Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | November 24, 2008
Do your students need a meaningful replacement activity for shopping, shopping, shopping? StoryCorps, along with National Public Radio, is declaring the Friday after Thanksgiving the first annual National Day of Listening. “This holiday season, ask the people around you about their lives — it could be your grandmother, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood. [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | November 24, 2008
Just in case my readers have not seen the announcement about the new Life Photo Archive, I want to invite you to have a look. More than 10 million historic images have been made available through Google’s hosted image service. They include not only some of the most famous icons of the 20th century, but [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | November 19, 2008
National Public Radio has an occasional show called “What Makes It Great?” in which pianist and composer Rob Kapilow helps listeners understand the power of the music and ideas behind famous songs. Since I first heard the show in October, Kapilow has examined four songs that make excellent teaching tools: “Over the Rainbow“ “Summertime“(by Gershwin) [...]
Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | November 5, 2008
Anyone who teaches oral history techniques to students today owes a huge debt to Studs Terkel, the great oral historian and radio legend who died last week at the age of 96. Cheryl Corley of NPR News did a fine tribute to Studs Terkel. Terkel hosted a Chicago radio program, “The Wax Museum,” for forty-five [...]