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February 2002
One World Global Calendar
"Every Day is celebrated somewhere around the Planet"
We had planned to feature a calendar of holiday celebrations in each issue this year, but we found there were too many to include! So here is a site that lists festivals, celebrations, and holy days for many countries and faith traditions, with a current listing posted each month. It's a great place for you to go to select what you feel would be appropriate for your classroom. You could choose from the possibilities and have your class research your choices, perhaps in cooperation with other classes, and share your findings across disciplines and age groups.
Interrelated Projects for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and African American History Month
Pennsylvania middle school teacher Scott D. Feifer organized a scavenger hunt that required students to search the library to find facts about African Americans and African American culture. They also selected quotes about peace from King and Mahatma Gandhi, another man of peace who was also a victim of violence.
An art teacher provided pictures of King and Gandhi, and copies of paintings reflecting peace. Each of Feifer's classes chose a different picture and cut it into squares--one piece for each student. Each student drew his or her section of the picture onto a larger square of paper.
"When it came time to assemble the murals, I had my students sit in a circle on the floor....Each student then came forward to add her or his piece to the puzzle....Later, we displayed the mosaics in the hall of our middle school, along with the original portraits, information sheets about Gandhi and King, and some of their peace-related quotes. In this way, the entire school gained a new appreciation of the connection between these two peacemakers as well as their contributions to society."
--Teaching Tolerance magazine, Spring 2000
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures." --César Chávez
The Givens Foundation for African American Literature
African American Curriculum Exchange for K-12 Teachers
"Here you can find and print curriculum units on African American literature, history, culture and social issues for K-12 students. These units have been submitted by teachers like you who want to find new resources and exchange ideas."
"North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920"
"When completed, it will include all the narratives of fugitive and former slaves published...up to 1920 and many of the biographies of fugitive and former slaves published in English before 1920."
Here are entries for Levi Branham, Harriet Tubman, and Nat Love, an African American cowboy, with links to other sites.
TeAch-nology.com
If you've ever wished you could make your own Seek-And-Finds or Word Scrambles, or ever wished you could just print out a seasonal worksheet, this is the site for you. It's easy to use, and even generates an answer key.
Currently available from or on order through Harrison County Public Library:
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis
Grades 9-12
"...an autobiographical account of one of America's most ardent warriors for civil and human rights, John Lewis." --reviewed by Frank Crumell and Teaching Tolerance staff
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill
Grades 1-5
What did an exiled English dairymaid have to do with the designing of Washington, DC?
Indiana Blacks in the Twentieth Century by Emma Lou Thornbrough
Grades 9-12
"...the impact of the national civil rights movement on Indiana." --www.indiana.edu
The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood
Grades 2-6
"Slavery" and "freedom" become more than just words to a twelve-year-old girl when her home becomes a safe house for a runaway family.
Black History and The Civil Rights Movement by Stuart A. Kallen (Series)
From Lost Kingdoms of Africa to Struggle into the 1990's.
Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove, Illustrated by Diane Dillon
Although it is an alphabet book, the information and gorgeous illustrations make it suitable for all ages.
We had planned to feature a calendar of holiday celebrations in each issue this year, but we found there were too many to include! So here is a site that lists festivals, celebrations, and holy days for many countries and faith traditions, with a current listing posted each month. It's a great place for you to go to select what you feel would be appropriate for your classroom. You could choose from the possibilities and have your class research your choices, perhaps in cooperation with other classes, and share your findings across disciplines and age groups.
An art teacher provided pictures of King and Gandhi, and copies of paintings reflecting peace. Each of Feifer's classes chose a different picture and cut it into squares--one piece for each student. Each student drew his or her section of the picture onto a larger square of paper.
"When it came time to assemble the murals, I had my students sit in a circle on the floor....Each student then came forward to add her or his piece to the puzzle....Later, we displayed the mosaics in the hall of our middle school, along with the original portraits, information sheets about Gandhi and King, and some of their peace-related quotes. In this way, the entire school gained a new appreciation of the connection between these two peacemakers as well as their contributions to society."
--Teaching Tolerance magazine, Spring 2000
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures." --César Chávez
African American Curriculum Exchange for K-12 Teachers
Here are entries for Levi Branham, Harriet Tubman, and Nat Love, an African American cowboy, with links to other sites.
Grades 9-12
"...an autobiographical account of one of America's most ardent warriors for civil and human rights, John Lewis." --reviewed by Frank Crumell and Teaching Tolerance staff
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill
Grades 1-5
What did an exiled English dairymaid have to do with the designing of Washington, DC?
Indiana Blacks in the Twentieth Century by Emma Lou Thornbrough
Grades 9-12
"...the impact of the national civil rights movement on Indiana." --www.indiana.edu
The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood
Grades 2-6
"Slavery" and "freedom" become more than just words to a twelve-year-old girl when her home becomes a safe house for a runaway family.
Black History and The Civil Rights Movement by Stuart A. Kallen (Series)
From Lost Kingdoms of Africa to Struggle into the 1990's.
Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove, Illustrated by Diane Dillon
Although it is an alphabet book, the information and gorgeous illustrations make it suitable for all ages.