"Teaching Tolerance" Magazine

Teaching Tolerance: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Here are links for the "Teaching Tolerance" Magazine (PDF downloadable) as well as a number of lesson plans and teaching ideas that could be adapted for your individual class or school.

http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/archives

http://www.tolerance.org/teaching-kits

http://www.tolerance.org/activities

http://www.tolerance.org/mix-it-up/activity

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Tales of Animals in War

From Veterans' Affairs: (www.vac-acc.gc.ca)

"Veterans’ Week is observed each year from November 5-11. We are again offering our free educational newspapers Tales of Animals in War (ages 5-11) and the Canada Remembers Times (ages 12-18) to help engage young people in Remembrance. ‘Postcards for Peace’ and an on-line teacher’s guide are also available."

Order today at:

www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=feature/week2010/educational-resources

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La Semaine des anciens combattants se déroule chaque année du 5 au 11 novembre. Cette année encore, nous vous offrons nos journaux éducatifs gratuits Histoires d’animaux à la guerre (pour les élèves de 5 à 11 ans) et Le Canada se souvient (pour les élèves de 12 à 18 ans). Ces journaux aident à promouvoir le Souvenir chez les jeunes lecteurs. Les Cartes postales pour la paix, ainsi que le guide de l’enseignant en ligne vous sont également offerts. Vous pouvez commander vos exemplaires à :

www.vac-acc.gc.ca/souvenir/sub.cfm?source=archives/semaine2010/ressources-pedagogiques

Le déclenchement de la guerre de Corée a eu lieu il y a 60 ans. Pour

permettre à vos élèves d’en apprendre plus à propos de ce conflit,

visitez notre nouvelle rubrique web interactive, Le pays du matin calme

- Les Canadiens en Corée 1950 - 1953 à :

www.vac-acc.gc.ca/souvenir/sub.cfm?source=collections/korea

Savez-vous que nous offrons maintenant notre populaire trousse

d’apprentissage Le Canada et la Grande Guerre 1914 - 1918 :

Naissance d’une nation en format électronique ? Commandez votre copie

gratuite ou d’autres ressources à travers notre système de commandes

en ligne à :

https://crorders-commandescss.vac-acc.gc.ca/order.php?m=categories&lang=fr

Si vous désirez ne plus faire partie de notre liste de courriel,

veuillez nous répondre en inscrivant 'Désabonner' dans le titre de votre

message.

Bonne année scolaire et à bientôt !

L'équipe Web et Apprentissage d'Anciens Combattants Canada

Socials Resources - Veteran's Affairs

Many great resources are available to teach students about Canada's involvement in various world conflicts. Most of these are free, and can either be ordered, or downloaded from the following URL: https://crorders-commandescss.vac-acc.gc.ca/order.php?m=categories&lang=en

These materials are available in both French and English. Please forward this to your Socials teachers.

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Book care video on Teacher Tube

Are you looking for a short video to remind your students how to take care of their books? Follow this young student as she brings home a Clifford book, but makes every mistake possible! (Note: You can also download the video or embed it on your webpage.)

Warning: May be disturbing to some teacher-librarians!

Link to Video:

http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=121765&title=How_To_Take_Care_of_Library_Books

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The Rights of the Reader - illustrated poster

"In its preface, the book by Daniel Pennac called "Comme un roman" (Paris: Editions Gallimard/Folio, 1992), begs its reader not to use the book as an "instrument de torture pedagogique."

Pennac also enumerates 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader:

  1. The right to not read,

  2. The right to skip pages,

  3. The right to not finish a book,

  4. The right to reread,

  5. The right to read anything,

  6. The right to "Bovary-ism," a textually-transmitted disease,

  7. The right to read anywhere,

  8. The right to sample and steal ("grappiller")

  9. The right to read out-loud, and,

 10. The right to be silent.

The illustrated poster (by Quentin Blake) based on these rights is available online:

Small version (jpeg)

http://bookxcessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rights-poster.jpg

Larger version (PDF)

http://www.walker.co.uk/UserFiles/file/Rights%20of%20the%20reader/NYOR_ROTR.pdf

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Own Your Space - Teen Internet Safety eBook

This free eBook is a good resource for teachers and parents. Each chapter would make a good eSafety lesson for teens and pre-teens.

"Linda McCarthy, the former Senior Director of Internet Safety at Symantec, wrote the first edition of "Own Your Space." With 20+ years experience in the industry, Linda has been hired to test security on corporate networks around the world. For the 2010 edition, Linda’s expertise is backed up by a full team to provide the best security experience possible for teens and families online." Using support form Microsoft, McCarthy has released this book as a free eBook download."

Here are a few of the topics covered in the book:

• Cyberbullying
• Hackers and crackers
• Social networking
• Phishing
• Spam
  

"When asked why she decided to partner with Microsoft to post her book online for free, author and OwnYourSpace founder says, "It is increasingly more important that schools and families have access to free security information to protect themselves on the internet."

Complete PDF download:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/C/B/3CBADB0A-19AA-4959-8ABA-4B43756CF219/Own%20Your%20Space%20Teen%20Book/Own%20Your%20Space%20Teen%20Book%20_All%20Chapters.pdf

Individual Chapters in various formats:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=87583728-ef14-4703-a649-0fd34bd19d13

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"Signing" for Classroom Management

"Third-grade teacher and award-winning, Rick Morris is a recognized specialist in the field of classroom management and student motivation. Mr. Morris is the creator of New Management, a refreshingly new way to manage your students and involve them in the learning process."

http://www.educationoasis.com/resources/Articles/sign_language.htm 

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Giving Students Meaningful Work : EL article

Buckets and Fires by Caitlin Moore

"Meaningful work both enlarges students' knowledge stores and sparks their desire to wield that knowledge."

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept10/vol68/num01/Buckets-and-Fires.aspx

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Algebra Youtube Videos

"A California high-school math teacher is hoping to reach additional students by posting more than 500 of his videotaped classroom lessons on YouTube. Robb also gives his students the opportunity to preview his lessons on YouTube through computers or iPod Touch devices in the classroom."

Forward this link to Algebra and Calculus teachers in your school.

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BCTLA conference info

2010 BCTLA Conference

October 21-22, 2010

www.cotla.sd23.bc.ca

The Central Okanagan Teacher Librarians' Association (COTLA) is proud to be sponsoring the 2010 British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association (BCTLA) conference, October 21-22.  The conference will be hosted at Kelowna Secondary School (1079 Raymer Avenue, Kelowna).  In addition to a comprehensive conference itinerary and social events, there will be three keynote addresses:

*   Dr. Jamie McKenzie will outline the exciting new roles of the 21st centure teacher-librarian and talk about the stance, attitude and strategies required to turn challenge into opportunity

*   Well known television personality, Dr. Art Hister, will talk about taking care of your health so that you can live with more energy, more happiness, and less stress, and

*   The "Disruptive Innovators" (Donna DesRoches and Carlene Walter) will discuss how social media has redefined the role or the teacher-librarian.

With 31 distinct sessions covering everything from 21st century libraries and technologies, to the art of writing and the culture of reading, the conference promises to be of interest to a wide range of teaching professionals. For more information on the conference, its sessions, and registration procedures, visit the conference site at www.cotla.sd23.bc.ca .

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Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope

CBC Archival Footage and Audio files of Terry Fox and his accomplishments.

12 television clips  8 radio clips

http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/exploits/topics/71/

"The night before his right leg was amputated, Terry Fox read about an amputee who ran the New York City Marathon. The article inspired Terry's Marathon of Hope, an incredible cross-Canada run on an artificial leg to raise money for cancer research. Terry was forced to end his run when his cancer returned. He died on June 28, 1981, but his legacy lives on in the annual Terry Fox Run."

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Ancient civilizations Links

Ancient Civilization Resources for your teachers and students to explore.

Eyewitness to History

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/20frm.htm   

First person accounts of roles and historical persons from antiquity to the present.

Text, (and for recent historical periods: Pictures, Voices, Film.)

Hyperhistory

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Over 2000 files covering 3000 years of world history

Events and People are placed on a clickable timeline.

The Educational Communications Board

http://www.ecb.org/surf/civ1.htm

(ECB) is committed to ensuring that public radio and television programs and services are made available throughout Wisconsin. Many good links.

Explore Ancient Rome via GoogleEarth

http://earth.google.com/rome/index.html  

Free Digital Maps of the Ancient world: Greece, Rome, Egypt

http://www.unc.edu/awmc/mapsforstudents.html

"A collection of free digital maps for educational use."

Collections of Links for China, Egypt, India. (Many ads on site)

http://china.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://egypt.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://india.mrdonn.org/index.html

Exploring Ancient World Cultures (advanced)

http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm

funded by grants from the University of Evansville.

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21st Century Literacies (NoodleTools)

NoodleTools has a great collection of teacher resources to help students represent their learning in a variety of ways. (See list below. Links at the Noodletools site. )

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/

Basic Language Literacy

Online Reading Strategies (A Think Aloud)

Online Reading Strategies (PowerPoint)

Phonetic and Pictorial Alphabets

New Meanings

Paragraph Art

Argument and Persuasion

Constructing an Argument

Resources for Young Writers

Literary Club

Bone From a Dry Sea (from a factual quiz to thinking activity)

Socratic Seminar Rubric (.pdf)

Visual Literacy

Reading Photographs: Handout

Visual Literacy Project: Plan | Brainstorming

Spatial Literacy

Three Information Literacy Questions to Ask About a Map: Handout

Historical Literacy

Primary Sources

Reading the Context: Martin Luther King

Turn of the Century Child (An American Memory Fellows Project)

Cultural Literacy

Ethnography Project

Information Literacy

Building Blocks of Research

Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Need

Choosing Invisible Web Databases

Teaching the Commons (Powerpoint)

The Ethical Researcher

Who knows what...and how do I know it?: Handout

Deconstructing a Web Site: Advocacy or Education?

Political Literacy and News Media Literacy

Reading Media Photographs

You are Shocked

Libraries and the First Amendment

Scientific Literacy

Genetics #1, #2

Global Warming: Science and Society

Mathematical Literacy

Job Search: Mathematician

Finding and Using Data

Students' Financial Literacy Eroding (San Francisco Chronicle)

Typical "Canadian" foods: in French

http://archives.radio-canada.ca/art_de_vivre/cuisine/dossiers/1401/

Radio and TV clips for your immersion or FSL classes.

Mets typiques du Canada (Période : 1967 - 2004)

"D'inspiration française, britannique, américaine ou amérindienne, la cuisine typique du Canada s'adapte aux saisons. Chaque région compte ses recettes uniques, concoctées avec des produits locaux. De la tourtière au pain banique, du sucre d'érable à la poutine, le folklore culinaire local charme bien des gourmands."

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Creating an online listening corner

The OSU "Curriculum Materials" website is full of resources for teachers interested in creating an online listening corner. The first part of the page describes how to create a class webpage, and down below are many links to online audio resources.

http://www.library.okstate.edu/cml/listening.html

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2010 Veterans' Week Learning Resources

2010 Veterans' Week Learning Resources

Ages 5-11 and 12-18

The Canada Remembers Program of Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) encourages youth to take an active part in remembrance learning, activities and events within their schools and communities. All VAC learning resources are free of charge, and available in both official languages.

http://WWW.VAC-ACC.GC.CA/youth/

A DVD to build fluency for elementary students

Fluency Rubric (DVD)

by Debbie Diller

"It may be a little tricky explaining what fluency is to a group of third-graders; but they can recognize it when they hear it. Working with teacher Lisa Gregory's students in their Houston, Texas, classroom, Debbie introduces the concept of fluency and gives them a rubric so they can self-assess and score their fluency on a four-step scale. To help students become conscious of what fluent and not-so fluent readers sound like, Debbie reads passages, modeling the four levels of fluency contained in the rubric."

See an exerpt from the DVD here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9098&r=sb100913b&REFERER=

Viewing Guide (PDF)

http://www.stenhouse.com/assets/pdfs/fluencyrubric.pdf

Digital Storytelling Book - Preview the entire book online

Make Me a Story

Teaching Writing Through Digital Storytelling

by Lisa Miller

"When teachers and students first learn about digital stories, they often focus on the bells and whistles: images, music, sound effects, and so on. To Lisa Miller, a good digital story -- like any good story--is all about the writing. In Make Me a Story, Lisa shows how to use digital stories to lead students through all phases of the writing process, from planning to revising and editing."

Preview the Book online

http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9235&r=sb100913

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Review of Hunger Games Trilogy

A thoughtful review of "Mockingjay" and the rest of the Hunger Games series from the New York Times Sunday Book Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/books/review/Roiphe-t.html

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Pronouncing Dictionary of Author's Names

Ever come across an author's name you can't pronouce? Or have to give a booktalk and you're not sure how to say the author's last name? Gayle Hodur has assembled a list with phonetic spellings to solve your problem!

Here's an example:

Kjelgaard, Jim (author of Big Red)

Pronounced KYEL-gard (first syllable is like "yell" preceeded by a hard k; second is like the first part of "garden")

http://sites.google.com/a/soledadapps.org/susd-libraries/for-the-love-of-reading/pronouncing-dictionary-of-author-s-names-1

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