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"Picture Books"

Fraser, Mary Ann. Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Henry Holt and Company, 1993. Author Mary Ann Fraser retraced the route of the crews, examined their tools , and researched every minute of the world record of laying ten miles of track in a single day. With the building of the transcontinental railroad, the east and west were now linked with an iron trail.

Freeman, Marcia S. Going to the City. "Big Book" Part of the "People, Spaces, and Places" Series. Rand McNally, 1999. The book describes going to the city from a rural area. Students will be able to compare the country from the city. Students can also compare the similaritiesa and differences of transportation and other technology in both places.

Gaff, Jackie. Tell Me About Buildings Bridges & Tunnels. Warwick Press, 1991. The book uses question and answer format with pictures to explain elements and principles of the structures, the design, and construction of bridges, tunnels, and buildings. It describes the Seven Wonders and other wel-known buildings, bridges, and tunnels. Students can easily link the examples to technology.

Linney, Marie. Things That Go! Newbridge Communications, Inc, 1996. The Big Book shows different kinds of transportation. Students will be able to discuss when each type of transportation can be used in terms of time and distance, air vs. water and land, etc.

"Literature for Kids"

Brimner, Larry Dane. E-Mail. Children's Press, 1997. A simple explanation of what e-mail is and how to use it to communicate with others through the internet and the Information Superhighway.

Davis, Gary W. Working at a TV Station. Children's Press, 1998. Describes the various kinds of career opportunities found at a television station.

Frazier, Deneen. Internet for Kids, 2nd ed. Sybex Inc., 1996. Includes hands-on and minds-on projects for the global classroom. Packed with fun projects and great ideas for using the Internet to explore the world.

Goldstone, Bruce and Arthur Perley. Kids' Guide to the Internet. Troll Communications L.L.C, 1996. The Kids' Guide to the Internet is your driver's manual to the information super highway. You'll master the Internet, discover how to send E-mail, find out about the World Wide Web, play fun games, join a kids' chat group, and learn lots of other totally cool stuff.

Resources taken from GAW 1999 Teacher's Handbook

Harder, Christian, ArcView GIS Means Business, Environmental Systems Research Institute., Redlands, Calif., 1997. Includes CD-ROM with ArcView GIS software.

The Internet: How to get connected & explore the World Wide Web, exchange news & e-mail, download software, & communicate on-line; DK Publishing, Inc., New York, 1996. (Designed for Windows 95 users, but contains information useful to a much wider audience.)

Macaulay, David, with Neil Ardley, The New Way Things Work, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1998. (See especially Telecommunications, pp. 234-253, and Part 5: "The Digital Domain.")

Mitchell, Andy, Zeroing In, Geographic Information Systems at Work in the Community, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, Calif., 1997-1998.

Wingate, Philippa, and Asha Kalbag, The USBOURNE Complete Book of the Internet & the World Wide Web, EDC Publishing, Tulsa, 1999. (Explanations of how computer hardware and software work through virtual worlds, e-mail, construction of Web sites.)

Communications, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1986.