Infonews n°250 du 04/09/2005

A la Une this week, Hurricane Katrina. There are everyday loads of documents posted on the internet. I made a selection for you, to keep yourself informed of the latest developments and also find some pages suitable or ready-made for your students. Be careful with the full coverages, some reports describe in details the atrocities and this can shock even adults. Most of the pictures and slide show seem OK, so far. Still, the coverage is so heavy everywhere that your students might feel they no longer want to hear about it, then you can choose a more technical approach....or change subject, and present them the new Patriot Day ( NY 9/11 isn't too nice a subject either) or Labor Day (from there, you can work around career and jobs).
Primary school students are invited to produce art, and you will find there ideas of warming up activities and sites of paintings to observe. Then find a video about time, clocks and watches that can be used at all level, and a site about Human rights and an article about how teens use ICT for upper secondary school.
At the end, find several addresses to help you study "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday, and sites of reference and help for teachers (BO, 4ème AES, SEGPA).

I wish you all a nice first day of school and a happy school year!
Christine Reymond

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A la Une : Hurricane Katrina

What you can use immediately in class
In depth Coverages
From New Orleans
More technical
From the US Government
From Abroad
More or less pro-Bush
About Black People

In the Calendar

Patriot Day and Labor Day

Resources for Primary School

Visual Push-ups (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, August 19th)
Galleries and Art Activities

Resources for Secondary School

Video from CyberChase
Human Rights 101 (from Thirteen Ed Online )
Teens and NICT

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday

Lyrics
video clip
To download and analyse the song from a musical point of view
History of the song and lyrics
Billie Holiday's bios (on K12 sites)
Comments
Lesson Plans
Audio files

Teaching Practice

Textes officiels (from Beatrice Firobind, académie de Paris)
Cahier de texte électronique (from Laurence Bernard, Martinique)
4ème AES
SEGPA


A la Une : Hurricane Katrina

What you can use immediately in class

- Some clear facts from the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5250171,00.html (you find the same paragraphs for each day, with the latest developments, under the title : "Major Developments in Katrina's Aftermath")
- New York Times quiz http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/index.html Choose among questions 2,3,4,7,8,9 to build an easy summary of the situation that you can use with intermediate students.
- Slide show from Time mag (pictures and short written comments)
http://www.time.com/time/potw/20050902/
- Cartoons http://www.caglecartoons.com/images/preview/{C813500A-A05F-4117-9135-88EFAEACA073}.gif (inadequate help)
http://www.caglecartoons.com/images/preview/{08272401-6F32-445D-BAFD-20D33BFDFF33}.gif (the lid came off)
- NYT News snapshot http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/snapshot/student/20050830.html a photo of the wind blowing in New Orleans and who, where, when questions.
( for the NYT, Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn on eTeachNet advises : "if you are asked to login, go to http://bugmenot.com for a free and
anonymous login and password.")
- Lessons from Breaking News :http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
easy, about the beginning: "Hurricane Katrina kills hundreds"
more recent but more difficult: "Bush avoids anarchy in New Orleans"
- LII : selection of sites from Librarian's Index to the Internet for the teachers. Nothing political, lots of pages of advise and fact sheets about what to do before and after a disaster.
http://lii.org/search?query=hurricanekatrina
- a leaflet from the Red Cross about what to do after a flood (to discuss the discrepancy between theory and reality...)
http://www.redcross.org/static/file_cont334_lang0_151.pdf
- a poster about hurricane preparedness week in May
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/pdf/NHPW05.pdf
- FEMA for Kids : apart from the news, the other parts of the site are theory and fiction, but they are topical. Read and listen to the stories:
"The river rises" http://www.fema.gov/kids/twins/flood/flood.htm
"It's hurricane season" http://www.fema.gov/kids/twins/hurricane/index.htm
leaflet and site "are you ready?" (a Guide to Citizen Preparedness!!!!) http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/
about the disaster (see fact sheets about what to do, the theory) http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=4808

In depth Coverages

Most of those special coverage offer complete, interactive information, with photos and videos, multimedia explanations of how a hurricane builds up and develops, detailed timelines, interviews, blogs and various reports.
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina (text and links)
Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/hurricane_crisis/ (photos and little texts, interactive)
read also "nine health hazards" : http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1099972,00.html/
BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm
the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/0,16441,1560620,00.html
USA today http://www.usatoday.com/news/hurricane.htm
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/nationalspecial/
Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090201712.html
NY Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-katrina-gallery,0,3170452.storygallery
Yahoo http://news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Hurricanes_and_Tropical_Storms
MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9107338/
ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Katrina/ (see what to do before and after a hurricane, and psychology of looting)
Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168386,00.html
NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1092

From New Orleans

a newspaper http://www.nola.com/hurricane/katrina/
a tv channel http://www.wwltv.com/
Charities and bulletin boards http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/

More technical

PBS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/july-dec05/katrina/ (see the levee system which was supposed to protect NO)
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7919
CNN http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/ (less news, more about hurricanes in general)
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html
National Geographic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0830_050830_katrina_damage.html (se about the levees)
National Hurricane Center from NOAA : http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ (everything about hurricanes in general)
Read a 5 year pilot project started in 2002 in New Orleans about "Assessment and Remediation of Public Health Impacts Due to Hurricanes and Major Flooding Events":
http://www.publichealth.hurricane.lsu.edu/convert%20to%20tables/New%20Orleans%20Pilot%20Projecttf.htm
Listen to the radio program "Nature's revenge" from 2002 (with transcripts)
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wetlands/

From the US Government

government official site
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml
Videos without scripts of official statements from C-Span
http://www.c-span.org/ (chose hurricane aftermath on the left)
emergency preparedness and response from the Center for disease control and prevention (updated 1st september, deals with electrical hazards, stray animals, mosquitoes and snakes)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/

From Abroad

Canada http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125451885179_116 (survivors describe, tsunami-like)
India http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=77549 ( inadequacy, violence, India and Sri Lanka will help)
Turkey http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050904&hn=23648 (short, Bush admitted mistake, mention but no description of violence)
Australia http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16485710-2,00.html (description of extreme violence)
Qatar http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2381E596-639E-418D-B195-01E5E7DFE144.htm (mentions of violence and inadequacy)
South Africa http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=249907 (major of New Orleans "do something", Democrats ashamed)
Japan http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=348094 (democrats say Bush is staging photos instead of providing food)
The Times (UK) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1762944,00.html ( Republican wonders how the US would react to a nuclear attack)

More or less pro-Bush

VOA http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-09-03-voa21.cfm (situation is improving, no mention of violence, well thinking words from Bush)
Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2005/09/03/troops_pouring_in_with_aid/ ( violence is overexaggerated p3)
The Telegraph (UK) (read the reactions of some Americans to the question : Bush or God to blame? you can't blame him for a natural disaster...)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=FKFBJD0Q23R1HQFIQMFSM54AVCBQ0JVC?xml=/news/2005/09/02/uyourviewbush.xml
Canada http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/09/03/Bush-troops-hurricane-relief0903.html (no mention of violence, Bush helps)
Canada http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125758189804_121167389/?hub=TopStories (no violence, delay will be investigated)
South Africa http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Hurricane_Katrina/0,,2-10-1942_1764584,00.html (no violence, criticism of the delay)

About Black People

http://www.sploid.com/news/2005/09/01/admit-it-katrinas-victims-are-blacks-123542.php (from Jean LeMauff on eteach)

In the Calendar

Patriot Day and Labor Day

Patriot Day on September 11th http://www.calendar-updates.com/Holidays/US/patriot.htm
Labor Day is on the first Monday of September, so Monday Sept 5th this year:
http://www.calendar-updates.com/Holidays/US/labor.htm (official proclamation)
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Labor_Day.shtml#vgn-for-kids-vgn (official page of links, interesting career and jobs links)
http://www.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/labor.html (history of the holiday)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002264.html (facts and figures from the Census bureau)

Resources for Primary School

Visual Push-ups (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, August 19th)

How can students warm up for art exercises? Try these activities to get into the right frame of mind and to help promote creativity.
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/ART/rt_room/%40rtrageous.html
[ The part about fancy hats is especially rich and interesting, with lots of ethnic examples to see. I also liked the part about dreams, leading to impressionist paintings. and the suggestions in "what if" contains original ideas.]

Galleries and Art Activities

Access many example of modern painting that could inspire the children. Read about techniques and painting activities.
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/create.html

Resources for Secondary School

Video from CyberChase

See this report about time and clocks. The beginning is easy and clear, and you can use some parts of it according to the level of your students, even for beginners. There is no transcript, but the pictures are nicely redundant with the sound track. You can use it in primary school, or in all classes of weak level, that could be interested in time and clocks. The upper intermediate students can be interested in the end of the report, with all the expressions containing time.
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/forreal/109_for_real_hi.html

Human Rights 101 (from Thirteen Ed Online )

HR101 encourages and challenges high school teachers and students in the New York City area to explore local, national, and global human rights issues. By getting teens to look at disparities within their own communities or examine problems of international scope, HR101 is helping teens better understand themselves, better understand others, and become better equipped for life in a global society.
<http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/hr101/>http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/hr101/
[ texts and links for upper intermediate and advanced students.]

Teens and NICT

Read this article about " Teens and Technology: Youth are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation", with a questionnaire that you can also use in class and a report about the answers, for those who are interested in figures and statistics.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/162/report_display.asp

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday

A colleague from Rouen was looking for information about this song. This work would be fit for February, which is "Black History Month". Here are some resources to study the song and place it in its social and historical context.

Lyrics

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/billie-holiday/17859.html

video clip

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/strangefruit/film.html

To download and analyse the song from a musical point of view

http://odeo.com/audio/157180/view

History of the song and lyrics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit (all the info)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACstrangefruit.htm (short and simple, with several relevant links)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/feb2002/frut-f08.shtml (more complex)
http://www.geocities.com/anthropologyresistance/fruit.html
http://www.canongate.net/News/BillieHoliday
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/04.20.05/holiday-0516.html ( in relation to Angela Davis' book)

Billie Holiday's bios (on K12 sites)

http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/98_99/Ess/tiffany.htm (by a student)
http://www.cdps.k12.ms.us/chs/teles032/second3.html ( id but longer, with pictures)
http://cms.westport.k12.ct.us/cmslmc/music/jazzbios/holliday.htm

Comments

in French and German : http://www.arte-tv.com/fr/art-musique/Billie_20Holiday/819254,CmC=832806.html
<http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/lessonplans/hs_lp_billie_holiday.htm>Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit: Using Music to Send a Message--Many early African-American songs, such as "The Drinking Gourd," were used to pass secret messages during the period of slavery. As Reconstruction passed into the Jim Crow Era, predominately African-American music such as jazz and blues evolved. This music explored the feelings of frustration, poverty, and depression that many African-American communities experienced. This music also began advocating for social change. Songs that promoted social activism were rare before the mid 1960s. One of the earliest of these songs, "Strange Fruit," was sung by the blues singer, Billie Holiday. Though it was popular, Holiday's recording company, Columbia Records, refused to produce the song due to its controversial nature. A small record company picked it up, and it has now been commonly accepted as Holiday's signature song. (from http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/Specialist/franceslively/sol8.htm )
Interpretation on a blog "

Lady Sings The Dixiecrat Double Entendre Blues" (for teachers, go to dec 16th)
http://bodyandsoul.blogspot.com/2002_12_15_bodyandsoul_archive.html

Lesson Plans

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/4839.html?wtlAC=GSLessonplans,email-h (très complet)
http://www.wpe.com/~musici/strangedbq.html (constructed response activity)
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/thismonth/sept03/index1.shtm ( descendre au n°7)
http://hs.riverdale.k12.or.us/~moldani/enghist11/strangefruit.html (in connection with the Jim Crow Laws)
"Jazz is about Freedom" http://www.pbs.org/jazz/classroom/jazzfreedom.htm
"Blues, art and poetry" : http://tvdec.k12.ne.us/cec/cecneemanwelniak.htm
"Lesson for The Florida Terror: Race Relations in the Early Twentieth-Century" http://www.pcsb.k12.fl.us/tah/d-3-2.htm
http://www.pcsb.k12.fl.us/tah/pdfs/d-3.pdf (same lesson in .pdf)
some questions from <http://seced.ucps.k12.nc.us/Curriculum%20Areas/English/English%20III/Strange%20Fruit.doc>http://seced.ucps.k12.nc.us/Curriculum%20Areas/English/English%20III/Strange%20Fruit.doc :
"This is Billie Holiday’s signature song. As you listen to it, keep the following questions in mind:
- How does Holiday use her voice to reinforce the tone of the poem?
- What is the subject of the poem? How does this relate to A Raisin in the Sun?
- Let us not forget about the works that we read in the past. Can you connect the poem to The Grapes of Wrath in any way? "
Poems, raps from students after studying Civil rights and black Americans (example of production)
http://www.okaloosa.k12.fl.us/djj/Technologykp/Blackhistoryweb/poemraps.html

Audio files

- in a program called "Here and Now" about Rosenbergs' son, with transcript of the introduction, followed by an interview of Robert Meeropol about his parents, the Rosenbergs.
http://www.here-now.org/shows/2003/06/20030618_5.asp
- in a program called "The Connection" the song and an interview (no script)
http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2000/05/20000526_b_main.asp
- in a program called "inside out" from Boston NPR "Jews and Blues"
http://www.insideout.org/documentaries/jewsandblues/listen.asp

Teaching Practice

Textes officiels (from Beatrice Firobind, académie de Paris)

Vous trouverez la liste et le détails de ces textes ( nouveaux programmes, concours, textes du bac et corrigés) sur:
- le weblog du site d'anglais de l'académie de Paris
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/lastnews.php
- la page consacrée aux nouveautés du B.O
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/nouveautesbo.php
- le tableau synthétique des B.O
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/bo.php

Cahier de texte électronique (from Laurence Bernard, Martinique)

article : http://antice.apinc.org/article.php3?id_article=31
page d'accueil http://antice.apinc.org/cahier_de_texte/
tutoriel: http://antice.apinc.org/IMG/html/premierspas.html

4ème AES

Alain Gayer a mis en ligne le mémoire de Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn sur l'utilisation des TICE pour remotiver des élèves de 4ème AES ( aide et soutien). Il date de 98, mais bien les idées sont toujours utilisables. Lisez : "Les Nouvelles Technologies en Cours d'Anglais de 4ème d'AES"
<http://perso.wanadoo.fr/activitice/menus/index5/m_rapnouil.pdf>http://perso.wanadoo.fr/activitice/menus/index5/m_rapnouil.pdf

SEGPA

Certains collègues sont nommés en SEGPA pour la première fois et se demandent comment y enseigner l'anglais. Vous trouverez des infos et des liens sur beaucoup de sites académiques, qui vous permettront de commencer en toute confiance.
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/segpa/default.htm
http://pedagogie.ac-toulouse.fr/anglais/segpa1.html
http://www.ac-grenoble.fr/AIS38/segpa.htm#anglais
http://www.ac-nantes.fr:8080/peda/disc/lv/anglais/sitpedse.htm
http://pedagogie.ac-montpellier.fr/disciplines/anglais/segpa/ (programmes)
http://www.discip.crdp.ac-caen.fr/anglais/news/Anglaissegpa.pdf
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/segpa.htm


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