Infonews n°250 du 04/09/2005
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
Patriot Day and Labor Day
Visual Push-ups (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, August 19th)
Galleries and Art Activities
Video from CyberChase
Human Rights 101 (from Thirteen Ed Online )
Teens and NICT
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
Textes officiels (from Beatrice Firobind, académie de Paris)
Cahier de texte électronique (from Laurence Bernard, Martinique)
4ème AES
SEGPA
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)
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)
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
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
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
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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