Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 14-257
Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access.
Website Records, 2014
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of five websites maintained by the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access.
The main "Smithsonian Education" website, crawled June 20, 2014, provides lesson plans and field trip preparation materials for teachers; online activities for students; and guides and activities for families visiting the museums.
The "Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History" website, crawled June 17, 2014, provides lesson plans and primary sources related to a variety of topics in American history.
The "Smithsonian Education Online Conference Series" website, crawled June 23, 2014, provides access to online conferences organized by education offices throughout the Smithsonian Institution. Each conference generally includes a description and information on presenters. Due to technical issues, this accession does not include conference videos.
The "Shout: Explore, Connect, Act" online conference series website was crawled on June 23, 2014. The website provides information about the series, which focused on environmental issues, and provides links to related programs and volunteer opportunities. Due to technical issues, this accession does not include conference videos.
The "Smithsonian Quests: Digital Badging for the Classroom and Beyond" website was crawled on June 23, 2014. The website provides information about its program to inspire students to explore their own ideas and interests online, in school, at home and across the nation while connecting with other students and earning digital badges.
Materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Shout: Explore, Connect, Act (Website)
- Smithsonian Education Online Conference Series (Website)
- Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History (Website)
- Smithsonian Quests: Digital Badging for the Classroom and Beyond (Website)
- Smithsonian Education (Website)
Subject
- Web sites
- Museums -- Public relations
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Environmental protection
- School field trips
- United States -- History
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 14-257, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access., Website Records