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Entry Week 6

 
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I think this week’s readings were great.  I personally made a connection with both readings with some stuff I did in a past semester through my Art Methods course.  As a class, we were able to go to the M.D. Anderson Library at the University of Houston and visit Special Collections.  Special Collections has different collections that contain art, photographs, clippings, music, invitations, and so many more things.  These collections are donated to the university, and I believe some are also bought with grant and donor money.  The coordinator for the Special Collections section held a class for us to let us know about all the things included and how they can be used in our classrooms.  For example, they had an elementary group around that time that took a trip to the library and investigated primary sources for a collection that had to do with slavery.  This included letters, maps, and other artifacts and items.  Resources like these are great for teachers to know about because we can use these to help our students make connections to what we are learning in the classroom. 

The following links are examples of something you might find in the archives:
https://findingaids.lib.uh.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/313929


Citations:
No Color is My Kind, 1997. Thomas Cole Desegregation Papers, . University of Houston Libraries Special Collections. https://findingaids.lib.uh.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/313929 Accessed March 06, 2019.




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