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American English Pronunciation
Date: 04/21/21Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:
This class is designed for English language learners. Improve your spoken English as we focus on listening and speaking skills with an emphasis on everyday pronunciation, intonation, and stress, as well as unique American rhythms.
Career Exploration for Certified Nursing Assistant - Adult (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:
This class is designed for English language learners who are interested in working as a Certified Nursing Assistant in a healthcare facility. The participants will learn about the work setting, responsibilities, potential earning, and a pathway to advance in the healthcare field.
Preschool Parade (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 11:00am - 11:30am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 0 - 4 (Infant/Toddler/ Preschool), All Ages / Families
Program type: Start Ready (Kindergarten Readiness)
Description:
If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists [use link: https://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountylibrary/playlists].
Be the Driver Who Saves Lives: Speeding and Aggressive Driving (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Health & Wellness
Description:
Registration required. Click here to register.
Maryland has a clear mission – to stop deaths and injuries on our roads. This presentation will cover some of the science behind speed as well as provide some data and facts about speed, its causes, and how society views it. This will be a fun and interactive presentation designed to educate and entertain, while helping to build speed awareness.
Presented by Maryland Highway Safety Office and Howard County Health Department with support from HCLS.
How to Spice Up Your Letters (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 11:30am - 11:45am
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5), Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults), All Ages / Families
Program type: Writing
Description:
All Ages, 15 min. All Ages, Families, Adults, 15 min. Looking to improve your letter writing or penpal experience? Here are some ideas on what you can add to your letters, such as prompts and pictures!
This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration. If you miss this class, past classes are posted on the Howard County Library System YouTube channel Playlists.
Women & the American Revolution (Part 3 of 4) (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
The revolutionary war was fought on battlefields, in forests, and on the homefront—and the contributions of American women shaped the fight at every turn. They did this in every way imaginable, and while some prospered and thrived when the war came, others faltered and fell. Many American women fought for the patriot cause while almost as many others fought to stop them. The incredible spectrum of female participation in America’s founding conflict defies easy categorization and reminds us that the legacy of the revolution for American women was not simple, single, or remotely cut and dried. This four-part course examines the varied roles of women in the American Revolution. Lecture one explores the life of Jane Mecom, the beloved but beggared sister of Benjamin Franklin whose rollercoaster ride through the American Revolution illuminates the experiences of other women on society’s bottom ranks. Lecture two pushes deep into the war itself to reconstruct the wartime experiences of Deborah Sampson, the 21-year-old weaver who disguised herself as a man to serve 17 distinguished months in George Washington’s Continental Army. Lecture three tells the story of Molly Brant, the Native Mohawk woman who spent the war trying to hold together the fragile military alliance between the Iroquois League and the British Army. Lecture four then follows the story of the American Revolution into the Early Republic, using the life of Maine midwife Martha Ballard to understand how women’s lives changed—and stayed the same—after the patriots won the war.
Part 1. Jane Mecom: This first lecture reconstructs the American Revolution from the perspective of Jane Mecom, the widow of a Boston shopkeeper—and the favorite little sister of Benjamin Franklin. During the war, Jane would be menaced by soldiers and made a refugee. She would lose her home and her possessions. All this was sadly typical for many other poor women brought low by the revolutionary crisis.
Part 2. Deborah Sampson: This second lecture tells the extraordinary story of Deborah Sampson, the young Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtlieff in order to fight in the Continental Army. It poses some simple questions: Who was she? Why she did she do it? How did she get away with it? And how did her wartime adventures in George Washington’s Army change her life?
Part 3. Molly Brant: This third lecture explores the American Revolution in Indian Country by focusing upon a Native Mohawk known to us as Molly Brant, the widow of a powerful British diplomat. Straddling two worlds – British and Iroquois – Molly spent the war trying to the fill the political vacuum created by her husband’s death and quickly emerged as the most important military and cultural broker in Native America.
Part 4. Martha Ballard: This last lecture tells the story of a Maine midwife named Martha Ballard, a quiet, dutiful wife, a busy mother, and a kind neighbor whose life was lived entirely in some very small towns. For that reason, perhaps, although she lived through many exciting changes in urban women’s sexual and political circumstances, her life seems – on the surface at least – to have been almost untouched by the 18thcentury gender revolution.
Dr. Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is author of the new book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their Astonishing Odyssey Home which is shortlisted for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. He has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, as an elected member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Learn more here.
Please register with an email address to receive an automatic confirmation email containing a link to join the webinar. This email will also include the dial-in information if you wish to participate by phone.
Writers' Guild (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Writing
Description:
Ages 14-18, 60 min.
Calling all high school creative writers. Drop in for writing prompts tips, tricks, and resources to improve your craft. Share your writing and get feedback in a supportive environment. All genres welcome!
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.
Fun With Spanish @ Oakland Mills Online
Date: 04/21/21Time: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Language
Description:
Have you, your child, or the whole family always wanted to learn Spanish? Well NOW is the perfect time!!!
Join Adriana, Children's Instructor from the East Columbia Branch of the Howard County Library System, while having fun reviewing Spanish vocabulary.
New vocabulary introduced each week!
Get connected from the comfort of your own home. It's free, all are welcome!
This class is offered through the community organization Oakland Mills Online. Technical help is available during the session care of Oakland Mills Online
Please click on the website below to access the link to join the online class, the day of the event.
https://www.oaklandmillsonline.com/
For more information please email [email protected]
Job Application Success (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: College & Career
Description:
Drop in for online assistance with job applications. Sessions begin with helpful job search tips, library resources and recommended internet sites.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.
Teen Trivia! (online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: Fun & Games!
Description:
For Teens. Play HCLS trivia through Kahoot! Categories and questions designed for ages 13-17. The game starts at 4:30 pm. You will receive the Kahoot! link in an email by 4 pm. Every second Wednesday will be a LIVE! Kahoot on Zoom.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation.
Black-eyed Susan Book Club Grades 4-6 (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:
Grades 4-6. Registration required. 60 minutes.
Discussions about state award nominees. Vote for a winner in April. The following books will be discussed in the classes-it is the registrant's responsibility to place these books on hold so that they can be read prior to the book club meeting date.
Nonfiction Book Club (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Book Clubs
Description:
Join the Nonfiction Book Club to share your thoughts on a varied array of Nonfiction selections.
- Jan 20 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
- Feb 17 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Mar 17 - The Chosen Wars: How Judaism became an American Religion by Steven Weisman
- Apr 21 - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
- May 19 - Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man by Thomas McBee
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.
Registered customers should place a hold request on the title using their library card in order to receive a copy to read before the discussion. For physical copies, please follow procedures to set up a contactless pick-up appointment once you receive a notice that your hold has come in for you. Availability of physical copies is not guaranteed. For additional assistance in obtaining this title, please email [email protected]
ESL Level 1 - Adult (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:
This is a class for adult English language learners. Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It is suitable for language learners in low beginning level. The class meets twice a week on Mon. & Wed., 7-9pm.
ESL Level 2 - Adult (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:
This is a class for adult English language learners. Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It is suitable for English language learners in high beginning level. This class meets twice a week on Mon. & Wed., 7-9pm.
ESL Level 3 - Adult (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:
This is a class for adult English language learners. Improve your English language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It is suitable for language learners in low intermediate levels. This class meets twice a week on Mon. & Wed., 7-9pm.
Reading & Speaking - Adult (Online)
Date: 04/21/21Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: Language
Description:
This class is designed for English language learners. Practice your speaking skills in a supportive environment. Students read a short story each week and discuss it in class. Plenty of opportunities provided to practice both speaking and listening as the class analyzes the stories for content, themes, and vocabulary.
