Gov Doc Kids Group - Government Information for Children, Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
Sponsored by: University of Mount Union (Ohio), Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT), a division of the American Library Association, Kansas GODORT, State Library of Kansas, Government Documents Round Table of Ohio, State Library of Ohio
Members: Visiting Librarian Service (Ohio)
Winning entry - 2008 Constitution Day Poster Contest - Annika Panek, Cunningham Grade School, Cunningham KS (Grade 5)
Mission:
To promote government information in order to engage K-12 students in learning about history, culture, science, and government through games and other interactive activities; to assist teachers and school librarians with locating teaching aids, lesson plans, and exciting tools to enhance students' learning, and to provide librarians with a collection of free government resources to advance their reference interview and collection development decisions. The project was conceived as a promotional tool for the value of government documents to K-12 students and teachers in addressing the requirement to integrate Constitution Day into public school curricula.
Gov Doc Kids Group is a national group of government information librarians, primarily from Ohio, Iowa, and Texas. The Group is co-sponsored by the State Library of Kansas, Kansas Library Association Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) ,the State Library of Ohio and the Government Documents Roundtable of Ohio.
Our goal is to promote government information for kids in grades K-12.
Please join us here to share best practices in spreading the word about educational aspects of online government information. You may also reach us and use our resources at http://community.fdlp.gov/govdockidsgroup and http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Gov_Doc_Kids . A press kit is also available at http://community.fdlp.gov/files/doc_download/48-gov-doc-kids-group-press-kit.html . A video commercial highlighting our Constitution Day Poster Contest is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It6ktjFSivM .
Gov Doc Kids Group Projects:
Celebrate Constitution Day with us! NEWS FLASH! 2017 Constitution Day Poster Contest now underway [click on the Celebrate Constitution Day with us! link]!
Links to Quality Government Information Education Projects and U.S./State/International Government Agency Resources
Primer on GDP and the National Income Product Accounts
Free Government Information - Professional Development Resource for Librarians and Teachers
US Experiment Station Publications - US Department of Agriculture
Government Documents Resources Online Michael OSullivan Hamline University
Presidential and Executive Branch Resources St Marys University San Antonio Texas
Citing Government Information Sources
Kids gov The Official Kids Portal for the US Government
Government Information Clearinghouse and Handout Exchange Sponsored by ALA GODORT
Congress for Kids Constitution Resources
Congress in the Classroom Online
Fed Res St Louis Edu Resources
Women of the Oklahoma Legislature
International Labour Organization
Ohio Center for Law-related Education
Iowa K12 Gov Info for Educators
Gov Doc Kids Group Members and Sponsors
Although the group is made up primarily of government documents librarians, a youth service librarian, and an archivist, individuals in other areas of expertise are welcome to join. Persons interested in participating in or creating new activities falling within the mission are welcome to join. Please contact one of the members if you would like to be an active member:
Members
Tom Adamich - Visiting Librarian Service
Jenny Groome - Connecticut State Library
jenny.groome@ct.gov
Sponsors
University of Mount Union (Ohio)
Government Partners
Department of Energy/Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Group Partners
Department of New York Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW