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Fall 2010
South Carolina ProQuest Solutions \ Updates
Welcome to the South Carolina state newsletter from SIRS, CultureGrams (new!), and ProQuest.
Published by the South Carolina State Library (DISCUS) and ProQuest, this email publication provides hands-on student activities for SIRS linked to South Carolina state learning standards, news and reviews of the latest additions to your research database subscriptions, and much more. (Sign up here, and read back issues.)
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SIRS Discoverer Updates (NEW!)
Science Fair Explorer | Skills Discoverer
ProQuest's editorial and technical teams are constantly adding content and developing features in response to feedback from customers like you:
SIRS Discoverer (Get the details!)
- Science Fair Explorer
- Skills Discoverer
- Revised Spotlights of the Month
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SIRS Issue Researcher Updates
Content. Context. Connections.
For more than 35 years, SIRS has encouraged dialogue and critical thinking about the major issues of our society. Today SIRS Issues Researcher continues to offer content, context, and connections to 300+ Leading Issues.
Content: Engaging content sets are actively created, selected, and presented in a manner reflective of research needs to allowing users to go from the "what's" to the "why's" of an issue.
ProQuest Editors compile content from more than 1,800 global full-text, statistical, online, and multimedia sources.
Context: View the issues in context with a clear, editorially-organized structure that helps you pick a topic and understand its historical origins, related issues, global perspectives, and the essential questions under debate.
Connections: Connect to comprehensive online tools that help you engage in meaningful "21st-century learning." (Video overview.)
Use visual browse, collaborative aids, like social bookmarking and note organizers, to identify, discuss and share ideas. Use research tools, like critical thinking questions and media streams, to create, present, and debate.
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Learning Activities: South Carolina Standards
The Muslim Community Center (sometimes called a "mosque") planned for New York City has been framed by its supporters as a 1st Amendment—freedom of religion—issue.
The SIRS Leading Issue, "Church and State" provides a timely real-world connection to that controversy for students to research either a Pro or Con position. Found inside SIRS Issues Researcher, our Leading Issues provide more than 300 real-world issues that engage students and integrate 21st Century skills and literacies.
An estimated 1,300 cases of salmonella enteritidis food poisoning have occurred since the outbreak that forced the recall of half a billion eggs.
Your SIRS Discoverer subscription offers a hands-on set of essential questions for critical thinking related to food safety: What are some of the problems that the FDA has in ensuring food safety? Do we need an expanded role for the FDA&mdashwhy or why not?
Did you know that the editors of your CultureGrams subscription have authored dozens of lesson plans and activities that address national teaching and learning standards?
Download the custom collection (PDF) and print it out today. You'll have a ready-reference for maximizing your access in social studies classrooms all year long.
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2010-2011 Linworth Books Contest
ProQuest is teaming up again this year with Linworth Books to give away professional development books! All of this year's ProQuest email newsletters contain an entry link, allowing you to enter once per month per newsletter to win one of four Linworth Books titles.
There will be two books given away each month per newsletter. There's no purchase necessary to win, entry details and book information can be found here. Good luck, and be sure to spread the word across your school and district!
RECENT WINNERS: J. Daniels, Apex, NC | B. Andrews, Savannah, GA | S. Sciabarrasi, Leominster, MA | M. Lambert, Marshall, MI | J. Boston, Davis, CA | P. Williams, Columbia, PA | T. Briggs, Senatobia, MS | J. Boren, Bartlett, TN | B. Wakely, St. Louis, MO | V. Malsbury, Westampton, NJ | K.S. Ratliff, Bassett, VA... you could be next!
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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.)
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SIRS Spotlights + Challenge Quests
National Hispanic Awareness Month is an annual celebration of the culture, traditions, achievements and heritage of Hispanic Americans.
SIRS Knowledge Source helps researchers learn more about
notable Hispanic Americans and trace Hispanic culture's unique impact on the American experience
in this month's Spotlight of the Month.
Did you ever wonder why Americans carve pumpkins for Halloween? About 2,000 years ago, an Irish legend developed about a ghost who was forced to wander the earth while holding a lantern.
Our SIRS ChallengeQuest asks:
According to the legend, what was the name of the ghost who roamed the earth?
Fall CultureGrams Updates
Country Reports, Photos, Data & More
First, explore the newly updated World Edition reports for current statistics, government leaders, and recent events. We've also expanded select World Edition texts based on contributions from in-country experts.
For instance, take a look at the reports on the United Kingdom, Egypt, and China to read new information in many categories.
The Kids Edition also has updated and expanded county reports, as well as brand-new reports for Denmark, Mali, Nepal, Somalia, and Tunisia.
We've also just added hundreds of new photos to our existing photo galleries, as well as brand-new photo galleries for Brunei, Guam, Iraq, Laos, Lesotho, Monaco, Togo, and Vatican City! Don't forget to check out the dozens of new slideshows or the 37 new video clips.
We have new video clips from Egypt, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, and more. Plus, don't miss our interviews page to read new Q&A discussions with people from Somalia, Zimbabwe, and Congo-Kinshasa.
CultureGrams Country Reports
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Top 3 Websites
Each month, our SIRS team scours the Internet for top-quality websites for classrooms and libraries. Dive into this month's selections: Columbus, disabilities, designers.
SIRS Issues Researcher
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SIRS Discoverer
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South Carolina User Testimonials
What features of SIRS do you and your students find most useful?
How are you using our solutions
to educate students and
empower teachers?
Send us your
ideas and stories today.
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Conferences
Oct. 20-22, Myrtle Beach, SC
South Carolina Library Association
Oct. 21-23, Myrtle Beach, SC
South Carolina Council for the Social Studies
Oct. 27-29, Myrtle Beach, SC
South Carolina EdTech
Nov. 4-6, Greenville, SC
South Carolina School Counselor Association
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