Reading Resource Project

The Reading Resource Project is an ongoing program that runs throughout the year. The program distributes high quality, softcover books for Read Across America Day, National Drop Everything and Read Day, Children's Book Week, International Children's Book Day, and other Literacy Programs.

Reading Resource Project books are 100 book sets. Any literacy based effort qualifies for these books. You do not have to be a school or teacher. Reading Resource Project books are available in a limited quantity on a first come, first served basis.

Each 100 book set will contain a variety of at least 10 different titles. Recipients merely pay shipping, handling, and administrative costs, which is only $0.88 cents per softcover book ($88.00 per set of 100 books).

https://www.lefbooks.org/reading_resource_project/

Movie Licensing for Schools

In case you weren't sure about where to get the licensing, Swank is the main one for libraries and schools. They have material from pretty much every studio and can do one-time events or licenses that go for the whole building for a period of time. For one-time events they need to know the title of the movie and the number of expected attendees to do a quote.

There's more information and you can also search for movies here:
https://www.swank.com/k-12-schools/licensing-options/

Native American Storytellers - School Visit Resources

Plimoth Patuxet has both in person and school visits available

The Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness is actually based in Danvers. Among their offerings are educational programs.
They have these speakers on their site:
https://www.mcnaa.org/speakers-presenters

Cynthia Fox Tree, just did a presentation at the Lynnfield library that was a joint presentation by them, the Beverly PL and the Peabody Institute. It looks like she may be geared more toward adults

Larry Spotted Crow Mann, looks like a good possibility
or maybe the third one, Annawon Weedon.

Robin Pease is listed on the Young Audiences of Massachusetts (YAMA) site. She is a Mohawk descendant, comes to your school in traditional regalia to take you on a journey through Native American culture. The program features audience participation in the form of stories, songs, dance, and/or games.

Anne Jennison - presented at Abbot Hall in Marblehead in October. She is chair of the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. She is only doing online live events, not in person.

Jennison is the co-producer of Dawnland StoryFest, a daylong event at the Strawberry Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH featuring storytelling “concerts” or performances by five experienced Indigenous storytellers as well as a keynote address. It just happened in early November.

James Bruchac is in New York state but I think he does programs around here sometimes too.

Smartphones Are Like Cars. So Why Don’t We Maintain Them?

Smartphones Are Like Cars. So Why Don’t We Maintain Them?

Regularly replacing our phones takes a toll on our wallets and the environment. We should instead take care of them as we do our cars.

History of Elections in America

In 1845, Congress designated the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day for presidential elections by federal law. Today, we invite you to explore the history of elections in America with resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute archives!

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/curriculum/8-election-day

Bud Not Buddy @ Wheelock Family Theatre

Bud, Not Buddy
April 14th – May 14th, 2023

Adapted by Reginald André Jackson
Based on the novel by Christopher Paul

Directed by Dawn Simmons

https://www.wheelockfamilytheatre.org/performances/2022-season/bud-not-buddy/

Portuguese Language Books

If you want an alternative to Amazon, BuoBooks (https://www.buobooks.com/) claims to be "the world's first Portuguese language bookstore" and are headquartered in Florida with offices in Portugal and Brazil. I think they have free shipping in the US.


I'm looking for some information about who some of the top Portuguese language YA and middle grade writers are so I could look into or recommend books that are not translated into Portuguese but written in that language. (And also similar info for Spanish language books.)

How to Use TikTok’s Parental Controls

How to Use TikTok’s Parental Controls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/26/technology/personaltech/tiktok-parental-controls.html?searchResultPosition=1

• Tells you how toset a child’s account to Private
• set daily time limits on using TikTok, schedule mandatory breaks that lock a child out of the app and see a summary of how much time was spent using the app.
• Content Preferencesto set the app to block videos containing certain keywords or enable the password-protected Restricted Mode.
• Family Pairing feature allows a parent to link their own TikTok account to a child’s

News Literacy Project

I love the News Literacy Project materials and have used them a bunch. If you ever wanted me to do anything with your students using these resources, let me know -- or perhaps you want to use them yourself. I'd be happy to show you how their website, Checkology, works.

What Do American’s Middle Schools Teach About Climate Change?

What Do American’s Middle Schools Teach About Climate Change? Not Much.
Around the United States, middle school science standards have minimal references to climate change and teachers on average spend just a few hours a year teaching it.