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Inspiring Middle School Literacy

The Teachers' Domain Inspiring Middle School Literacy Collection is a collaboration of WGBH Educational Productions, WGBH Interactive, and WGBH Media Library. Major funding for this project is provided by the Leon Lowenstein Foundation.

Production Credits

Project Management

Denise Blumenthal

Karen Cariani

Christine Dietlin

Peter Pinch

Ted Sicker

Resource Production Team

Anna Brooks

Melissa Cooperman

Julie Ecker

Anna Fort

Jessica Gidal

Irena Fayngold

Jill Goldberg

Daniel Hart

Sarah Lawton

Emily Lu

Melanie MacFarlane

Christopher Riegle

Lisa Rosenthal

Web Production, Design, and Development

Jon Alper

Peter Beardsley

Joe Brandt

Bob Donahue

Jason Kahn

Christian Wise

Business Management

Sue Chalifoux

Maria Constantinides

Polly Searles

Marketing and Outreach

Daniella Quinones

Copy Editor

Cindy Bond

Video Closed Captioning

The Caption Center

Advisors

Donna E. Alvermann, The University of Georgia

Mary E. Matthews, Public Schools of Brookline, MA

Ruth Schoenbach, WestEd

Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Resource Credits

Academy of Natural Sciences

American Antiquarian Society

American Philosophical Society

BBC

Bundesfilmarchiv/Transit Film GmbH

Chicago Historical Society

Colin Billington

Corbis

Danish National Archives

Department of Defense

Erie Canal Museum

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Getty/ImageBank Film

Granada America

Granger Collection

Indiana State Museum

ITN

Jupiterimages Corporation

KUAT/University of Arizona

Library Company of Philadelphia

Library of Congress

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Mary Ellen Howe

Massachusetts Archives

Massachusetts Historical Society

NASA/Johnson Space Center

National Archives

National Education Network/Starz

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

National Park Service

National Park Service, Independence National Historical Park Collection

New York Public Library

New-York Historical Society

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Peace River Films

photolibrary.com

Steeplechase Films

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

The Picture Desk

Twin Cities Public Television

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Ulrich Wutzke

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Video Cosmos

Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Liz/www.curriki.org (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0)

Vulcan Productions, Inc.

Wedgewood Museum, Barleston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

WGBH Educational Foundation

Wikimedia.org

Wikipedia.org

Wyoming State Archives, Dept of State Parks and Cultural Resources


Image Credits on the Special Collection Page

In clockwise order, from top right, then center photos

Covered Wagons (top right): © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

Frog (on right): © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

Constitution (on right): source: www.archives.gov

Suspension Bridge (on right): © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

Lions (bottom right): © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

Erie Canal Route Map Albany to Buffalo (bottom center) © Steeplechase Films, Inc.

Butterfly (bottom left): © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

Pocahontas with hat and ruffled shirt (on left): © Mary Ellen Howe

Man with oxen pulling cart (on left): © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

Astronaut underwater EVA training (top left): source: NASA

Teepees/Arapaho Encampment (on top): source: National Archives

Tree graphic of Primitive Fish, Tiktaalik, and Tetrapods (on top): © WGBH Educational Foundation

Students reading (center): © Monkey Business - Fotolia.com

Snake (below center): © 2008 Jupiterimages Corporation

Special thanks to AFTRA and AF of M for granting permission to use segments produced with participation of their members.