
Library & Digital Resources
Welcome to the Heartland AEA library e-newsletter!
March 7, 2023
- Goldie's History Ebooks and Kits
- New Videos in Learn 360
- New Dav Pilkey Ebooks
- OneClick Update
- Annual School Library Survey Coming Soon
- Professional Learning: Readings
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Goldie's History Ebooks and Kits
The curriculum is available online. Goldie's Kids Club resources are here.
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs also gave the AEAs a few of the kits to check out.
American Indians and westward expansion (3rd grade) (256758)
Buxton: a lost utopia (2nd grade) (256753)
Children's lives: comparing long ago to today (Kindergarten) (256747)
Environmental impact (2nd grade) (256754)
Identity (Kindergarten) (256748)
Immigration to Iowa (3rd grade) (256756)
Industrial revolution (4th grade) (256761)
Meskwaki culture (1st grade) (256751)
People at work (1st grade) (256750)
Right to vote: African-American suffrage (5th grade) (256762)
School desegregation (5th grade) (256763)
Schools: comparing long ago, today and other cultures (1st grade)
Trade: Responsibility on the world stage (5th grade) (256764)
Transportation in rural and urban spaces (2nd grade) (256755)
Image source: https://iowaculture.gov/goldie
New Videos in Learn 360
There are 546 new videos added to Learn 360. Click here to explore.
- 48 Spanish titles for early childhood
- 20 titles for English/Language Aers
- 492 titles for Health & Guidance
- 90 titles for Science
- 100 titles for Social Emotional Learning
- 29 titles for Social Studies
New Dav Pilkey Ebooks
We added more Dav Pilkey ebooks to the elementary Mackin VIA collections. Enjoy! Here are some activities and videos from TeachingBooks.
- Brawl of the Wild
- Dog Man
- Dog Man and Cat Kid
- Dog Man Unleashed
- Fetch-22
- For Whom the Ball Rolls
- Grime and Punishment
- Lord of the Fleas
- A Tale of Two Kitties
Image from TeachingBooks.net
OneClick Update
There are just a few schools remaining to connect to OneClick! We hope to have all schools connected by the end of the school year. Thanks to all the teacher librarians who helped set this up in your school or district. If you have any questions, please contact the Heartland AEA library. https://launchpad.classlink.com/haea
Information about the Iowa annual School Library Survey will be coming soon!
Professional Learning: Readings
Heartland AEA Literacy Newsletter
As you read about text complexity, don't forget the Text Complexity Toolkit and supports at TeachingBooks.
NCTE Calls for "Paradigm Shift" for Teaching with Nonfiction Literature
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