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SIRS Discoverer &
eLibrary Elementary Updates
ProQuest's editorial and technical teams are constantly adding content and developing features in response to feedback from customers like you. Click each link to see the very latest updates:
SIRS Discoverer (PDF)
- Science Fair Explorer
- Skills Discoverer
- Revised Spotlights of the Month
eLibrary Elementary (PDF)
- Encyclopedia of World History
- Reader's Companion to the American Presidency
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SIRS Discoverer Activity | New Justice Elena Kagan
September marks the annual celebration of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Congress has mandated that all public schools create activities for students to help them understand and appreciate our Constitution this month.
The confirmation of Justice Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court is especially relevant because she becomes the fourth women in history to sit as a Justice of the Supreme Court. Remarkably, three of these four will sit on the next Supreme Court session which begins October 1.
This month's essential questions for students: What experiences prepared this woman to be a Justice of the Supreme Court? Does a female perspective help provide a balanced view on issues—why or why not? What do your two Justices have in common besides being female?
(Activity Archives)
eLibrary Elementary | Atomic Bomb & Japan
Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing on the city during World War II on August 6, 1945. Two days later another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki which eventually caused Japan to unconditionally surrender to the Allies later that month.
Students can learn more about the first and last use of nuclear weapons in war and the immediate and long term devastation to people in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Students can also learn about the focus of the Hiroshima annual remembrances to work for a world without nuclear weapons.
ProQuest has created a custom BookCart to help your students learn more about the history of the use of the atomic bomb in World War II: "Atomic Bomb and Japan."
(Activity Archives)
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SIRS Current Events, Political Cartoons & Graphs
What makes our SIRS solutions so special?
It's the human element.
Every day, our SIRS Discoverer team post hand-picked articles and resources. Tap into a short list of the most topical articles added
to SIRS in recent weeks. Did you know that SIRS Discoverer offers
charts and graphs plus
map activities,
geared for young researchers? You'll also find timely political cartoons.
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Enroll & Save: Vendor of Choice Program
At ProQuest, we know that many of our customers are facing budget cuts (ProQuest CEO message). With each passing month, it's becoming more difficult to afford all of the online research resources you would like to provide to your students.
In response, we've put a program in place to help you during these hard times. ProQuest's new Vendor of Choice program has already helped schools just like yours save thousands of dollars. Find out more and enroll today.
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Elementary & Middle School Grants: Grant Wrangler
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Support Tools & More @ All-new proquestk12.com
Summer is one of our busiest seasons here at ProQuest headquarters. After talking with teachers and librarians at recent national conferences, we set to work making our central proquestk12.com support website easier to use and revised a number of items, including:
Handy Home Page: You said our home page was too busy. We agreed! The new entry page is cleaner, clearer, and offers an interactive calendar for our free web training sessions and live @ProQuest Twitter feed. Give it a try, and let the new large images scroll to see what's new.
Standards-Linked Lessons Plans: Revised for 2010! Developed by experienced educators with subject-matter expertise, these activities have been aligned to national standards and developed for four grade levels and four subject areas. Activities now address all of our major databases, making this a must-download set of free lesson plans.
21st Century Skills Addressed: How do ProQuest research tools help schools meet the needs of 21st Century learners? Our new video explains. (A number of new videos went live this summer.)
Watch our new video showing how ProQuest research solutions address the 5 C's of 21st Century learning in schools.
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