ECED 2040:  Family Dynamics and Community Involvement
Instructor:  J. Hill     Librarian:  S. Williford

Chattanooga State Technical Community College
  http://library.chattanoogastate.edu

 

Assignment: Search for resources on a specific family structure
Create a PowerPoint presentation to share these resources with parents of young children.

 

Definitions

Reference Books     . . . a good starting place for gathering background information

American Family Ref HA 209 .I54 A54
Encyclopedia of Family Life Ref HQ 534 .E53
Parenthood in America Ref HQ 755.8 .P3783

Google    http://google.com       Within the search box, type:      define:xxxxxxxx

 

Articles:  Try the websites below or the General OneFile library database.
                            Note:
Off-campus access to General OneFile database requires a Username and Password.

American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org

Chattanooga Area Association for the Education of Young Children
www.chattaaeyc.org
 
Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov/
 
Early Childhood Research and Practice
ecrp.uiuc.edu/
 
National Association for the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org
 
National Black Child Development Institute
www.nbcdi.org
 
National Child Care Information Center
nccic.org

National Education Association
www.nea.org

National Head Start Association
www.nhsa.org
National Network for Child Care
http://www.nncc.org/

National School Age Care Association
www.nsaca.org

Partnership for Families, Children, and Adults

partnershipfca.com/

Southern Early Childhood Association
www.SouthernEarlyChildhood.org

Stand for Children
www.stand.org

Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.taeyc.org

Zero to Three
www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders

 

Instructional Activities

  1. Select "Catalog" tab at top of library's homepage.

  2. Search for early childhood activity, limiting to books in the Main Library.

  3. Jot down the call number and find the book in our library.

Also, try the excellent early childhood websites listed in the Internet Public Library.

Community Resources

United Way's Call for Help 


Children's Books

Family, General - Monroe Library
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/familiesfiction.html

Family, General - Barnes & Noble
http://browse.barnesandnoble.com/browse/nav.asp?visgrp=children's&N=699198+4501&Ne=300335+699198+4501&z=y

Adoption   
http://www.thinkbutton.com/family_adoption.asp
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/adoption/

Non-traditional families 
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/sensitivenontrad/

Books in our library to help you identify children's books on certain topics:

A to Zoo  Ref Z1037 .L715 2001

Books for Early Childhood   Ref Z1037.P36

Early Childhood Curriculum Resource Handbook  (Ref LB 1139.4 .E17

 

PowerPoint Presentation

Interactive: PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 command reference guide

Create your first presentation (Length: 50 min)

Add a slide with a keyboard shortcut:  Ctrl-M (Hold down the control key and press M for more slides of the same type.)

 


Questions or comments?  Call 423.697.4436 or email reference@chattanoogastate.edu
Created 02.27.08  Sandra Williford.  Last updated 03.13.08