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Hi LM_Netters:

I thought I'd put in a (shameless) plug for the American Memory web site.
It's full of ways to compare children of yesterday to our kids.  In
addition, you are welcome to use our Turn-of-the-Century Child material in
whole or part.  Happy holidays!

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lesson.html

then scroll down to "Emergence of Modern America"

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Debbie Abilock              "It is important that students bring a certain
The Nueva School            ragamuffin barefoot irreverence to their studies;
6565 Skyline Blvd.          they are not here to worship what is known,
Hillsborough, CA 94010      but to question it."  (Jacob Bronowski)
debbie@NuevaSchool.org
http://NuevaSchool.org/~debbie/overview.html
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On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Celeste Riter wrote:

> Happy Holiday Season !
>
>         A third grade teacher would like to begin the year 2000 by
> incorporating a theme comparing children's lives today to those of
> children during the decades of this past century (1900 through 1990's).
> We have thought about comparing  food prices, recreational activities,
> travel modes, prevalent
> childhood  illnesses, inventions, Caldecott winners...  We would
> appreciate your collective input  in finding lesson plans, more ideas
> (and how to implement them),
> web sites, books and other printed information etc.  Readability is a
> concern but we are willing to rewrite the information for the children.
> We appreciate any time, effort, and idea  you may give us.
> Thank you very much.
>
> Celeste Riter, LMS
> Elementary School Librarian
>
> Celeste116@juno.com
>
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