A selection of poems, arranged by theme, with a list of poetic terms.
Each of these twenty-one poems or poetic forms for AP Literature and Composition includes a link to the poem and multimedia resources such as EDSITEment lessons and EDSITEment-reviewed websites that discuss the poem, the poet, and its context.
Dani Sloan from UEN presents to virtual attendees about Utah's Online Library at the 2021 Utah Coalition for Educational Technology Conference.
This session is designed to help K-12 teachers and library media specialists effectively use the wealth of information resources in Utah's Online Library to improve and enhance student research. The session guides participants through using online databases through each step of the research process. Participants will learn how to use research tools to cite, gather, and organize their research.
This is the second lesson in a series of two introducing the Gale Reference Library. Students will browse the Opposing Viewpoints in Context on Gale Reference Library. After choosing a debatable topic, students will read the overview to summarize the argument and identify opposing claims. Next, students will choose two resources (one representing each side of the debate) and evaluate the claim and argument for each resource.
Before reading, create a graphic organizer that uses the titles and subtitles of an informational text.
A. Assess and respond to needs of school library media personnel
B. Facilitate communication and collaboration amongst UELMA members and between UELMA members and the public
C. Provide and promote professional growth in a dynamic and changing environment
D. Develop and support performance standards for school library media personnel
E. Publicize the components and dimensions of school library media programs
F. Act as a state affiliate with AASL because of the two organizations’ consistent goals and purposes
G. Interact with local, state, and national organizations on issues related to school library media programs
An historical image of -- Hill Air Force Base women workers -- is provided in conjunction with the articles from the book UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA, published in celebration of Utah's Centennial (1996) and edited by Allan Kent Powell. The Utah State Historical Society generously granted rights to display hundreds of images from their collections.
The history of -- Relief Society -- is examined in an article provided as a PDF document. This article is extracted from the book UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA, published in celebration of Utah's Centennial (1996) and edited by Allan Kent Powell. Over two hundred contributors wrote about the individuals, organizations, locations, institutions, and topics important to Utah history.
The history of -- Wells, Emmeline B. -- is examined in an article provided as a PDF document. This article is extracted from the book UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA, published in celebration of Utah's Centennial (1996) and edited by Allan Kent Powell. Over two hundred contributors wrote about the individuals, organizations, locations, institutions, and topics important to Utah history.
Salt Lake County Librarian, Christopher Bray, gives a presentation on Audiobooks and Electronic Resources available to you at the public library.
Deanna Romriell, Children Services Coordinator at the Salt Lake City Public Library, talks about best practices when having virtual story-times & book-talks.
Allyson discusses copyright for educators who are teaching virtually, K-12 and Higher Ed. Allyson Mower is a Librarian & Head of Scholarly Communication & Copyright at the University of Utah.
James Britsch, Director of the North Logan City Library, gives a presentation on free google products available for librarians and educators.
Middle School Librarian teaches how to use Sora with your students.
Tami Austin, a librarian through Salt Lake County, teaches us how to do storytime over Zoom.
Dani Sloan and Chris Haught, Technology Mentor from Southwest Educational Development Center, dive into Gale InfoBits. Chris teaches us ways to engage students by adding the tool to Canvas lesson plans. Gale InfoBits has many embedded tools to customize the resources for your students.
Clues to Walt Whitman's effort to create a new and distinctly American form of verse may be found in his Notebooks, now available online from the American Memory Collection. In an entry to be examined in this lesson, Whitman indicated that he wanted his poetry to explore important ideas of a universal scope (as in the European tradition), but in authentic American situations and settings using specific details with direct appeal to the senses.
A walk through Utah's Online Library focusing on the tools available for preschool and elementary students in the state of Utah.
This resource is a Language Arts student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically the EBSCO NoveList K-8 Plus database - to help teachers and students find books of interest to K-12 readers.
This lesson focuses on women who are too often overlooked when teaching about the "foremothers" of the movements for suffrage and women's equality in U.S. history. Grounded in the critical inquiry question "Who's missing?" and in the interest of bringing more perspectives to who the suffrage movement included, this resource will help to ensure that students learn about some of the lesser-known activists who, like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, participated in the formative years of the Women's Rights Movement.