Miscellaneous

Here is a list of websites and such that staff members have discovered and found to be useful. These sites are a great tool for professional development.
 * [|Step up to the plate @ your library] - Baseball trivia contest sponsered by the American Library Association where you can win a trip for two to Cooperstown and possibly money for our library. Contest is open to all ages.
 * [|1001 Free Fonts] - Free fonts perfect for Halloween or other occasions.
 * [|MLA Update] - Here is a quick guide to alert to the changes made to the MLA format of citation.
 * [|MLA7 Reference Guide] - Quick citation cheat sheet from EasyBib.
 * [|MLA Research Paper] - This is a great sample research paper that you could use with students to model correct format for layout, MLA intext citations, etc... Thanks to Jen Decker for finding this!
 * [|Washington Post Lesson Plan Booklet] - Linda Forrest shared this in an email. The following 31 page booklet provided by the Washington Post includes lessons across the content areas. **Language Arts**--- analyzing the Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln, then applying it to President Elect Obama's address (includes articles); full text speeches for President Lincoln and President Kennedy's Inaugural Addresses [meets MD reading indicators for reading and analyzing a variety of informational texts]**Social Studies**-- comparing President Elect Obama to President Lincoln; Inaugural facts and trivia (worksheet activities) [meets MD content standards for Political Science: analyze the histories events, documents and practices that are the foundations of our political systems.] **Science**-- preserving Presidential Archives: President Lincoln's coat, Inaugural weather history
 * [|Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal] - Chris Mulhollan discovered this last year and used it to write a proposal to the PTA asking them to fund the inschool fieldtrip with the Maryland Science Center. It worked!