Primary Sources from the Library of Congress

I received this resource from an online virtual conference and thought you might enjoy, if you're not already familiar with it.  Here is a PowerPoint from the Library of Congress about Free Primary Sources and Strategies for teaching with them including a photography analysis.  Here is a link to  their Primary Resources sets:

www.sharemylesson.com/libraryofcongress

And here are other resources for teachers from the Library of Congress:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers

If you see something that interests you, please let me, April, Kristi and/or Terry know; we'd love to work with you on something!

StoryboardThat.com

I came across this resource on Sharemylesson.com - it's all about using storyboards in the ELA classroom.  This particular site featured is StoryboardThat.com and while checking it out I found a ton of free resources for many of the works I know you read with classes.  They have a free version, as well as a discounted version for educators. Even if you don't use this particular tool, we can do similar things in Comic Life and other free resources but the pedagogy behind it and free resources I thought would interest you all.

Here are a few resources you can explore: 

• 30-minute webinar on how how to do storyboarding with Romeo and Juliet via storyboardthat.com. http://vimeo.com/11031848 
• There is a PDF in my Google Drive with an overview of the tool, examples and teaching strategy as well as loads of resources
• Teacher Guides to Shakespeare Plays with pre-made examples you can use in class (including R&J, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet...)

And here is a list of all of StoryboardThat's free resources including narrative structures, literary elements, characters, etc.  Click on the blue titles to go to the page with the resources for that topic.

Teacher Guides 

• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Bud, Not Buddy
• Cask of Amontillado
• Greek Mythology
• Hamlet
• Holes
• Macbeth
• Monsters on Maple Street
• Of Mice and Men
• Othello
• Romeo and Juliet
• Teaching Spanish
• The Giver
• The Great Gatsby
• The Odyssey
• The Outsiders
• The Raven
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Wedding Dance

Narrative Structures

• Cause & Effect on Plot
• Dystopia
• Elements of an Epic
• Five Act Play
• Modern Day Adaptations
• Parodies
• Parts of a Story
• Plot Diagrams
• Shakespearean Play Genres
• The Hero's Journey

Literary Elements 

• Dilemmas
• Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
• Literary Conflict
• Poetry Analysis with TP-CASTT
• Setting Map
• Themes, Symbols and Motifs
• Types of Irony

Characters 

• Character Map
• Hero vs. Antihero
• Tragic Hero

Parts of Speech & Grammar 

• Advanced Grammar
• Denotation vs. Connotation
• Homophones
• Punctuation
• Vocabulary Board