Teaching Methods, Speech & Theatre

Teaching Methods -- Speech & Theatre
Library Resources Located at Livingston Lord Library,
Minnesota State University Moorhead

This handout is on the web at http://www.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/speechtheatreteaching.htm

MSUM LibraryHomePage -- http://www.mnstate.edu/library

1. Locating Materials in the Curriculum Materials Center

a. Curriculum Bulletins/Guides

i. Paper copies on shelves on the 2nd Floor

ii. Kraus Curriculum Development Library (microfiche collection). Use Kraus Curriculum Dev. Collection Online on the web -- A searchable collection of nearly 5,000 curriculum guides, including frameworks, objectives, teaching units, lesson plans, etc. covers early childhood through adult basic education. Here's a handout on how to search in Kraus Online.

b. Textbooks

Locate textbooks by adding the word "sample text" to your WebPALS search. For example:

Textbooks are located in a special section on the 2nd floor.

c. Multi-media Materials

To locate multimedia/audiovisual materials -- limit your search by FORMAT in WebPALS. For example:

Step One: Do a search for your topic by keyword or subject heading keyword

Step Two: Click "Limit Search"

Step Three: Limit your search by format (Note: Audiovisual is the broadest limit for multimedia materials. You can limit specifically to "video tape" as one example):

d. Juvenile Books

Do a search for a topic in WebPALS and add the word "juvenile" to your keyword or subject heading keyword search. For example:

2. Teacher Resources in the Library General Collection—on WebPALS do subject heading keyword searches under these terms

a. ACTING TEACHING

b. DRAMA EDUCATION

c. DRAMA TEACHING

d. ORAL COMMUNICATION TEACHING

e. PUBLIC SPEAKING TEACHING

f. SPEECH TEACHING

3. Locating Lesson Plans/Related Resources on the Internet

a. On the CMC (Curriculum Materials Center) web page www.mnstate.edu/cmc, click on “Internet Links,” and then click on “Lesson Plans/Teaching Resources.” You will find GEM in the alphabetical order. This is one of the best lesson plan sites. You can limit to a specific grade level, topics, and more.

b. On this same site above, click on “Speech/Theatre” for other links.

c. For information on evaluating and citing Internet sites, click on http://www.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/instruct.htm#Evaluating_Internet

4. Resources for Poetry, Plays, and Short Stories

Poetry

Try the Index to Poetry for Children and Young People located in CMC Reference at -- CURRIC. REF. 808.81 B848i 1999 (see blue handout)

Try Best Books for Young Adult Readers, Grades 7-12 located in CMC Reference at -- CURRIC REF 011.62 C167b - There is a section on poetry beginning on page 122. You can search for these books in WebPALS or other library catalogs.

Try Best Books for Young Teen Readers, Grades 7-10 located in CMC Reference at -- CURRIC REF 011.62 B5611 - There is a section on poetry beginning on page 206.

Try The Columbia Granger Index to Poetry and Selected Works in the 1st Floor Reference area at -- REF. PN1022 .C63 1996 and The Columbia Granger Index to Poetry in Anthologies at REF. PN1022 .H39 1997

Women's Poetry Index, 1st Floor Reference -- REF. PN1024 .G89 1985

Plays

Try Best Books for Young Adult Readers, Grades 7-12 located in CMC Reference at -- CURRIC REF 011.62 C167b - There is a section on poetry beginning on page 120.

Try Best Books for Young Teen Readers, Grades 7-10 located in CMC Reference at -- CURRIC REF 011.62 B5611 - There is a section on plays beginning on page 200.

Plays for Children and Young Adults: An Evaluative Index and Guide. CMC Reference at -- CURRIC REF 016.812 K18p -- See subject index in the back for plays about all sorts of topics.

Play Index (through 1997) -- 1st Floor -- REF. Z5781 .W48

Inter-play [computer file] : an on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals. Location: http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/ -- Can search by author, title, and subject. Really cool!

Short Stories

Short Story Index -- 1st Floor Reference -- REF. Z5917.S5 C62

Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, 8th Ed. CURRIC REF. 028.52 M627 2000 -- This resource includes an annotated, reviewed list of short story collections on a variety of topics, beginning on p. 560. Also see supplement at CURRIC REF 028.52 M627 2000 Suppl. 2002 for short stories and other resources from last year.

Senior High School Library Catalog, 16th ed. CURRIC REF 017 S477 2002 - Annotated, reviewed list of short story collections begins on p. 650

5. Education Databases

(These Resources are for finding journal articles specifically for teachers)

Access ERIC DATABASE which may be helpful for articles written specifically for speech teachers at the secondary level, through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, located on the electronic database drop down menu on the Library HomePage.
Education Index in Firstsearch is another database for locating journal articles specific to teaching (no full text):

Here are two examples of citations in Firstsearch. Notice that both of these articles indicate they are available in MSUM:

6. Speech/Communication Databases

Communication Abstracts -- The ComAbstracts database contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communications field.

Compiled by Carol H. Sibley -- sibley@mnstate.edu , Curriculum Librarian and Brittney Goodman -- goodmanb@mnstate.edu , Instruction Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2/19/03. Updated: 06/10/05: dewald@mnstate.edu

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