com/
[ une page à essayer....pour impressionner vos amis!]
Voir aussi : April fool's history
--> http://aprilfools.infospace.com/afhow.htm

Friday, April 2, 1999
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Hans Christian Andersen, 1805-1875
Born April 2, 1805, in Odense, Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen is
best known for writing more than 150 fairy tales.
Fairy tales and stories online:
--> http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/Andersen/
[traduction en anglais et transcription complète des contes qui sont
maintenant dans le domaine public]

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Civics Resources
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Great American Web Site (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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Billed as "the Citizen's Guide to U.S. Government Resources on the World
Wide Web", access to every government branch and all independent government
agencies - WOW!
--> http://www.uncle-sam.com/
[lycée et enseignants, tout sur le système gouvernemental Americain]

The Inaugural Classroom (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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Categorized lesson plans covering both the electoral process and the
history of inaugurations - excellent material
which does an admirable job of staying politically neutral; hey, it's
only eighteen months away from national elections!
--> http://www.pbs.org/inaugural97/letter.html
[lycée, des idées de leçons autour des présidents et de leur élection, et
des quizz pour s'évaluer]

Making the Constitution (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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Safe within the controlled environment of BONUS.COM, using Library of
Congress documents students re-live the signing at the Constitutional
Convention - superb
--> http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/Continental.html?referrer=ED4
[dès la quatrième, des pages courtes, en langage simple, par contre il faut
beaucoup naviguer entre les pages : à utiliser en travail individuel ou par
deux sur un poste]

PBS News and Views (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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Combines civics and current events to present stimulating topics for
secondary school classrooms; taps into all of
PBS's news resources to present a high caliber spring board for dozens
of quality class discussions and activities -not to be missed!
--> http://www.pbs.org/newsandviews/
[ lycée, des pistes pour travailler autour d'un thème d'actualité]

State and Local Governments (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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Maps and information on everything from state houses to municipalities
for all 50 (count 'em) yes 50 states!
--> http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
[pour les enseignants, une ressource de la 'Library of Congress',des liens
utiles pour préparer un cours sur le élections]

The Thirty Second Candidate (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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An offshoot of the PBS Democracy project, this site looks at political
advertising in the U.S.
--> http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/  
[dès le collège, comment se construit un spot électoral, voir en
particulier 'I like Ike' *** un des tout premiers, sous forme de 'cartoon',
utilisable avec des 6èmes]

White House Project (INNOV> [I.T.] Civics Resources March 19)
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Designed to promote women successfully running for elected offices in
the United States including the Presidency
- what a great month to feature this site!
--> http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/index2.html
[lycée, dans le cadre de 'women's history month']

American Presidents: Life Portraits ( COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #20)
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C-Span started their 41 week series this past week on American Presidents.
I had the opportunity last evening to watch their first series on George
Washington. This coming week they will cover our 2nd President, John
Adams. If you miss the tv show, now you can stop by this excellent
designed website for all the information. For its 20th anniversary, C-SPAN
examines American Presidents and their "Life Portraits." Use this website
to learn more about the personal stories of these 41 men.
--> http://www.americanpresidents.org/
[lycée, des vidéos et des interviews]

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Lesson plans, exercises, tests
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A special little free Instant Lesson for Infonews ***
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I wrote to the editor to tell him that many of you appreciated his lessons,
and i got this answer from the editor <editor@english-to-go.com> :
Thank you for your email and encouragement. We always enjoy learning more
about the people using Instant Lessons. Thank you also for telling others
about English To Go in your weekly newsletter. The weekly free lesson will
remain weekly and free. There is a special little free Instant Lesson as a
thank you for taking the time to encourage us. I hope you find it useful.
--> http://www.english-to-go.com/thank_you/  
[utilisable dès la 4ème, une dictée portant sur les nombres et un texte à
reconstituer en utilisant first, then, finally, etc... ]

NOVELS: LESSON PLANS AND INTERNET RESOURCES (BONUS POINTS 14 March )
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--> http://7-12educators.miningco.com/msub100litguide.htm
[pour enseignants de lycée, comment construire des leçons de littérature
anglaise]

SHAKESPEARE LESSON PLANS AND INTERNET RESOURCES (BONUS POINTS 14 March )
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--> http://7-12educators.miningco.com/msub109drama.htm
[même chose, centré sur Shakespeare]

FunBrain ( FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer, Mar-22-99)
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This site features online, interactive number and word games for
students 6 & Under, 7-10, 11-14, and 15 & Up.
--> http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
[petits exercices avec correction, utilisable dès la 6ème, mais peut-être
trop ludiques, à soutenir par une trace écrite]

TEST CONSTRUCTION (BONUS POINTS 14 March )
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Want to brush up on your test writing skills? You'll find
some to the point recommendations here as well as
discussions of how to grade open ended questions.
--> http://7-12educators.miningco.com/msub114testconstr.htm
[pour enseignants, advices on how to build tests]

BBC Education Online News ( The Weekly Bookmark - March 23)
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BBC Education Online News is a weekly e-newsletter keeping you
up to date with new site launches, updates to current sites and
news about BBC Education Online generally. Aimed at anyone
learning whether at school, work or home. It's free! Be sure to
visit the Education section of the website while you're there.
Submitted By: G. Wright
--> http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/news
[J'y suis abonnée pour vous. Le site contient aussi une liste de liens
intéressants]

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other useful sites
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The British Monarchy ( COOL> Cool Web Sightings - Issue #20)
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One of the oldest and continuous monarchies that exist in the world today
it the one in the British Isles. You can trace the history of the Monarchy
from it's beginning, the procedures under which it operates today, and has
operated for over the past 1100 years. There are biographies of the
current family, information on the palaces of the royal family, a special
section on the restoration of Windsor Castle after a near disastrous fire,
and the Royal Collection, one of the finest collections of paintings,
books, furniture, glassware, and, yes, even the crown jewels. There is
also a section with links to other sites that have ties to the monarchy.
--> http://www.royal.gov.uk/
[tous niveaux, pour ceux qui ne le connaissent pas encore, c'est un site
indispensable, très visuel, utilisable dès la 6 ème]

96 Years of Women in the Olympics ( FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer,
Mar-22-99)
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Here's a site for National Women's History Month:
This site includes athlete profiles, facts about women in the
Olympics, links to women sports sites, and lots more.
--> http://www.feminist.org/other/olympic/intro.html
[ articles courts, utilisables dès la 5ème]

Emilio Serge Visual Archive (LII> [LIIWEEK] March 22)
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This searchable collection "focuses on American
physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century, but
includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other
fields related to physics, and in earlier times." Also
included are "mini-exhibits" on a number of scientists
including Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi, and Niels Bohr
which feature biographical information and images. There
are currently more than 1500 images (of 25,000) available
online. From the American Institute for Physics. - ew
--> http://www.aip.org/history/esva/
[dès la 4ème, biographies courtes et accessibles, voir Newton par exemple]

Los Angeles: Past, Present & Future (LII> [LIIWEEK] March 22)
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A wonderfully diverse collection of resources on the city
of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Although the site
includes information on present day LA and glimpses of the
future, it is particularly good for historic photographs and
images of early Los Angeles. Maintained by the
Information Services Division of the University of
Southern California and dedicated to its original creator
the late Dennis Thomison, a Reference Librarian at USC.
--> http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/
[tout niveau, un site très complet, depuis des archives jusqu'aux films de
science fiction]

Movie data base
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Pour ceux qui aiment travailler avec le cd-rom 'Cinemania', voici un site
en ligne qui offre des renseignements similaires : cast, review, soundtrack...
--> http://us.imdb.com/

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