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    Since the MCSS Conference coincides with the eclipse, I thought we could do a scavenger hunt of related primary sources.  You can use the Library of Congress site, Maine Memory Net, or another source.

    Ways to play are:    

    • Find a primary source about a solar eclipse
    • Find a primary source of an area in the path of totality & post here
    • Find another source that relates to your primary source for a deeper dive
    • Share a teaching strategy or lesson plan to help others

     Snow in the mountains of Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The unusual crescent shape patches of light in the shadows were caused by the partial eclipse of the sun (1940).

     https://www.loc.gov/item/2017785907/

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    Four diagrams of Solar eclipses

     #STEM #eclipse

    To add clickable (active) tags here in the TPS Teachers Network, you can click on the #ADD TAG icon below the text box. We have standard tags by grade level and content area, but there's also the option to add customized tags. I can imagine lots of   eclipse  tags being added today!  

    https://oshermaps.org/browse-maps?id=104278#?c=&m=&cv=&xywh=642%2C-5187%2C9101%2C16796 

    Chart of the July 1851 eclipse! From the Osher Map Library #eclipse #1851
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    • Primary Source:  Photo of the eclipse from Paris, France.  This would be great for kids (even really young ones) to start a discussion around the question, "What is happening here?"  "What are the people looking at?"  https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b45247/ 

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    Eclipse train trip from the past

      Mark Davis , see below my reply to   Kelli Burnham . For your Maine Central Railroad ad, I took a screenshot and then imported it into postimage.org before copying it and pasting it into your text box. Let me know if you have any questions! 

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    Image of eclipse set up.https://digitalmaine.com/arc_george_french_photos_a57/701/

      Kelli Burnham , I know you have a busy (and fun!) day going, so I worked a little magic to insert that wonderful image directly into your post. Sometimes when we work with collections from other institutions, those collections have some additional layers that make it a challenge to copy and paste. When that happens, I like to use postimage.org - a free, no-registration required, online image converter that lets me import and copy easily. That's what I used in this case, after downloading the image from the Digital Maine Repository.

    Thank you, I was using my phone and wasn’t quite sure if it had worked or not! 

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