Infonews n°264 du 15/01/2005
WARNING!!!!!
A booklet
Biographies
Quizzes with links to find the answers
Ready to use worksheets
Webquests
*** Videos
"I have a dream"
Pages of links and resources
Special reports from TV and magazines
Articles from Time about MLK (For Time Magazine subscribers only)
From Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, January 5th
February one : the story of the Greensboro four
Inventing the future
Invention teaching unit
When the wife is the breadwinner (video)
Audio files from the BBC
Poetry Archive (from The Scout Report -- January 13)
Eleanor Rigby Project
Concours PE
and those who want to communicate with them.
Sign language (UK)
http://www.british-sign.co.uk/
BSL online (British Sign Language)
http://www.learnbsl.org/
Learn sign language online (UK)
http://www.british-sign.co.uk/learnbslsignlanguage/
Here is a page of contacts (clubs, charities, organisations) and links
http://www.british-sign.co.uk/deafdirectory/
a film, "Welcome 2 My Deaf World" vwith a guide to use it in class
which also suggests activities that you can organise without seeing the film
(the film is not released in DVD yet, but I'll let you know as soon as it is
available
http://www.metromagazine.com.au/metro/03/032b.asp?id=283
US Sign language basics
http://deafness.about.com/od/basics/
ASL (American Sign Language)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/asl.asp
ASL fingerspelling alphabet (a power point presentation)
http://www.listen-up.org/dnload4/fingerspelling.ppt
Useful signs (US)
http://deafness.about.com/od/usefulsigns/
International sign languages and contacts
Australia : http://deafness.about.com/cs/travel/a/australia.htm
Ireland : http://deafness.about.com/cs/internationalsign/a/irish.htm
India : http://deafness.about.com/od/internationaldeaf/a/indiadeaf.htm
A very long and comprehensive list of useful links
http://www.listen-up.org/sign.htm
A chat site for deaf and hard of hearing people
http://www.alldeaf.com/
Martin Luther King Day is each year on the 3rd Monday in January. This year,
it is tomorrow, January 16, 2006.
here are some sites about the holiday and how this day came to be celebrated
(the only day commemorating an African American)
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/holiday.htm
http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/Holidays/celebrate/mlk.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Day
http://martin-luther-king-day.123holiday.net/
WARNING!!!!!
If you use a search engine (like google) to find sites bout MLK, or worse,
if you encourage your students to do so, be warned that there is a supremacist
site well hidden under the aspect of a normal MLK site.
--> the site martin luther king dot org ( I don't give the link on purpose)
is a white supremacist site. At first glance, it looks normal, but when you
read it, you soon get shocked (but only if you understand English) and when
you look at the signature at the end of the page, you find a group promoting
racism and nazi ideas.
Here are some sites you could use in class:
A booklet
for young children (to cut out, assemble and color)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6459/mlk.html
Biographies
Short and simple biographies : kindergarten kids have drawn these pictures,
and they are a bit simplistic, but the text accompanying them is short and
easy and can enable weak students to remember the key moments of MLK's life
and his movement. The sentences are in the present : a simple exercise could
be to turn all theses sentences in the past to build a biography.
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/1.htm (autre
du même type)
for older students and without pictures:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK/timeline.shtml
a full biography
http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ga_mlk.htm
another, with links to news articles (from Christine Silvestri on eTeachNet)
http://martinlutherkingjrarchive.com/Biography.aspx
Quizzes with links to find the answers
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/classroom/MLKquiz.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/quiz.html
"the fight for rights" from Time for Kids ( nice photos but no links
to find the answers)
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/white/0,9970,106918,00.html
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hunt_quiz.html (for
advanced students. Interesting and useful, but two links are to be replaced:
- February is black history month
http://blackstudentadvisingcentre.studentservices.dal.ca/Files/AfricVoice_Jan_Feb_04.pdf
- Tupac Shakur
http://www.tupacfans.com/bio.php )
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/king-sw.htm (a
flash quiz where speed is essential. But don't worry, you can do the quiz several
times over, and this even helps to memorize the answers!)
a simple quiz about an illustrated timeline:
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/webquest.htm
Ready to use worksheets
- a crossword
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/king-cw.htm
- a quiz and words to find in a grid
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm
(two level, with a different number of words to find)
- *** lots of activities : quizzes, word search, printouts, printable activity
booklets:
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/king-cw.htm
Webquests
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/mlkth.php (an
easy treasure hunt )
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/MLK/mlkbio.htm (even
easier, for younger children)
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/mlkwq1.doc (a
webquest/worksheet prepared by Céline Matus from Nancy-Metz)
*** Videos
Prévues pour des élèves de CM1 américain, ces vidéos n'ont ni script ni sous-titre,
mais l'anglais est facile à comprendre et les images présentent une bonne redondance
avec le texte. Vous pouvez les enregistrer sur votre disque dur pour les présenter
hors ligne. Vous avez le choix entre des films complets de 8 à 10 minutes,
ou des extraits.
http://www.gp.k12.mi.us/ci/ce/elem/holidays/mlkk5.htm
Je l'ai essayé avec des élèves de seconde qui avaient déjà exploré les sites
de biographies faciles et le texte des Jim Crow Laws, cela marchera très bien
aussi avec ceux qui ont déjà
étudié Rosa Park. Ils peuvent y reconnaitre des phrases qu'ils ont lues ou
apprises, et les reproduire à l'oral, puis mener une discussion sur Civil rights.
"I have a dream"
*** to hear the full speech and read the script as it goes:
http://www.hpol.org/record.php?id=72
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/historicspeeches.html
to read the text:
http://members.aol.com/klove01/dreamsp.htm
http://members.tripod.com/jean2000/jc/jc9.htm#dream
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/michel.barbot/supports_ce/mlk/have_dream.htm
to hear short extracts:
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/march40th/speeches.html (with
other speeches and a short video)
for a full video of the speech which gives a good idea of the atmosphere (thanks
to Laurence Bernard on eTeachNet)
http://student.bus.olemiss.edu/files/Evans/OB/MLK_I_Have_A_Dream.wmv
or this one from History channel
http://www.historychannel.com/broadband/clipview/index.jsp?id=tdih_0828
Pages of links and resources
- a very comprehensive teaching unit by Jérome Quintena on e-teach. he tried
it and it worked!
http://teachers.domainepublic.net/shared/Civi%20Pays%20Anglophones/TERM%20STT%20-%20BLACK%20AMERICANS%20PROJECT-%20J_%20Quintena.doc
or go to http://teachers.domainepublic.net/ then
choose "documents"; "civilisation"; "Term STT- black
American Project"
- Three bios, three quizzes, and some questions
http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/themes/MLK.htm
- other pages prepared by colleagues
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/mlk.htm
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/fetes01.php#mlk
http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/themes/martinlutherking.htm
- and some more ages of links
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/MLK/MLK.html
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Martin%20Luther%20King%20Jr.htm
http://www.cumbavac.org/martin_luther_king.htm
http://k6educators.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkingjr2.htm
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/mlking.shtml
Special reports from TV and magazines
- VOA : "King Holiday Considered 'Mixed Blessing' By Some Historians"(advanced)
http://voanews.com/english/archive/2005-01/2005-01-14-voa25.cfm?CFID=20477635&CFTOKEN=44690881
- Civil Rights: http://www.civilrights.org/campaigns/mlk/index.html
( an excellent and easy timeline and the making of the holiday)
- Seattle Times : http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/classroom/MLKplan.html
(a special report with ideas for the class and links)
- PBS : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/
- BBC :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/king_martin_luther.shtml (bio)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/28/newsid_2656000/2656805.stm (August
28th 1963)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3170387.stm (
I have a dream, audio, interviews)
- Encyclopedia Britannica : http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/study/index_eb.htm (interesting
study guide for advanced students, with videos and audio documents)
- Stanford University : http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/classroom/MLKplan.html or http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
Articles from Time about MLK (For Time Magazine subscribers only)
if you have a subscription to Time Magazine, you can access the full archives.
They now have a new feature which allows you to flip through past magazines
by turning the pages online, just as you would do with a normal magazine.
I flipped through the special Time Magazine from January 3rd 1964 "Martin
Luther King Junior, man of the year" and found interesting documents
(photos, articles, even only the titles)
But the limit of this new feature is that you can print the pages, but not
save them or select a part of a page. Still, it is worth a look!
http://www.time.com/time/archive/digitalmagazine/issue/0,23890,19640103,00.html?internalid=pdfcover
See also this article "Attack on the Conscience"
from Time magazine dated Feb. 18, 1957 : it is strikingly full of the word "negro" and
you can read : " The man whose word they seek is not a judge, or a lawyer,
or a political strategist or a flaming orator. He is a scholarly, 28-year-old
Negro Baptist minister, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who in little more
than a year has risen from nowhere to become one of the nation's remarkable
leaders of men." Interesting to have a glimpse at the context of the moment.
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,809103,00.html
For advanced students too, read this article from Time Magazine dated January
9th 2006, with excerpts from a book describing the last year of his life and
how things were changing.
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1145260,00.html
From Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, January 5th
MLK Cliparts
Find a great selection of clipart here, all themed to celebrating Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day.
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/preschool/worksheets/tpl-themematch.cfm?id=14
A clothes timeline for MLK
Use this unique idea to explore the major events in the life of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Students will create artistic representations of those events,
then sequence their depictions on a classroom clothesline timeline.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/02/lp248-03.shtml
February one : the story of the Greensboro four
If, like me, you are in the middle of another teaching unit, you can just
have one lesson presenting MLK Day, and then start Black history month (February)
with this less known story. The Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro
started on February 1st 1960 with four students and a modest idea spurred on
by the brutal killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Read more on PBS, with a
timeline of the events:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/februaryone/sitin.html
Greensboro sit-ins : an interesting site about the events
http://www.sitins.com/index.shtml
a timeline of the Civil Rights (placing the full desegregation of schools in
1971!)
http://www.sitins.com/timeline.shtml
a lot of audio testimonies and interview of the actors (no scripts), a photo
gallerie and a video of the inauguration of the statue built in memory of the
events
http://www.sitins.com/keyplayers.shtml
http://www.sitins.com/multimedia.shtml
http://www.sitins.com/multimedia.shtml
Rosa Parks and Emmett Till
We all have talked about Rosa Parks just after her death or on the 50th anniversary
of the day when she refused to leave her place to a white man. But few people
know that she also was thinking of Emmett Till when she started her revolt.
You can find links to study both RosaParks and Emmett Till in Le café Pédagogique:
http://www.cafepedagogique.net/disci/anglais/67.php
Black History
February is Black history month, so you can go on studying black history
with those links:
*** excellent photos: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
A quiz about who did what
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_black_history_101.shtml
*** An animation from Brain Pop about Civil Rights
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilrights/
Resources about Emmett Till and Rosa Parks
http://www.cafepedagogique.net/disci/anglais/67.php
Black history month crossword puzzles
<http://info.riverdeep.net/Key=51036.Cf7.P.J6F2By>http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Crossword.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Tourmenu.htm
Consider this art and history project for a Black History Month activity, where
students will research a famous African American, create a cardstock bookmark,
and inscribe a quotation.
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/activities/activities.htm#bookmarks
Black history wordsearch
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Histwds.htm
Character education portfolio project
Students will create their own character traits portfolio, collecting prose,
poetry, and the students' own works to illustrate a topic in character education.
Try using this project to complement your studies on Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., or as a leadership investigation for Presidents'Day. Songs, magazine articles,
cartoons, and television programs can all be used. Rubrics are included.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/nccep/lp/lp99ab.html
Rosa Parks and Emmett Till
Black History
Character education portfolio project
Inventing the future
Students will consider current technologies before designing new ones in
this inventors lesson plan for middle school students. They will work in groups
to consider the worst inventions, describing negative criteria, then brainstorm
positive criteria to make a good invention. They will also need to use persuasive
writing skills in order to promote their final products; see complete directions
here. Use the 2nd
link above to enter great final products into the Exploravision student competition
for envisioning future technology.
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1372.html
http://www.exploravision.org/2005/home.htm
Invention teaching unit
I prepared this page of links for my students. They have to study and invention
of their choice, fill in a product sheet (name, inventor, description, use,
availability, drawbacks, advantages), write a report about this invention and
then take part in a debate to present their invention and choose the best invention
or the most stupid, most useful....
http://perso.numericable.fr/~dreymondch46/infonews/themes/inventions.htm
[ très efficace avec les élèves de SSI et de sections technologiques, y compris
BTSI.]
When the wife is the breadwinner (video)
J.L.Cormier on e-teach recommends this video of a program on CNN about wives
as breadwinners and the consequences on their relations with their husband.
Interesting to start a discussion in class:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=892affcc-16bb-4673-8d65-a4e41e50c74f&f
or that one if the former one does not work:
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?f=msn-l
Audio files from the BBC
- Pronunciation
the BBC has enlarged its pronunciation section adding more information, exercises
and activities. There are over 60 new downloads including worksheets and
audio examples.
http://www.bbclearningenglish.com/multimedia/pron
- Harrods
In this edition of BBC London Life: listen to
"Harrods - London's best known department store "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1128_london_life/
- Football
This week: Musical tribute to a football star, Goerges Best
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1218_the_charts/
- Friday the 13th
In Weekender this week: Friday the 13th
http://www.bbclearningenglish.com/radio/specials/1412_weekender/
Poetry Archive (from The Scout Report -- January 13)
Poetry is often seen by some as inaccessible, which is quite a shame, considering
the beauty that can be contained within a single stanza, or in some cases,
the mere elocution of one word. Hearing poetry read is a wondrous joy, and
The Poetry Archive is a great way to enter this world. Established in 1999,
The Poetry Archive contains readings by hundreds of poets, including a number
of real historical gems from those who have passed away. The site also includes
a “Lucky Dip” feature, which takes visitors to the work of a poet selected
at random from their generous collection. The homepage contains links to a
number of educational resources, including those for teachers seeking to utilize
the contents of the site in their classroom and for those looking for a brief
introduction to reading poetry.
One recording that should not be missed is by the late John Betjeman, whose
poem “A Nip in the Air’
contains the words: “Now if the harvest is over/And the world cold/Give me
the bonus of laughter/As I lose hold”. [KMG]
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do
[ for students in literature...and all those who like poetry. Don't miss the
readings!]
Listen especially to this short and easy poem about the Black by Langston Hughes
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=1552
Fashion in Colors (from The Scout Report -- January 13)
Fashion in Colors creates a new way to explore the history of costume - by
color. Historic garments are displayed along with fashions designed by over
a dozen twentieth century designers, including Coco Chanel, Christian Dior,
Emilio Pucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Junya Watanabe. For example, the blue
grouping includes an English brocaded taffeta dress from the mid-18th century;
a late 19th century day dress dyed mauve, the first synthetic aniline dye color;
a Balenciaga cocktail dress from 1959; and a pleated polyester organdy dress
designed by Watanabe/Comme des Garcons in 2000. Yellow, red, black, multi-color
and white all provide similar groupings.
Visitors may also browse by designer, or take a virtual tour of the galleries
by color. [DS]
http://ndm.si.edu/EXHIBITIONS/fashion_in_colors/
[ for students in art, design and fashion.]
Eleanor Rigby Project
"Middle School students across the world are invited to join 'The Eleanor
Rigby Project', a telecollaborative project that will introduce them to the
real people behind the homeless façade. Participants will study the facts,
examine the stereotyping placed on those who are homeless, and be introduced
to the people who live on the streets in towns and cities close to home and
abroad. And after all the facts and emotions have settled, they will be challenged
to ask themselves why we all have a strange feeling of discomfort each time
we see a home-
less person, and what we can do to help.
Visit the project site to learn more about the project:
<http://info.riverdeep.net/Key=51035.C1s.R.GqFfz3>http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Homeless/
To participate,please email the Project Coordinator, Brenda Dyck:
bdyck@masters.ab.ca
Brenda Dyck
Master's Academy and College
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Fashion in Colors (from The Scout Report -- January 13)
Concours PE
Cécile Cottenceau de l'académie de Caen vient de mettre en ligne, sur le
site de l'académie de Caen, les sujets de l'épreuve orale concernant le concours
de recrutement des Professeurs des Ecoles: 34 sujets audio et leurs fiches.
http://www.discip.crdp.ac-caen.fr/anglais/documents/cottenceau/PE/concoursPE2004.htm
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