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grammar resources Capital Comm. College's Guide to Grammar and Writing
documentation/research The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin Guide to Evaluation of Web Sources
composition research
lsu student resources
education in the news education week and teacher magazine national education association
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Links, Happenings, and Other Cool Stuff African American Art Exhibit at the LSU MOA If you've never seen work by Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, or other modern African American artists, go see this show! It will be up until May 6. Official Website for Betye Saar Explore other works by the artist who created "The Liberation of Aunt Jemima." Friday, February 2 (thanks, Blake, for letting us know!) The First Annual Jewish Film Festival in Baton Rouge starts Thursday, January 25
In the News NPR's News and Notes, January 23 Professor Saidiya Hartman talks about and reads from her new book about Africa, Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route "Media Treatment of Obama Shows Ignorance," The Daily Reveille Interesting analysis of the mainstream media's treatment of Barack Obama's complicated identity."Supreme Court to Review Two School-Integration Plans," The Washington Post 50 years later, the Supreme Court is still involved in trying to make our schools more racially diverse.
Web Resources for Presentations An annotated list of online sources for teaching English by the National Council of Teachers of English's online guide, Read-Write-Think. Multicultural Children's Book Site This site presents lists of books, organized by culture, with descriptions and age levels. A guide to folk tales from cultures around the world. Creative Proverbs from Around the World Kids might respond to sayings they can remember; then, you can help them figure out what those sayings teach us about the culture. A miscellaneous collection of resources that might spark some ideas; the culture pizza, for instance, might work well for your presentation. This site has a wealth of information; it's organized by subject in the left column. Social Studies will probably be the most useful for you, and then, you can narrow by grade level and sub-topic to find particular lesson plans or activities. Time
magazine's educational resource has a few useful things about different
places in the world; you just have to look around to find them.
Do you know of something I should add? Email me and let me know!
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