Great new K-12 teaching resources!

A grant funded project led by UNLV Libraries has created a new digital collection focused on Nevada history. They also brought in a consultant to create standards-based teaching activities which use these resources. Here is their announcement:

The UNLV University Libraries are pleased to announce the launch of a new digital collection with features designed for K-12 educators:

Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years, 1900-1925
http://digital.library.unlv.edu/boomtown/

Southern Nevada: the Boomtown Years 1900-1925 is an online collection of over 1,600 primary source documents and over 30 standards-based activities that can be used in K-12 classrooms. The collection brings together digitized materials from the UNLV Libraries Special Collections, the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in Las Vegas, and the Clark County Museum to document the history and development of Southern Nevada from 1900 to 1925. Photographs, selected newspapers, maps, mining reports and surveys, stock certificates, correspondence, and more give a detailed account of life in the Boomtown years of Southern Nevada and provide a unique opportunity to show students what life was like through the eyes of those who lived it. Teaching activities are available for all grade levels and eleven subject areas and are meant to engage students in higher-level thinking while directly interacting with the primary sources housed in this collection.

The Libraries welcome your feedback on this collection! You are invited to view the collection and respond to a quick survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Y5rxIAt9_2fMhIGT_2fipw9GvQ_3d_3d. Comments, questions, and feedback are always welcome. Bookmarks, flyers, and in-class demonstrations are available by contacting the Libraries. Please forward to other interested parties.