Infonews n°178 du 02/03/2003 
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this week, addresses and suggestions of activities for three dates
to come : International women's Day on March 8th, Red Nose Day and Comic
Relief on March 14th, and St Patrick's Day on March 17th. The first site is
for advanced students, the second rather for intermediate, and the last for
beginners, although more advanced students can also find interesting
activities to do at their own level. Then discover three sites about
safety, and two of teaching practice, including a surprising lesson done on
the day of MLK's Death and which can still be used today.
have a nice week!

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International Women's Day: March 8th
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Women's history month dans "Time For Kids"
International Women's Day from Kidzworld
Women's history month from About.com
UNESCO celebrates International Women's Day
Hot Topics: Women's History Month (from LIIWEEK February 6)
Women's History Month (from LIIWEEK February 6)
Women's Rights (from LIIWEEK February 6)
From the Department of Women in Australia
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Red Nose Day on March 14th
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Comic Relief
on BBC
From Oxfam
for teachers
Another charity : Christian Aids
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St Patrick's Day on March 17th
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Leprechaun's Pot of Gold
Ireland map coloring Printout
et pour trouver d'autres sites sur St Patrick
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Safety
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Road safety
Firm Safety rules
Children and safety on the farm
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Teaching practice
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Agrégation Interne Anglais2003 (from Jean Sahai)
a risk taken 30 years ago....and still useful! (from Jean Sahai)

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International Women's Day: March 8th
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Women's history month dans "Time For Kids"
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for intermediate pupils, a simple timeline, a quiz with photos, an
interview from a cartoonist at Disney and what children think of female
role models. And you can even add the reactions of your pupils!
For all levels, two cartoons to which you have to add captions. It is a
good and easy way to start a discussion in class, it can also easily be
transferred to a transparent.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/whm/0,8805,101044,00.html

International Women's Day from Kidzworld
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short and simple bios for lower secondary pupils, and a "poll" of three
simple questions which is an excellent starting point for a discussion in
class at all levels.
http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p1870.htm

Women's history month from About.com
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links, poems, quizzes, everything about famous women in different fields
and the feminist movement.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa030200a.htm

UNESCO celebrates International Women's Day
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for advanced pupils. See "passport to equality"
http://www.unesco.org/women8/celebrations.html

Hot Topics: Women's History Month (from LIIWEEK February 6)
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"Designed to honor women in every walk of life" this site
emphasizes government resources "to inform, enlighten
and to close the gender gap in American history." It links to
information on Women's History Month, International
Women's Day, biographies, women's history, and women
and defense, education, suffrage, labor, health, science,
family, and violence. From from the Daniel J. Evans Library
of The Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington).
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/womenshistory/index.html
[ ideal to work on biographies.]

Women's History Month (from LIIWEEK February 6)
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Infoplease.com celebrates Women's History Month and
International Women's Day (March 8) by featuring articles
on the women's history movement and on women's current
status in politics, business, the arts, and other fields. There
is a categorical list of notable women and reference articles
and links on awards, achievements, education, the labor
force, motherhood, health, crime statistics, and
organizations. There are also some puzzles, trivia games,
and other "fun stuff."
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html
and you can also add:
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/womensday1.html

Women's Rights (from LIIWEEK February 6)
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Contains transcripts and video of interviews with over ten
political leaders and activists, sociologists, economists, and
others, emphasizing the "unfinished struggle to secure
women's rights." Includes a timeline of people and events
related to women's rights (1776-2001), a glossary, and
activities for students. From the Conversations with History
Archive, University of California, Berkeley.
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/women/

From the Department of Women in Australia
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This site is a good introduction to the subject. the theme for this year is
: "celebrate the diversity of women" and don't forget to read : "important
issues for women"
http://www.women.nsw.gov.au/iwd/iwd.html

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Red Nose Day on March 14th
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Comic Relief
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http://www.comicrelief.org.uk/entry.shtml
definition:
http://www.rednoseday.com/comicrelief/index.shtml
http://www.comicrelief.com/comicrelief/main.shtml
"where the money goes" with videos (child soldiers, domestic violence)
http://www.comicrelief.com/money/main.shtml
special ideas of actions for the day
http://www.rednoseday.com/5-ideas.shtml
and they can start a discussion : is it a good idea to have a greatest
cookie eater contest in school, even to raise money for a charity?

on BBC
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on this page, you can find links to different way of raising funds for
Comic Relief : find what's on about it on the radio, read what children
plan to do and find ideas for yourself...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rednoseday/

From Oxfam
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http://www.oxfam.org.uk/involved/events/rednose/
une page de présentation, qui dit aussi ce qu'ils font de l'argent, et une
webquest 'to raise awareness' and 'global citizenship', très bien faite,
pour des élèves à partir de la 4ème, avec une worksheet qui récapitule les
12 questions posées :
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/rednose/index.htm

for teachers
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Many ideas for various activities
http://www.rednoseday.com/schools/teaching/index.shtml
Curriculum links (citizenship)
http://www.rednoseday.com/schools/teaching/curriculum_links.shtml
The learning outcomes of Comic Relief
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/rednose/notes.htm

Another charity : Christian Aids
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Notez que ce site est chrétien et que vous y trouverez des léméents de
christianisation en même temps que de l'aide humanitaire. Mais c'est
cependant un des organismes qui reçoit le plus d'argent lors de cette
manifestation.
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/learn/everybodyinc.htm

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St Patrick's Day on March 17th
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La Saint Patrick, fête du grand patron de l'Irlande, sera le 17 mars. Pour
les élèves les plus jeunes, en maternelle, primaire et même en collège, des
activités manuelles autour de ce thème permettent de traiter tout à la fois
la civilisation, la dextérité manuelle et l'anglais (avec des directives
simples qui se répèteront tout au long de l'activité et dans des activités
similaires...ce sera bientôt Pâques..;)

Leprechaun's Pot of Gold
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l'histoire, à lire ou à expliquer:
http://dreamquests.net/ShamrockPatch/LeprechaunStory.html
http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/tailslap/funstuff/stories/lepruchn.htm
http://www.beavers.westlancashirescouts.org.uk/Programme%20Ideas/The%20Lazy%20Leprechaun.doc

plusieurs activités autour de ce thème:
un jeu, proposé par les scouts:
http://www.beavers.westlancashirescouts.org.uk/Programme%20Ideas/leprechaun.htm

pour les très jeunes : confectionner un marque-page
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/printcraft.cfm?CraftID=823
pour les moyens : colorier un dessin et écrire un poème ou quelques phrases
ou mots
http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/March/colorwrite.htm
pour les plus agés, un travail de précision:
http://crafterscommunity.com/index.php/114
pour tous, the leprechaun's dance et autres songs:
http://www.hummingbirded.com/stpat_pres.html
diverses activités autour du thème, allant du dessins aux maths:
http://www.abcschoolhouse.com/seasonal_pdfs/march_ideas.pdf
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/fun.htm
Autres activités pour tous
Color a pot of gold, a shamrock, read the history, answer trivia, etc.
http://www.youthonline.ca/stpatricksday/

Ireland map coloring Printout
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une carte de l'Irelande à colorier, pour apprendre la géographie et
l'anglais...
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/ireland/activity.shtml

et pour trouver d'autres sites sur St Patrick
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voyez la page de l'académie de Versailles:
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/civi/stpatrick.html
ainsi que la légende, par exemple sur:
http://www.stpatricksday.ie/cms/stpatricksday.html
et quelques autres sites:
http://members.tripod.com/~bgilley/INDEX.HTM
http://www.zeal.com/category/preview.jhtml?cid=559846

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Safety
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Road safety
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http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/extra/road_safety.pdf
a full color brochure from the European Union, to be used in upper
secondary school when you study safety, or Europe, or citizenship. From
there, you can have them make posters to warm other pupils of road dangers
: don't hesitate, this activity is not only for the younger ones, it also
works with 18 year olds!
and here are two addresses leading to the same list of addresses about
traffic Safety:
http://www.adtsea.iup.edu/illinois/sites.htm
http://www.lphs.dupage.k12.il.us/acd_dept/Dr_ED/sites.htm

Firm Safety rules
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http://www.aztec-liners.ab.ca/manual.doc
A very interesting manual from a Canadian firm, containing ' quality
assurance policy', ' smoking policy', ' environment policy' , ' drug,
alcohol and firearm policy' , with fascinating sentences like:
"any contractor’s failure to deal with a contravention of the Policy will
be viewed as a breach of contract/employee hiring, and may result in
suspension or termination of the contract/employee hiring".......
Especially appropriate for industrial technology students, but can also be
useful for those studying work regulation and safety in general, for
example in a crosscurricular project (TPE).

Children and safety on the farm
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http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/ub030.pdf
A very interesting brochure, with tables depicting the development stages
of children at different ages, the causes of death and injuries, the
prevention strategies and the developmentally appropriate work tasks.
Especially appropriate for agricultural studies, but can interest others too.

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Teaching practice
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Agrégation Interne Anglais2003 (from Jean Sahai)
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Les épreuves ont eu lieu les 11 et 12 février, les résultats devraient
paraître sur Minitel Edutel Plus les 27 ou 28 Mars, et les oraux avoir lieu
au Lycée Hôtelier de Toulouse pendant les vacances de Pâques de cette
académie.
On trouvera sur la Page de notre collègue Jean Sahaï de Guadeloupe un lien
vers les sujets tombés en composition en langue étrangère et en traduction,
ainsi que diverses réactions et commentaires.
Et depuis peu, la Page d'agreg propose aussi un 'Journal Candide' informel
des impressions de candidats suite aux écrits de l'agreg interne 2003.
Cette section continue de s'enrichir de témoignages, recherches et
réflexions de candidats sur les deux épreuves écrites.
Page d'agrégation d'anglais
http://agreg.fr.fm

a risk taken 30 years ago....and still useful! (from Jean Sahai)
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One day in 1968, on the morning after the assassination of Martin Luther
King, Jr., Jane Elliott changed her lesson plan and divided her Iowa
elementary school class into blue and brown-eyed children, for an
experiment that became synonymous with lessons on bigotry and
discrimination for students, parents and communities.
The site from PBS presents the whole TV show with the transcripts, relives
the experiment, features an interview with Elliott, and much more. The
videos made from the actual classroom experiment in 1968 and the present
are extremely powerful!
An impressive, to say the least, collection of multi-media promotes student
investigation, regardless of proficiency level or special needs--the site
features video presentation, with and without transcripts, material for all
kinds of learning, a real treasure trove.

Here is what adds the colleague from Israel who found the site :
"I was impressed (as I usually am with PBS resources on the net) with the
collection of multi-media that would promote student investigation,
regardless of his/her proficiency level or special needs--the site features
video presentation, with and without transcripts, material for all kinds of
learning, a real treasure trove. For those who are having problems with
slow connections, I find that downloading material, and making up a
directory of resources on a local network that students can have access to,
often solves this problem. Or doing a very simply web page with connections
to a local network...OR...well, let your imagination run wild...
(And that--somewhat anti-internet folks--is one of the reasons why the
internet is so great! It would (and does) take an everyday classroom
teacher tons of hours to even do a small amount of multi-sensory
material presentation. A picture is still often worth a thousand
words...and a video? Well....)
Helen S.
See for yourself at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided

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