PORTRAITS OF PETALUMA PIONEERS
From the Collection of the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum
https://www.petalumapioneers.org
https://www.petalumapioneers.org/pma-exhibit 

This website was created to provide public access to the early portrait collection of the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum (PHL&M). Its archive of portraits is arranged by both the photographers’ and sitters’ names. 

It also serves the public by providing a virtual video tour and an audio tour of the Petaluma Museum Associations exhibition, “Portraits of Petaluma Pioneers”. This exhibition features portraits from the PHL&M as well as several other institutions. https://www.petalumapioneers.org/pma-exhibit

Literacyworks collaborated with the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum on this collection, hosting the site and managing the content.

Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement

The Petaluma Museum Association commemorated the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment by hosting a suffrage exhibit displayed at the Petaluma Historical & Library Museum between August 26 and November 8, 2020. The exhibit was curated by Paula Freund. It was dedicated to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and Mayor Helen Putnam, and a special event in their honor was presented on August 26, “Women’s Equality Day.”

Presented by Paula Freund
Video by Kaye Chandler

A Gallery Tour of Petaluma’s Suffrage Exhibit

The Petaluma Historical Library Museum’s fall 2020 exhibit, Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, a Commemoration of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment is presented in an informal gallery tour by curator Paula Freund. With newly discovered artifacts and documents from Petaluma’s past, the exhibit tells the inspiring story of a California community’s contribution to women winning the right to vote.

A 3D Model Gallery Tour of Petaluma’s Suffrage Exhibit
Video model by Wayne Dunbar, Aftertec Advance Imaging

OCEAN SCIENCE STATION
http://www.literacynet.org/ocean/reports.htmlhttp://www.literacyworks.org/ocean 

Ocean Science Station includes our interactive projects with the National Science Foundation (NSF), Centers for Ocean Science Educational Excellence (COSEE) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA. This site is a project of Literacyworks and the Science and Numeracy Special Collection, National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). The special collection provides online science and numeracy resources and curricular materials for teachers, tutors, learners, and others who are interested in adult literacy and numeracy programs.

POLAR SCIENCE STATION
http://www.literacynet.org/polar

Polar Science Station showcases our field expeditions with disciplinary thrusts, e.g. biology (zooplankton & bacteria), chemistry (trace metals), physics (ocean circulation) for adult and K-12 schools. The site also provides links to Internet sites that are useful for teaching and learning about science and numeracy. Literacyworks partnered with College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS), Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA.

SCIENCE & NUMERACY SPECIAL COLLECTION
http://literacynet.org/sciencelincs

The National Institute for Literacy and Literacyworks Science and Numeracy Special Collection provides annotated links to Internet sites that are useful for teaching and learning about science and numeracy. The topics have been arranged according to the national education standards in science and in numeracy. The collection emphasizes the ways in which science and math skills are important to understanding the world around us.

LITERACYWORKS CALIFORNIA HEALTH LITERACY INITIATIVE (CHLI) 
http://www.literacyworks.org/healthliteracy

The goal of the Literacyworks California Health Literacy Initiative (launched by Literacyworks & California Literacy in 2003) is to inform & partner with individuals and organizations to craft collective, lasting solutions which will positively impact the health and well-being of individuals with low-literacy skills, their families, & their communities. Literacyworks continues to expand the original goal of the Initiative by increasing collaborative partnerships & developing understandable health literacy material.

Retrospective

Don Shields Remembers NASA’S APOLLO 11 MISSION as we remember Don Shields

Don Shields worked on the LEM 5, the Lunar Module that went all the way to the Moon. This was an interview we did with him for KNOW, The Journal of Lifelong Learning in July 2013. Our good friend Don passed in November 2018. Here is his LEM 5 story.

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. This July 20, 2019 will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landing.