Lesson 6- NetLibrary

1.  I looked up a variety of topics including multiple intelligences in early childhood, interior design and then attachment parenting.  These are topics that I used within my classroom.  In the beginning I was not overly successful in finding books that really caught my eye.  I believe this was because of the content I was searching for.  I did find a lot of good books on this site.  In the past, I used this site to look up samples for a short professional development session at my school.  At that time, I found science reference books, nutrition handbooks and many other useful books.  I did notice that only one person can have a 'book' open at once.  If more than one person could have the book, then this site would be even more useful for in-class situations.  We could then all open the same book and use it as a class resource for discussion, reading and group research.  Still, this is a valuable resource. 
2.  Constitution Day-I searched for resources and found many matches.  However, I guess I was hoping to find more ideas for activities and fun things to do on Constitution Day.  Instead I found a lot of books about deep issues related to the constitution.  I think this resource would be more useful for a research paper on the constitution instead of trying to find activities, etc. 
3. Western History- I searched for Nebraska in the Publisher section.  I think that many students, due to their Caucasian race, would be a little suprised to see that nearly all of the search findings are related to Native Americans.  This is accurate and true to the time.  However, some students may be expecting information related to pioneers, discovery of gold in the west, etc.  I ended up reading a portion of the book Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter.  It had accounts about the woman's life as a Native American woman.  I think this resource would be useful for students looking for autobiographies or biographies.