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SIRS Discoverer &
eLibrary Elementary Updates
Christina Chappell, our ProQuest product developer, constantly reviews customer feedback and makes changes to K-6 online resources:
SIRS Discoverer < Details & Video
- New Non-Fiction Content: Colonial America and the Revolutionary War & Biography for Beginners—Biographies
- Mitchell Lane's Blue Banner Biographies: Live
- Celebrate 'One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind' & More...
eLibrary Elementary < Go Deeper + Video
- New Titles: Back to School Listing
- Graphic novels @ Books
- GeoNova Map & Flag Collections + More...
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SIRS Discoverer Activity | Celebrating Constitution Day
September 17 is the annual day to celebrate the Constitution. The recent confirmation of Justice Sotomayor is especially timely because Americans also have an opportunity to celebrate Hispanic American Heritage Month from 9/15 to 10/15.
This month, your students can learn more about the Constitution and the role of the Supreme Court in deciding Constitutional issues using SIRS Discoverer resources.
(Activity Archives)
eLibrary Elementary | The Constitution
Help kids learn more about how the Constitution protects our personal and group rights and the role of the Supreme Court in ensuring these rights. ProQuest has created a custom BookCart to help your students learn more about the constitution: "The Constitution--History and Importance."
eLibrary BookCarts are flexible, online lesson plans that include inquiry-based learning activities. Instead of sending students out to search eLibrary Elementary directly, help them save time by sending them to our BookCart lesson plans for your topic or issue. (800+ free models here.) This month's BookCart includes all the information that students will need to complete the assignment in a single place.
(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 can help broaden your students' understanding of the world.
Visit Papua New Guinea in our World Edition.
For instance: Did You Know? Papua New Guinea's famous Baining fire dancers walk through flames to bring good spirits, to calm bad spirits, and to prove that spirits have helped them become immune to fire. (More)
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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
Learn how to publish this information on your website
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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. (Sign up to get these dates via email.)
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Explorations | Fall Video Podcast
Graphic novels, biographies, and more!
  
Training Video &
Podcast Archives
Top Websites @ ProQuestK12.com
Each month, our SIRS team scours the Internet for top-quality websites for schools and students. Dive into this month's selections.
SIRS Spotlights + Challenge Quests
Advocates of childhood vaccinations insist that vaccines protect children from deadly diseases and are among the most significant health advances in history.
Our new SIRS Spotlight of the Month explores the issues of immunization safety and requirements, the vaccine-autism debate, and various global initiatives to immunize.
In 1963, a measles vaccine became available, nearly eliminating this deadly disease from developed countries.
SIRS asks: From 2001 to 2008, more than 500 million children in 60 countries were vaccinated under a new program. This effort helped reduce global deaths from measles by what percent?
ProQuest Recorded Video Training:
Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device
In addition to the free, Web-based training courses we offer each
month,
you can also tap into our
recorded training videos.
Available anytime, these 5-75 minute self-paced Flash videos allow users to pause and resume their training anytime.
You may now stream or download our
CultureGrams,
SIRS The Human Element Animated Video,
New eLibrary Training +
SIRS Issues Researcher,
and
ProQuest Platform (Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc.) videos.
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