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Explorations Newsletter: Updates, Lesson Plans, and Activities for SIRS Discoverer and eLibrary Elementary from ProQuest
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  Explorations Icon SIRS Discoverer &
eLibrary Elementary Updates
 Our product developers are constantly reviewing customer feedback and making changes to our learning resources:

SIRS Discoverer
  • Added more titles in the Biography for Beginners & Weekly Reader Graphic Biographies series
  • Historical Fiction Narratives & Read-Aloud Stories
  • More Updates...
eLibrary Elementary
  • Added all-new graphic novels to your subscription!
  • GeoNova's City, Country & Thematic Maps: Live
  • Read More...
All-New Graphic Novels @ eLibrary Elementary


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  SIRS Discoverer Activity | Financial Wellness in 2009
The current financial crisis has been in the news for the last five months and promises to be a major focus of the Obama administration. You can begin making a difference with your students by creating activities that give students a chance to learn more about economics and finance via SIRS Discoverer.
(Activity Archives)

Backed by the comfort of their fireplace, the Nigh family enjoys a fall family tradition -- playing Monopoly together.

eLibrary Elementary | Alaska Turns 50
On January 3, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting Alaska as the 49th state in the Union. The recent presidential campaign gave Alaskans an opportunity to showcase their popular governor, Sarah Palin, as the Republican candidate for Vice President.

Query your students: What's unique about Alaska and this topic? How does this topic affect the rest of the U.S. and you? Would you like to visit Alaska--why or why not? Let eLibrary Elementary guide the way. (Activity Archives)


 
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  SIRS Current Events, Political Cartoons, Graphs + More
What makes our SIRS solutions so special? It's the human element. Every day, our SIRS Discoverer editors 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? SIRS Discoverer even offers political cartoons.


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CultureGrams in Focus
CultureGrams can help broaden your students' understanding of the world. Visit Cambodia in our Kids Edition.

 
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  Free Online Training Opportunities
Our ProQuest product trainers are standing by to help you get the most out of your SIRS and additional ProQuest subscriptions. Tap into this month's free training schedules (by class or date) then register for a course. (Get dates via email.)

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SIRS Spotlights + Challenge Quests
President-elect Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the nation's 44th president on January 20, an occasion steeped in over two centuries of American history and tradition.

Our SIRS Spotlight of the Month commemorates more than two centuries of presidential inaugurations.

Did you know that nine U.S. presidents were quietly inaugurated following the death of their predecessors?

Learn more with this month's SIRS Challenge Quests.



















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