Infonews n°315 from 11/11/2007
Middle School fashion bullying (from MiddleWeb's "Of Particular Interest")
National Veterans Awareness Week (November 11-17)
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day : November 22nd and 23rd
Thanksgiving is each year on the 4th Thursday in
November. In 2007 it'll be on November 22nd.
Webquests, quizzes and games
Thanksgiving history
Speech triggering pictures
Cartoons
The Pilgrims
Native Americans
The story of the Corn Husk Doll, how to make one and other handicrafts
Traditional food and Recipes
Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York
Ready to use material for the class
Pages of links in the US
Pages of links in France
'Suited for Spacewalking' and 'Space Food and Nutrition' Educator Guides
Election 08 Presidential Election (from [LII New This Week] November 1)
How Olympic Torches Work (from [LII New This Week] November 1)
Torch Relay, Beijing 2008 (from [LII New This Week] November 1)
Special resources for new teachers ( (from MiddleWeb's "Of Particular Interest")
Middle School fashion bullying (from MiddleWeb's "Of Particular Interest")
"Aryana McPike, a sixth-grader from Springfield,
Ill., has a closet full of designer clothes,"
begins a recent story in the Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119326834963770540.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
"But her wardrobe, carefully selected by a
fashion-conscious mother, hasn't won her friends
at school. Kids in her class recently instructed
her that she was wearing the wrong brands." The
story quotes guidance counselors and
psychologists who say that fashion bullying is
"reaching a new level of intensity as more
designers launch collections targeted at kids."
As a result, an increasing number of school and
community programs that address girl-on-girl
bullying are recognizing the sizable role
clothing plays in girls' identity and ensuing
peer pressure. Read this blog for an interesting
take on this story from a middle school FACS teacher:
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/place_at_the_table/2007/11/fashion_bullies_1.html
[ you can link this article to Buy Nothing Day, bullying, role model, etc...]
National Veterans Awareness Week (November 11-17) (from [ECP] ED Review (10/26/07) http://www.edu-cyberpg.com )
National Veterans Awareness Week (November 11-17)
reminds schools to invite veterans into their
classrooms in the days leading up to and
following Veterans Day (November 11). Veterans
are asked to share their experiences and teach
short lessons about the history and significance
of Veterans Day, helping students reflect upon
the ideals of liberty, freedom, and democracy. For more information, go to :
http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/.
Note: A school kit, with sections for students
and teachers, may be downloaded at
http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/schoolkit.asp
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (from [LII New This Week] November 1)
Details about this awareness event, held annually
one week prior to Thanksgiving, where "a number
of schools, communities and cities take part in a
nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to
the problems of hunger and homelessness."
Includes background about the week and a
downloadable planning manual. Co-sponsored by the
National Coalition for the Homeless and the
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness.
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24762
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/getinvolved/projects/awareness/
Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day : November 22nd and 23rd
Thanksgiving is on November 23rd, see the special section below.
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving, a
day when traditionally everybody in the US goes
shopping : there are special prices, discounts
and sales on that day. It is also the first day
of the Christmas shopping season. Some say that
it is called black Friday because it was the
first good day for retailers, so they were no
longer in the red at the bank, but back in the
black, some others that it is because of the giant traffic jams on that day.
Black Friday
http://retailindustry.about.com/od/abouttheretailindustry/g/black_friday.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)
Buy Nothing Day has been invented by the Culture
Jammers de Adbusters, who fight consumerism and
capitalist behaviour which will eventually lead
our planet and our children to destruction. You
have certainly already used adbusters' spoof adds
( against smoking and alcohol), you may also know
their campaign against excessive TV watching (No
TV Day), here is Buy Nothign Day, to react against Black Friday.
Buy Nothing Day on Adbusters (Canada), with a nice poster
http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/
http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/downloads/BNDVisa_24th.pdf
in the UK : http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/
in Japan : http://www.bndjapan.org/
in Denmark : http://www.bnd.dk/english.htm
Wikipedia's page is interesting and full of information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Nothing_Day
On You Tube, you can find two interesting videos:
Buy Nothing ad (you can link it to pollution or to third world conditions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uK0_jwyh_0
And an interview of Kalle Lasn Editor from
adbusters on CNN (with the above advertisement at the beginning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8uZEjAsR94
Thanksgiving is each year on the 4th Thursday in November. In 2007 it'll be on November 22nd.
Webquests, quizzes and games
http://warriors.warren.k12.il.us/dburke/firstthanksgivingwebq.html
( replace the link for question 1 by :
http://members.aol.com/calebj/squanto.html
)
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/feast/play.htm
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/index.htm
Thanksgiving history
- texts
http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/
( history of thanksgiving and harvest festivals
since antiquity, for intermediates)
http://www.thanksgiving.org/usa.html
(textes pour upper intermediates and advanced)
http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/thanksgiving.htm
(id)
http://www.victorianas.com/thanks/native.html
(a painting and an interesting text, with the point of view of the natives)
http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~cdavis01/webquests/kpw/
(for beginners)
- vidéos
from History Channel
http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=history_holidays_thanksgiving_broadband&gclid=CLiuiqbLmIgCFSPfXgodrgPrQQ
and of course the cartoon "History of America"
with the South Parks on Michael Moore's site for Bowling for Columbine
http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/media/clips/index.php
Speech triggering pictures
- *** the "Saturday Evening Post" covers since
1923 (including Rockwell's painting, but with many others)
http://www.curtispublishing.com/gallery/categories/thanksgiving.htm
- the First thanksgiving ( traditional painting by Jenny Brownscombe)
http://www.intaglio-fine-art.com/images/trf301.jpg
- in the same vein, the painting that is in many
school books : the first Thanksgiving by Gerome Ferris (1915)
http://www.artprintcollection.com/images/FerrisTheFirstThanksgiving1915.jpg
- the traditional Norman Rockwell painting "Freedom from hunger"
http://www.normanrockwellvt.com/NewsletterIssues/FreedomfromWant.htm
- the same, plus the head of Bill Cosby added
http://www.worth1000.com/entries/22000/22068_w.jpg
- a photo of a table with all the dishes ready
http://www.am-utils.org/~aditya/images/Thanksgiving-1/Thanksgiving-1%20001.jpg
Cartoons
http://www.offthemark.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving02.htm
http://cagle.com/news/Thanksgiving05/ (
with links to current events)
The Pilgrims
- The Mayflower, the wanpanoag, life in Plymouth (pictures and texts)
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/history.php
- Plymoth plantation (homeworkhelp on the site of the museum)
http://www.plimoth.org/kids/homeworkHelp/
- Original : A Pilgrim Conversation
after exploring pages describing the everyday
life of the Pilgrims, students will imagine a conversation between 2 Pilgrims.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/3247.html
- Pilgrim unit : 7 lesson plans, with worksheets (pilgrim facts cards)
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/thanksgiving/lesson-plan/793.html?detoured=1
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/discovery/american-colonies/785.html?detoured=1
Native Americans
http://www.comanchelodge.com/indian-nations.gif
(with a map showing where all the different tribes lived)
http://www.nativetech.org/
(all the things antive americans did with their
hands : lodgings, food, ornaments, handicrafts, etc.)
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/nativeamericansarticle.php
(a text for intermediates and above, with worksheets)
The story of the Corn Husk Doll, how to make one and other handicrafts
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art21493.asp
(story)
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/cornhusk.htm
( drawings and step by step instructions for beginners)
http://www.nativetech.org/cornhusk/corndoll.html
(handicraft)
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/appendix.html
Interesting history and handicraft. In the same vein, see the dream catchers:
http://www.nativetech.org/dreamcat/dreminst.html
Traditional food and Recipes
- audio (4'6")
"NPR's Scott Simon talks with Earl Mills Sr.,
Chief Flying Eagle of the Mashpee Wampanoags and
author of the Cape Cod Wampanoag Cookbook. The
Wampanoags broke bread with the Pilgrims at the
first Thanksgiving in 1621, on Plymouth
Plantation. Mills talks about what was eaten at
that meal." (no script, but a phone interview of
a chief chef (Indian and cook) who talks about
traditional food for Thanksgiving and mentions
raccoon and the recipe for a nice cranberry desert.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4180281
- video
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_hd_thanksgiving/0,1972,FOOD_9845,00.html
( a table set for thanksgiving, with interactive
links to the recipe of each dish, plus videos how
to prepare Mister Turkey and other dishes)
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/minisite/thanksgiving-main/
(for children (and their parents) : fun recipes
in videos, decorations for the table, etc.)
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving
( recipes, videos, plus planning and entertaining)
Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York
the official site, with the route, photos and a history of the parade
http://www.nyctourist.com/macys_menu.htm
a photo of some floats in the parade
http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/061106/061106_parade_vmed_2p.widec.jpg
a special float (History Channel wind up float)
http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/10/18/post_110.php
Ready to use material for the class
- Thanksgiving Wordsearch
http://www.abcteach.com/Thanksgiving/wordsearch.htm
- a Thanksgiving puzzle
http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/thanks/crossword/print.html
Ready-to-use handouts
- Harvest Ceremony: Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth
This document "assists teachers in preparing
lessons about the first Thanksgiving. The study
guide includes information on which Native
peoples met the first European immigrants in
1621, the harvest celebration, the Wampanoag
today, the importance of corn, and instructions
on how to make Johnny cakes." From the National
Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Il pourra
convenir tel quel à des élèves de niveau B1 ou plus.
http://americanindian.si.edu/education/files/harvest.pdf
- Facts and figures from the U.S. Census Bureau
Thanksgiving Day Facts and statistics about
turkeys, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkins,
holiday shopping, places named Plymouth, and more.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010763.html
Pages of links in the US
- Education World (all levels)
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/thanksgiving.shtml
- Classbrain (coloring pages and other material for young beginners).
http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/thanksgiving.shtml
- A page of links from an American school teacher:
http://marilee.us/seasonal.html#Thanksgiving
Pages of links in France
- Infonews (for intermediates)
http://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/pascal/infonews/themes/thanksgivingkids.htm
- Michèle Henry's page (for all levels, but
especially beginners and lower intermediates)
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/thanks.htm
- English pages from académie de Paris
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/fetes11.php#tg
- English pages from académie de Versailles
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/civi/thanksgiving.html
'Suited for Spacewalking' and 'Space Food and
Nutrition' Educator Guides
(from [ECP]
Educational CyberPlayGround K-12 Science http://www.edu-cyberpg.com )
Suited for Spacewalking Educator Guide
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Suited_for_Spacewalking_Educator_Guide.html
This NASA educator guide for grades 5-12 focuses
on the technology behind spacesuits. Briefly
discussed are the space environment, the history
of spacewalking, NASA's current spacesuits and
the work that astronauts do during spacewalks.
This guide includes classroom activities, a
glossary and a list of other NASA resources.
Space Food and Nutrition Educator Guide
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Space_Food_and_Nutrition_Educator_Guide.html
Space food research meets the challenge of
providing food that tastes good and travels well
in space. The activities in this NASA educator
guide for grades K-8 emphasize hands-on and
cooperative involvement of students as they
explore the unique problems of keeping astronauts happy and healthy in space.
Election 08 Presidential Election (from [LII New This Week] November 1)
News and analysis about the 2008 presidential
election. Features material about candidates
(with links to stories, photos, video and audio
clips, and related websites), and the "Democratic
Candidate Mashup," in which users build their own
debate by selecting video clips from different
candidates on topics such as Iraq, health care,
and education. Also includes fundraising data,
and a summary of where each candidate stands on
selected issues. From Yahoo News.
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24444
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/2008_Presidential_Election
How Olympic Torches Work (from [LII New This Week] November 1)
Background about the Olympic torch and the torch
run that ends in the Olympic arena and symbolizes
the beginning of the Olympic Games. Covers
history, design, science behind the flame, torch
construction, the lighting of the torch, the
relay, and related topics. From How Stuff Works.
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24795
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/olympic-torch.htm
Torch Relay, Beijing 2008 (from [LII New This Week] November 1)
Information about the torch relay for the 2008
Olympics held in Beijing. Provides general
information about the relay, which starts in
March 2008, and details about the selection
process for the torch bearers (criteria and
methods, allocation), the torch relay route
(including an interactive map of the route), and
the torch design. Site available in Chinese,
English, and French. From the Beijing Organizing
Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.
http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24793
http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/
Special resources for new teachers ( (from MiddleWeb's "Of Particular Interest")
MiddleWeb continue to add new resources to our
special page for teachers who are just beginning
their classroom careers. Among recent additions:
A link to Teacher Magazine's Teaching Secrets
(including "How to Smile Before Christmas") and
Ask the Mentor pages; the U.S. Department of
Education's helpful guide, "What to Expect Your First Year of
Teaching"; ideas for new math teachers; and lots
of tips from first-year expert Harry Wong. Check back often.
http://www.middleweb.com/mw/PartInt/PartIntNewTchr.html
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