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LI819 Information Repackaging

Spring 2006

 Stacey Osborn

Marilyn Sherman

Valerie Williams

Repackaging Project:  The Grand Canyon

Project Description

 The goal of this project is to provide teachers and librarians an effective way to quickly locate information about the Grand Canyon for their particular classroom instruction.  Overwhelming resources exist on the Grand Canyon including websites, books, photos, magazines, and articles.  One bibliography accessed for this project contained over 25,000 items. 

The resources in this project have two purposes.  The webliography and bibliography will assist teachers and librarians to find the most effective relevant resources for any topic from geology, history, tourism, photography to fiction.  Ready made items will also be included in the package to assist teachers and librarians with specific lesson plans. 

Audience

The primary audience is elementary, junior high, and high school teachers.  This information would also be appropriate for librarians as many public and school libraries offer additional resources and “homework help” for school projects in different areas of study.
Key Features 

Grand Canyon Webliography

 A Bibliography of the Grand Canyon and the Lower Colorado River

http://www.grandcanyonbiblio.org/

    Compiled and edited by Earle E. Spamer.  This searchable database contains 25,000 items produced between 1540 and the present, including books, periodicals, serials, audio-visual, maps, and electronic media in 34 subject areas.  Some of the subject areas are memorials, hydrogeology, archaeology, Native Americans, audio-visual, maps, natural history, administration of the Grand Canyon, and poetry and verse.

General Information:

 Grand Canyon Explorer

http://www.kaibab.org/reference.html

    This site provides a general overview of the Grand Canyon. The “more information” link takes visitors to links on the geology, human history, weather, maps, and photos of the canyon.  Visitors can take virtual “armchair” trips in the canyon and can find good tips for hiking and backpacking in the canyon.

     Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets – National Geographic.com

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grandcanyon/kids.html

     National Park Service:  Grand Canyon

http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm

    This is the National Park Service site for the Grand Canyon.  There are links to education programs, information tailored to kids, history and culture, and nature and science.

 Formation and Geology:

     Geology Fieldnotes: Grand Canyon National Park

http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/grca/

 Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center

http://www.gcmrc.gov/

    The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC), the cornerstone of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (AMP), located in Flagstaff, Arizona, measures effects of the Glen Canyon Dam operations on the resources along the Colorado River from Glen Canyon Dam to Lake Mead.

 Maps of the Grand Canyon

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/gchome.html

    This site included narrative about the history of maps of the Grand Canyon from the late 1800’s to the present.  The site has pictures of many early maps.

 Lesson Plans and Activities:

     XPeditions: Lesson Plan – How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/07/g35/canyon35.html

     The Grand Canyon – Discovery School.com

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/grandcanyon/

    Lesson Plan

 The American Experience:  Lost in the Grand Canyon (film)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/canyon/tguide/

    This site includes a teacher’s guide to the film “Lost in the Grand Canyon”.  Also included is a cutaway chart of the geology of the Grand Canyon. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/canyon/sfeature/geology.html

 Photography and Art:

 http://www.nga.gov/feature/moran/west8.shtm

     This site describes the life of the painter Thomas Moran who became associated with grand scale paintings of the Grand Canyon.  Included are copies of his many paintings throughout his life. 

Artist-in-residence at Grand Canyon National Park

http://www.nps.gov/grca/pphtml/newsdetail17734.html

    An artist-in residence program was established at the Grand Canyon National Park in 2002.

 Painters of the Grand Canyon

http://www.askart.com/AskART/interest/Grand_Canyon_Painters_1.aspx?id=19

    This site gives an extensive list of painters and their works.

 Grand Canyon Bibliography

 1^st – 6^th Grade:

 Anderson, P. (1997). A Grand Canyon journey: tracing time in stone. Franklin Watts:

New York.

Describes the geology, evolution, and beauty of the Grand Canyon by leading the reader down the Bright Angel Trail.

Cuyler, M. (2002).  That's good! That's bad! In the Grand Canyon.  New York:  Henry Holt.

This work of fiction is about a young boy who vacations in the Grand Canyon with his grandmother and they have both good and bad experiences there.

Graf, Mike (2003).  Grand Canyon National Park.  Mankato, MN:  Bridgestone Books.

Gives basic facts on the Grand Canyon such as how it was formed and what animal and plant life can be found there.

Kallen, S. (2003).  The Grand Canyon.  Farmington Hills, MI:  KidHaven Press.

This book, complete with photographs, tells the history and other facts about the Grand Canyon such as the making of it, John Wesley Powell’s exploration of it and plants and animals found there.

Klingel, C.F. and Noyed, R. B. (2001).  The Grand Canyon. Chanhassen, MN:  Child’s World.

            This short book briefly describes the Grand Canyon including its history.

Mauer, R. (1999).  The wild Colorado:  The true adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, age 17, on the second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon.  New York:  Crown Publishing.

This book recounts the adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon from 1871-1872.

 Meister, C. (2000).  Grand Canyon.  Edina, MN:  ABDO Publishing Co.

This short book, complete with photographs, tells the history and other facts about the Grand Canyon such as its wildlife, plants, and available tourist activities.  Each topic is covered in two-page chapters.

Minor, W. (1998).  Grand Canyon:  Exploring a Natural Wonder.  New York:  Blue Sky Press.

            This highly illustrated book takes you on a trip through the Grand Canyon.

 Roop, C. and P, eds. (2001).  In my own words:  The diary of John Wesley Powell, conquering the Grand Canyon.  New York:  Benchmark Books.

This is a book formed from the diary of John Wesley Powell of his exploration of the Grand Canyon.

Reese, B. (1987).  Surefoot.  Provo, UT:  Aro Publishing Co.

This short work of fiction is intended for young children.  It is about a mule named Surefoot who carries visitors down into the Grand Canyon.

 Souza, D.M. (2004).  John Wesley Powell.  New York:  Scholastic, Inc.

This is a biography, complete with photographs of John Wesley Powell, the first white man to explore and map the Grand Canyon

Thompson-Hoffman, S.  (1992).  Little porcupine’s winter den.  Norwalk, CT:  Soundprints.

This is a work of fiction for young children.  It is about a porcupine growing up on the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

 Vieira, L. (1997). Grand Canyon: a trail through time. Walker and Co.: New York.

Describes the deep trench known as the Grand Canyon, found in the Grand Canyon National Park, and the activities of visitors to the park.

 7^th – 12^th Grade:

 Fishbein, S. L. (1991).  Grand Canyon country:  Its majesty and its lore.  Washington, D.C.:  National Geographic Society.

This is a book describing all about the Grand Canyon. 

Foster, S.  Exploring the Grand Canyon.  Video cassette (2002).  57 minutes.  New York:  GoodTimes Entertainment.

Photographer Russ Finley takes the viewer on a journey through Grand Canyon National Park showing the many attractions available at the Grand Canyon.  The video also lightly touches on some of its history.

 Ghose, A; Joshi, B; Borooan, R and Ranjah, B.S., eds. (2005).  Eyewitness travel guides:  Arizona and the Grand Canyon.  London:  Dorling Kindersley Limited, 48-61.

Fifteen pages of this colorful travel guide are dedicated to the Grand Canyon.  It describes the geology as well as many sites to see and explore around the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon.  Video cassette (2002).  100 minutes.  New York:  A&E Television Network.

A production of The History Channel.  Narrated by John Heard, this video tells of the history of the Grand Canyon including John Wesley Powell’s exploration of it in 1869.  It also covers the development of hotels and other amenities of the area.

Price, L. G. (1999).  An introduction to Grand Canyon geology.  Grand Canyon, AZ:  Grand Canyon Association.

Both photographs and illustrations complement the text of this book describing the geology of the Grand Canyon.

Ross, M. (2000).  Exploring the earth with John Wesley Powell .  Minneapolis:  Carolrhoda Books.

This is a biography of the geologist who mapped the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.

Yoder, H. (Oct 2005). Map Your Way to the Grand Canyon.  In Science Scope, p 52-54.  Retrieved February 02, 2006, from Expanded Academic ASAP via Thomson Gale: 
http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-

            Curriculum for an eight-week unit on geology with eight-grade students.

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