Gov Doc Kids Group - Government Information for Children, Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
Sponsored by: 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: Johnson County Public Library (Kansas), National Archives - Eisenhower Presidential Library, Wichita State University, Kansas State University, University of Kansas, Muskingum University (Ohio), Visiting Librarian Service (Ohio)
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Mission:
Gov Doc Kids Group is a national group of government information librarians, primarily from the Johnson County Library and the Eisenhower Presidential Library (KS). Members are also based at Muskingum University in Ohio. 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! 2010 Constitution Day Poster Contest entry form now available!
Constitution Day Archives
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
Congressional Bibliographies
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
Gov't Info Gateway Sites
United Nations Cyberschoolbus
Congress for Kids
Congress for Kids Constitution Resources
Congress in the Classroom Online
Dirksen Special Projects
DOE Information Bridge
USDA Kids Resources
ScienceLab DOE
Ag in the Classroom
Fed Res St Louis Edu Resources
PTO Kids Page
FDIC Money Smart
Women of the Oklahoma Legislature
USGS for Kids
Library of Congress
GovTrack
OpenCongress
GovDocs 2.0 Wiki
Census in schools
NCES Kids Zone
US Electoral College
National Constitution Center
Center for Civic Education
United States Senate
United States House
International Labour Organization
Smithsonian Collections
DATA_GOV
RITA_Dept_of_Transportation
Science_Accelerator_DOE
Free Ed Gov
State Library of Ohio
State Library of Kansas
Defense Commissary Agency
My Money for Kids
USDOJ Juvenile Justice
Texas Workforce Youth Links
100 milestone documents
World Trade Organization
UNESCO
US Department of State
Ohio Center for Law-related Education
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 - Muskingum University / Visiting Librarian Service
tadamich@muskingum.edu ; vls@tusco.net
Mary Burtzloff - Eisenhower Presidential Library
mary.burtzloff@nara.gov
Martha Childers - Johnson County Library
ChildersM@jocolibrary.org
Arlene Wiler - Johnson County Library
WilerA@jocolibrary.org
Cindy Roupe - State Library of Kansas
cindyr@kslib.info
Sponsors
Wichita State University
State Library of Kansas
State Library of Ohio
Constitutionfacts.com
Mannington Mills
Government Partner
Defense Commissary Agency
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