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Fall 2006
The Real Colors of the Real World
People, of course, come in more than one color, so why make it difficult for children to explore that in their artwork? Two products that answer the need are Liqui-Mark's Global Colors -- "8 Non-toxic Flesh Tone Markers From Around The World! -- and Crayola's Multicultural Colored Pencils (also in a pack of 8). Both are available online at http://DickBlick.com.
Black History is American History
The Library of Congress offers a Resource Guide on its AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOSAIC site: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Go to The Mark E. Mitchell Collection of African American History for more than 5,000 original manuscripts, documents, newspapers, books, photographs and artifacts from the early 1600s through the current time. http://www.BlackHistoryMatters.com
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture offers a list of resources. http://www.africanamericanculture.org/mus_rescenter.html
Locally, visit the Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany (http://www.carnegiecenter.org/), which features a permanent exhibit, "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage: Men and Women of the Underground Railroad in the Indiana and Kentucky Borderland" and a Southeast Indiana Trails to Freedom driving tour booklet. The Muhammad Ali Center offers so much, there is an entire section devoted to it on the reverse of this page!
HARRISON COUNTY HERO
Oswell Wright was one of Indiana's Underground Railroad conductors. He was born in Maryland around 1800 and died in 1875. He relocated to Indiana with the Bell family, who in the late 1820's purchased a ferry that operated between Brandenburg, Kentucky and Morvin's Landing in Harrison County, Indiana. In September, 1857, a slave named Charles disappeared from Brandenburg, after he had left word that he was going across the Ohio River to fish, which Charles' owner frequently allowed him to do.
Through investigation, Oswell Wright, who lived in Corydon, as well as Charles and David Bell were accused of assisting with Charles' escape. A Mrs. Withers from Brownstown, Indiana, who was interested in reward money, had gained Wright's confidence and informed against him.
Wright and his accomplices, Charles and David Bell, were arrested and taken to Kentucky and jailed. The incident, known as the Brandenburg Affair, almost caused border warfare between Indiana and Kentucky. After about six months, Bell relatives came to Brandenburg with guns to break the men out of jail, but Oswell Wright was apparently in another location and was ultimately tried for the crime of "assisting slaves to escape." In 1859, he was sent to the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort for five years.
After his release from prison, he returned to Corydon and died here in 1875. He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetary.
--Maxine Brown
STEP Up To The Peace Table
Step is a conflict resolution strategy offered by the Peace Learning Center. The Peace Table is an area of the classroom set aside for peaceful resolution by willing disputants. A neutral student is agreed on as peacemaker under the teacher's authority and guides the students in resolving their conflict. STEP stands for Stay cool, Tell what happened from your point of view, Explore what happened by listening to the other person's point of view, and Problem solve.
Tim Nations, from the Peace Learning Center, will present a program at the November 9 Community Unity meeting, at 10am at the Gerdon Youth Center. Mark your calendars!
Check out the Peace Learning Center's web site -- http://www.PeaceLearningCenter.org -- for free downloads of the Peace Table Practice Package, a Peace Path game and more.
AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER AND ITS WEB SITE
The Muhammad Ali Center invites you to participate in Global Voices, an exciting opportunity to contribute your creativity for possible inclusion in a permanent exhibit space in the Muhammad Ali Center.
Global Voices participants are asked to create an original drawing or written message in any medium and any language. The submission will be judged and selected works will be incorporated into this ongoing exhibit on Level 4 of the Ali Center. The chosen artwork will be transferred onto tiles for display on the walls and floor of the Global Voices exhibit area. Other submitted pieces will become part of the Center’s archive and may be featured as a “digital exhibit” on the Center’s website.
Participants may create an original work of an inspirational drawing, poem, song, quote, etc. that expresses a) a personal hope or goal for the future; b) a special relationship with one or several others; or c) a personal wish for the world. For a PDF download of instructions and entry form, go to www.alicenter.org/heart/globalvoice.pdf.
Visit the Cultural Buzz section of the Ali Center's web site: A Celebration of Diversity -- A website designed with our youth in mind. http://www.alicenter.org/culturalbuzz/index.html.
Would any of your students like to apply to be part of the Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students? Check out the possibility at http://www.alicenter.org/heart/youthcouncil.shtml.
"Educating and reaching out to our community and beyond is an important part of our mission.. School Field Trip Planners: Muhammad Ali Center educational tours are available for all student groups. Students are admitted at the rate of $4.00 per person with chaperones admitted free of charge at the ratio of one adult per ten students. Schools should reserve their educational program at least three weeks prior to their preferred date". To schedule a tour or for more information, please call the education division at (502) 992-5319 or email education@alicenter.org.
CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
Demco, Inc. offers a set of products to help you and your students celebrate diversity through posters, books, bookmarks, videos, bulletin boards and puppets, suitable for various ages. Check out their catalog, or call 1-800-279-1586 or go to http://www.demco.com and search for Celebrate Diversity.
RIDE AROUND THE WORLD
This IMAX film is a history lesson with legs. Wherever there were horses and cattle, for 1,500 years there were cowboys -- or vaqueros, or gauchos or banqueanos -- and still are. Ride Around the World takes viewers around the globe and through time, from Morocco to Spain to the New World to the American west. No re-creations here -- real footage of real working people with their horses and dogs and real interviews with real veterans of the job make this film into a piece of living history.
These newsletters are produced with funds from Community Unity and Harrison County Community Foundation
The Real Colors of the Real World
People, of course, come in more than one color, so why make it difficult for children to explore that in their artwork? Two products that answer the need are Liqui-Mark's Global Colors -- "8 Non-toxic Flesh Tone Markers From Around The World! -- and Crayola's Multicultural Colored Pencils (also in a pack of 8). Both are available online at http://DickBlick.com.
HARRISON COUNTY HERO
Oswell Wright was one of Indiana's Underground Railroad conductors. He was born in Maryland around 1800 and died in 1875. He relocated to Indiana with the Bell family, who in the late 1820's purchased a ferry that operated between Brandenburg, Kentucky and Morvin's Landing in Harrison County, Indiana. In September, 1857, a slave named Charles disappeared from Brandenburg, after he had left word that he was going across the Ohio River to fish, which Charles' owner frequently allowed him to do.
Through investigation, Oswell Wright, who lived in Corydon, as well as Charles and David Bell were accused of assisting with Charles' escape. A Mrs. Withers from Brownstown, Indiana, who was interested in reward money, had gained Wright's confidence and informed against him.
Wright and his accomplices, Charles and David Bell, were arrested and taken to Kentucky and jailed. The incident, known as the Brandenburg Affair, almost caused border warfare between Indiana and Kentucky. After about six months, Bell relatives came to Brandenburg with guns to break the men out of jail, but Oswell Wright was apparently in another location and was ultimately tried for the crime of "assisting slaves to escape." In 1859, he was sent to the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort for five years.
After his release from prison, he returned to Corydon and died here in 1875. He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetary.
--Maxine Brown
STEP Up To The Peace Table
Step is a conflict resolution strategy offered by the Peace Learning Center. The Peace Table is an area of the classroom set aside for peaceful resolution by willing disputants. A neutral student is agreed on as peacemaker under the teacher's authority and guides the students in resolving their conflict. STEP stands for Stay cool, Tell what happened from your point of view, Explore what happened by listening to the other person's point of view, and Problem solve.
Tim Nations, from the Peace Learning Center, will present a program at the November 9 Community Unity meeting, at 10am at the Gerdon Youth Center. Mark your calendars!
Check out the Peace Learning Center's web site -- http://www.PeaceLearningCenter.org -- for free downloads of the Peace Table Practice Package, a Peace Path game and more.
AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER AND ITS WEB SITE
The Muhammad Ali Center invites you to participate in Global Voices, an exciting opportunity to contribute your creativity for possible inclusion in a permanent exhibit space in the Muhammad Ali Center.
Global Voices participants are asked to create an original drawing or written message in any medium and any language. The submission will be judged and selected works will be incorporated into this ongoing exhibit on Level 4 of the Ali Center. The chosen artwork will be transferred onto tiles for display on the walls and floor of the Global Voices exhibit area. Other submitted pieces will become part of the Center’s archive and may be featured as a “digital exhibit” on the Center’s website.
Participants may create an original work of an inspirational drawing, poem, song, quote, etc. that expresses a) a personal hope or goal for the future; b) a special relationship with one or several others; or c) a personal wish for the world. For a PDF download of instructions and entry form, go to www.alicenter.org/heart/globalvoice.pdf.
Visit the Cultural Buzz section of the Ali Center's web site: A Celebration of Diversity -- A website designed with our youth in mind. http://www.alicenter.org/culturalbuzz/index.html.
Would any of your students like to apply to be part of the Muhammad Ali Center Council of Students? Check out the possibility at http://www.alicenter.org/heart/youthcouncil.shtml.
"Educating and reaching out to our community and beyond is an important part of our mission.. School Field Trip Planners: Muhammad Ali Center educational tours are available for all student groups. Students are admitted at the rate of $4.00 per person with chaperones admitted free of charge at the ratio of one adult per ten students. Schools should reserve their educational program at least three weeks prior to their preferred date". To schedule a tour or for more information, please call the education division at (502) 992-5319 or email education@alicenter.org.
CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
Demco, Inc. offers a set of products to help you and your students celebrate diversity through posters, books, bookmarks, videos, bulletin boards and puppets, suitable for various ages. Check out their catalog, or call 1-800-279-1586 or go to http://www.demco.com and search for Celebrate Diversity.
RIDE AROUND THE WORLD
This IMAX film is a history lesson with legs. Wherever there were horses and cattle, for 1,500 years there were cowboys -- or vaqueros, or gauchos or banqueanos -- and still are. Ride Around the World takes viewers around the globe and through time, from Morocco to Spain to the New World to the American west. No re-creations here -- real footage of real working people with their horses and dogs and real interviews with real veterans of the job make this film into a piece of living history.
These newsletters are produced with funds from Community Unity and Harrison County Community Foundation