G'Day Australia
Name: Heather M. Swift
School: Old Trail School (http://www.oldtrail.org)
Workshop Location: Kent State University
Title of Companion Action Plan: G'Day Australia
Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Curriculum: Social Studies, Language Arts
Specific Topic: Australia
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Print Sources
Information about Australia can be found in the following
Dewey decimal call numbers:
Australia - 994
Australian Animals - 591.994
Australian Art - 759.994
Australian Music - 784

You can go into any school or public library, go to that call number on the shelf and find your topic there.
The following books along with our encyclopedia sets can be used in the library or checked out overnight.
Title: National Geographic book of mammals
Washington, D.C. : The Society, c1998.
CALL #: REF 599 NAT
LOCATION: Old Trail School - Reference Collection - Overnight Only

Title: Mammals / [Pat Morris, Amy-Jane Beer, Erica Bower].
Danbury, CT : Grolier, 2003.
Series: World of animals (Danbury, Conn.)
Description: 10 v. : col. ill., col. maps
CALL #: REF 599 MAM
LOCATION: Old Trail School - Reference Collection - Overnight Only

Title: Encyclopedia of animals : mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians /
San Francisco, CA : Fog City Press, 2003, 1993.
CALL #: REF 590.3 COG
LOCATION: Old Trail School - Reference Collection - Overnight Only
INFOhio Electronic Database Sources
(Ask library staff for user id and password)
SIRS Discoverer - Includes articles and graphics from magazines, newspapers, Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, World Almanac, Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Britannica Online School Edition provides three complete encyclopedias. You will use Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia for Elementary School students and up.
EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals offers in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals' behavior and habitats.

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Web Sites
Kids Down Under
Australia for Kids
Australian Animals by Year 5B
Aboriginal Art Online
Australia - Zoom School
Old Trail School's 2nd Grade Australia Pages
Teacher Resources
Author: McDowell, Seona
Title: Fairdinkum Aussie songs for kids
CALL NUMBER: 784 MCD STATUS: Available
LOCATION: Old Trail School - Audiocassette Collection - Ask at Desk

Author: Maddern, Eric.
Title: Rainbow bird : an aboriginal folktale from northern Australia / Eric Maddern ; illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway.
Imprint: Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, c1993.
CALL NUMBER: 398.24 MAD STATUS: Available
LOCATION: Old Trail School - General Circulating Collection

Web Site with Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
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National Library of Australia
Guide to Australia
Australian Tourist Commission
Federal Government of Australia
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage
CIA World Fact Book - Australia
Created by Heather M Swift May 2, 2004