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    The NCTE Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) Award celebrates middle school, high school, and higher education student magazines.

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    Julie Schaul replied to a comment on discussion Vocabulary, Idioms & Primary Sources
    English Language Arts, Literacy, and Primary Sources Created Wednesday, May 08 2024, 18:55 UTC

      Lisa Fink  the Eye on Idioms interactive link led to nowhere but I found it here: https://www.readwritethink.org/sites/default/files/resources/interactives/idioms/.

    I found some primary sources that could be used in place of the drawings, but they might work better for older students. The only one that didn't quite work like the others is the apple of his eye, though I did find a really cool painting outside the Library.

    https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000233/

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    https://www.loc.gov/resource/77618337/1941-02-17/ed-1/?sp=20

    https://www.loc.gov/resource/tofr.34106/

    https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.65035/

    https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc1981005.afc1981005_mc08/?sp=2

    https://www.loc.gov/item/2014635401/

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    https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87062014/1935-06-18/ed-1/?sp=3

    Here is a lesson plan from ReadWriteThink.org on teaching idioms: https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/figurative-language-teaching-idioms

    It would be a great revision or extension to add in work with primary sources!

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    English Language Arts, Literacy, and Primary Sources Created Wednesday, May 08 2024, 14:09 UTC

    Here is a lesson plan from ReadWriteThink.org on teaching idioms: https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/figurative-language-teaching-idioms

    It would be a great revision or extension to add in work with primary sources!

    Vocabulary, Idioms & Primary Sources

     

    Mary Johnson  included this sheet music cover in her album: Bringing in the Hay.

    In the teaching notes for this item, she offers two strategies for building vocabulary, one of which has students learning about other hay-related idioms. 

    That idea made me curious if I could find anything about teaching idioms with primary sources. A Google search turned up this article from The Henry Ford: Exploring the Origins of Idioms. In it, the author uses primary sources from their collections to illustrate each idiom.

    What common idioms are important for students to know?

    Challenge: Pair a primary source from the Library's collections with the origin story of a commonly used English-language idiom.

      3 - 5    6 - 8    9 - 12    English/Language Arts    Idioms    Janice Warju    Erin Connors  

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    English Language Arts, Literacy, and Primary Sources Created Monday, May 06 2024, 22:28 UTC

    Thanks for the shout out,   Julie Schaul.  Debra Reid of The Henry Ford has been working closely with   Regina Holland on the Rural American Experience grant to NCHE, so I was happy to see that you found the museum's delightful article, Exploring the Origins of Idioms.

    My favorite origin story from the article was that of "eye candy" - perhaps because only last week, when my husband and I were gathering up a load of miscellaneous antiques for the auction house, I noticed something rolling around in the drawer of a small walnut chest. Little did I anticipate a connection with something in the TPS Teachers Network, but there you have it - eye candy! And with a disability history story to boot!

    Colorful glass balls are stacked in wire

    "Patterns of Thought: Eye Candy" by Ginny Ruffner and Steve Kursh, 1994 / THF164911 

    Below is a photo of the eye candy that I heard rolling around!

    I think "lost her marbles" would be an apt idiom in this case. And now off I go to find more marbles in the Library of Congress collections. 

      Marbles   rich cairn 

    Vocabulary, Idioms & Primary Sources

     

    Mary Johnson  included this sheet music cover in her album: Bringing in the Hay.

    In the teaching notes for this item, she offers two strategies for building vocabulary, one of which has students learning about other hay-related idioms. 

    That idea made me curious if I could find anything about teaching idioms with primary sources. A Google search turned up this article from The Henry Ford: Exploring the Origins of Idioms. In it, the author uses primary sources from their collections to illustrate each idiom.

    What common idioms are important for students to know?

    Challenge: Pair a primary source from the Library's collections with the origin story of a commonly used English-language idiom.

      3 - 5    6 - 8    9 - 12    English/Language Arts    Idioms    Janice Warju    Erin Connors  

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    English Language Arts, Literacy, and Primary Sources Created Monday, May 06 2024, 20:41 UTC

     

    Mary Johnson  included this sheet music cover in her album: Bringing in the Hay.

    In the teaching notes for this item, she offers two strategies for building vocabulary, one of which has students learning about other hay-related idioms. 

    That idea made me curious if I could find anything about teaching idioms with primary sources. A Google search turned up this article from The Henry Ford: Exploring the Origins of Idioms. In it, the author uses primary sources from their collections to illustrate each idiom.

    What common idioms are important for students to know?

    Challenge: Pair a primary source from the Library's collections with the origin story of a commonly used English-language idiom.

      3 - 5    6 - 8    9 - 12    English/Language Arts    Idioms    Janice Warju    Erin Connors  

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    Created Tuesday, April 09 2024, 21:38 UTC

    This webinar features  Tom Bober , District Library Coordinator School District of Clayton, MO, and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress.

    From the National Council of History Education: "A picture book that focuses on a historic event or individual can introduce students to a piece of history. Layering in primary sources allows for new engagement and understanding. This webinar will focus on how the pairing of primary sources and picture books in the elementary classroom can enhance the awareness of a historic event or individual, the research process taken by authors of historically based picture books, as well as the author’s or illustrator’s portrayal of history."

     
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