We will be continuing to look at culture in Social Studies class. In class you received a handout. We will use the handout as part of your notes... so keep them in a SAFE PLACE in your binder!
Ponder and Respond to the following...
1.Canada is often called a mosaic, while the United States is often called a melting pot. What do each of these terms mean to you?
2. In 1995, U.S. President Bill Clinton said, "Canada has stood for all of us as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity and understanding." Why would Clinton have said this?
3. What public celebrations and festivals take place in our community to celebrate culture? Why is it important that these events happen?
Everything you wanted to know about Canadians... Rick Mercier...
Are there any stereotypes in the video? For what reasons do you agree? For what reasons do you disagree?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Advent Reflection Time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLShxhQwwwA&feature=player_embedded
Loyola Press Advent Calendar and Readings
http://www.loyolapress.com/advent-calendar-for-adults.htm
Advent Calendar with Reflections
http://www.smmp.com/Advent/Advent.php
By Nothing Christmas Advent Calendar
http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/resources/youth-guide2.html
Advent Links...
http://godspace.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/jesus-is-coming-will-i-get-what-i-desire/
Daily Bible Study Readings for Advent
http://www.cresourcei.org/advent2.html
Multimedia Catholic Podcasts...
http://www.ewtn.com/podcast/
Loyola Press Advent Calendar and Readings
http://www.loyolapress.com/advent-calendar-for-adults.htm
Advent Calendar with Reflections
http://www.smmp.com/Advent/Advent.php
By Nothing Christmas Advent Calendar
http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/resources/youth-guide2.html
Advent Links...
http://godspace.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/jesus-is-coming-will-i-get-what-i-desire/
Daily Bible Study Readings for Advent
http://www.cresourcei.org/advent2.html
Multimedia Catholic Podcasts...
http://www.ewtn.com/podcast/
Monday, November 28, 2011
MORE ADVENT REFLECTION STUFF!
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK ABOUT ADVENT... SO WHAT'S ADVENT ALL ABOUT??? WHAT'S ALL THE WAITING ABOUT?????
SO WHAT DO THE CANDLES MEAN??
Advent Week 1 - The first candle, HOPE
Advent Week 2 - The second candle, PEACE
Advent Week 3 - The third candle, JOY
Advent Week 4 - The fourth candle, LOVE
MORE ADVENT VIDEOS... "DEEPER MEANING... MORE TALKING ..."
WEEK ONE - HOPE
WEEK TWO - PEACE
WEEK THREE - JOY
WEEK FOUR - LOVE
Advent Begins! DAILY ADVENT REFLECTION - PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING SITE,
"He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth.” Luke 1:14
The Daily Advent Reflection Challenges...
REFLECTIONS FOR STEWIE'S CLASS...
Grade 7/8's: You will read a reflection each day and write a RESPONSE to the CHALLENGE listed on ONE OF THE SITES ABOVE, or just look at the challenges that I have listed here.
Just read the Reflection or prayer, and then write a response to the challenge. Write your responses in your Learning Log, if you don't have have it at home, do it on loose leaf... or you can even write your response as a Word document (save in draft form and keep adding to it over Advent), then add to your Learning Log duotang.
** If you really want to get TECH SAVY... YOU COULD UPDATE YOUR WIKISPACE ON OUR CLASS SITE, "MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE" at wikispaces... Remember you need to give me your e-mail so you can be "INVITED" in order to do this...
HOW TO GET READY FOR JESUS... AND BE GOOD FOR MORE THAN JUST SANTA'S SAKE...
ADVENT REFLECTION QUESTIONS...
Reflection: 1 - What are you going to do everyday over Advent that will improve the lives of others? What will you do? Why?
Reflection: 2 - Take a moment to sit and think. Shut out all distractions, and close your eyes if it helps. Think about anybody you are angry with and anybody you have bad feelings towards. The chances are that if you have any negativity towards somebody, there is something in your mind that you haven’t forgiven them for.
Try to think of some people. Bring their names and faces to mind. First of all, try to think of something good about each person. When you have done that, pray for the strength to forgive them and then pray for them – ask God to watch over them too this Advent and to remind them how strong his love for them is.
Reflection 3 - Do something that you know is good, but you wouldn't normally do. What are you going to do? Why did you choose this? Explain.
Reflection 4 - see blog challenge (passages from the bible). (Title: God Loves you... Really... A lot!)
Read the reflection, prayer and challenge - there are bible passages read them and choose the one that you "connect to the most". Explain how you will incorporate this message into your life. What is the key message of these passages... how can we incorporate this message into our lives in today's world?"
Reflection 5.... - has yet to be posted... when it is check the site... (see above link) read the reflection, prayer and respond to the challenge....
Reflection 6 - read the reflection. Main idea... enjoy the snow!! But remember those people who suffer because of the cold weather (homeless, shut-ins, elderly). Pray for these people.
Reflection 7 - Pray in a "different way" than what you usually do. (Free prayer, global issues prayer - poverty, war etc; traditional prayer (rosary); prayer with music; silence with a candle- meditate; go to mass or confession... State what you will do ...
Reflection 8 - How are you going to make the mass/liturgy more meaningful in your life? What will you do so that you can hear God's message more??
Reflection 9 - Think about a way in which you or someone elese you know needs healing. Maybe you or or someone you know is sick.
You can look at healing as part of relationships too. Maybe there is a relationship with somebody which you need to fix, or maybe there is something you should do that you have been putting off.
Write a prayer about healing. This prayer can be about someone who needs healing and about a relationship that you wish to see "healed".
Reflection 10 - Look after all those who are going through difficult times at the moment. Bring them peace, success and happiness. Your challenge today, when something gets a bit difficult or stressful, stop and say a quick prayer.
Reflection 11 - 12 - see the advent 2010 site... write a reflection on one of the challenges or go to the Busted Halo and check out today's microchallenge and reflect on it... Tell me what you chose to do...
Reflection 14 - Your challenge today is to stop and have a think. Think about the most important and intense memories in your life – the ones that make you happy and the ones that are a little bit more difficult. Spend a while with those memories and ask yourself if they say anything new to you now. What can you learn from your memories? Tell me...
Reflection 15 - Finally we light the pink candle! The third Sunday in Advent is always called Gaudete Sunday. You will probably notice that the Advent candle for today isn’t purple, but pink – or rather rose coloured. When you go to Mass you might also notice that the priests is wearing rose coloured vestments, rather than the normal purple. This is one of only two Sundays in the year when the priest will do this. The word Gaudete means Rejoice. Advent is normally a penitential season and the readings normally emphasise the need that we have to look at our lives and think about what we need to change.
Reflection 16 - Have you ever looked but not seen? Have you every listened but not really heard?
These sound like strange questions but the point is that it is very easy to miss things in life. It is very easy to think that we appreciate something or somebody but to really miss the important points. Have you ever discovered something about a friend or a family member and then been amazed that you didn’t know before? Have you ever discovered something new and amazing about a place or an organisation you have known for a long time and thought you knew just about everything about? Sometimes, we look but we don’t see.
Your challenge today is to learn some new things about people you know well! Write about what you learned...
Meditation for the Second Week of Advent Reference: www.rcsd.ca/
Advent is a season of renewal, when God invites us to let Jesus come into our hearts and make us more like him. In Sunday’s gospel, John the Baptist tells us to “make straight the way of the Lord” in our hearts and in our lives. But how do we do this? The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops offer some suggestions for families to consider.
Prayer-why not try to begin or improve your prayer as an individual and family. Make time to pray together at least once a day as a family perhaps before and after a meal shared together.
Eucharist-as well as taking part in the Sunday celebration, why not try to go to mass more often during Advent.
Penance celebrations - In preparation for Christmas, it is a good idea to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation. Most parishes have special Advent Reconciliation Services.
By these simple Advent practices, we prepare ourselves well both for our Christmas celebration of Jesus coming as our saviour 2,000 years ago and for his coming as king and judge at the end of time.
Reference: Regina Catholic Schools Website www.rcsd.ca/
Four Ways to Pray the Wait
by Beth Davis
Advent: What does it mean to you? I’m not asking you to look at Latin roots, but to use your imagination! I see two parts: ad and vent.
Stay with me on this. Ad is short for advertising. Vent is a hole in the floor or ceiling that lets air flow into a room. The two combined form the word Advent.
If you follow my “logic” here, a reasonable assumption would be that Advent means advertising airflow. Really? Well, don’t use it on your SAT.
But think: If we “do” Advent well, then our very lives flow in a way that advertises Jesus! What a concept! So, just how do we do Advent well?
First, let’s examine the Advent wreath, a circle of evergreen with three purple candles and one pink one. Some wreaths also have three purple ribbons plus a pink one adorning them.
This past year, our church decided not to display a circular wreath, but stretched it out across the wall behind the sanctuary. Picture this: a long line of grapevine, tall votive candles sectioning it into four pieces.
Each week, as we came closer to Christmas, the bony, bare grapevine, section by section, came alive with boughs of evergreen and sparkling candles.
Each week, the bleakness of winter, represented by that dead grapevine, was replaced by the hope of things green. Darkness grew bright. The horizontal garland reminded us that Christmas was coming still closer.
Advent, the waiting period of Christmas, is such a gift. How we wait is key
MORE SITES to GUIDE you during ADVENT...
Catholic Youth Service Daily Reflections
http://advent2010.yaab.co.uk/
Busted Halo Advent Calendar - Weird Name ... nice site...
How the digital Advent calendar works
http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/advent-calendar-20101
Each day, that day’s link in the Advent calendar will start working, leading to a special Advent-themed Daily Jolt, with an opportunity for reflection, a microChallenge and a chance to win a prize. Some of the reflections come from unlikely sources, and the challenges help you to take an action, usually a small one, based on the reflection.
Catholic Youth Focused Powerpoints for Reflection
http://forum.catholicyouthwork.com/index.php?action=search2
More Advent Info
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/default.aspx?id=20
Advent Facts
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Advent/faqs.asp
CHRISTMAS.... IT'S MORE THAN PRESENTS BUT THE PRESENCE OF JESUS! AND EXPERIENCING THE JOY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS...
Facebp
Lets's take the materialism out of Christmas!!!
SO WHAT DO THE CANDLES MEAN??
Advent Week 1 - The first candle, HOPE
Advent Week 2 - The second candle, PEACE
Advent Week 3 - The third candle, JOY
Advent Week 4 - The fourth candle, LOVE
MORE ADVENT VIDEOS... "DEEPER MEANING... MORE TALKING ..."
WEEK ONE - HOPE
WEEK TWO - PEACE
WEEK THREE - JOY
WEEK FOUR - LOVE
Advent Begins! DAILY ADVENT REFLECTION - PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING SITE,
"He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth.” Luke 1:14
The Daily Advent Reflection Challenges...
**** If you don't want to do the challenge that is given here(SEE BELOW), check out BUSTED HALO'S SURPRISE ADVENT CALENDAR at:
Powerpoint for Advent... Check out the site and click on the links...
Download Powerpoints for Advent and Lent at Catholic Youth Network!!
Grade 7/8's: You will read a reflection each day and write a RESPONSE to the CHALLENGE listed on ONE OF THE SITES ABOVE, or just look at the challenges that I have listed here.
Just read the Reflection or prayer, and then write a response to the challenge. Write your responses in your Learning Log, if you don't have have it at home, do it on loose leaf... or you can even write your response as a Word document (save in draft form and keep adding to it over Advent), then add to your Learning Log duotang.
** If you really want to get TECH SAVY... YOU COULD UPDATE YOUR WIKISPACE ON OUR CLASS SITE, "MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE" at wikispaces... Remember you need to give me your e-mail so you can be "INVITED" in order to do this...
HOW TO GET READY FOR JESUS... AND BE GOOD FOR MORE THAN JUST SANTA'S SAKE...
ADVENT REFLECTION QUESTIONS...
Reflection: 1 - What are you going to do everyday over Advent that will improve the lives of others? What will you do? Why?
Reflection: 2 - Take a moment to sit and think. Shut out all distractions, and close your eyes if it helps. Think about anybody you are angry with and anybody you have bad feelings towards. The chances are that if you have any negativity towards somebody, there is something in your mind that you haven’t forgiven them for.
Try to think of some people. Bring their names and faces to mind. First of all, try to think of something good about each person. When you have done that, pray for the strength to forgive them and then pray for them – ask God to watch over them too this Advent and to remind them how strong his love for them is.
Reflection 3 - Do something that you know is good, but you wouldn't normally do. What are you going to do? Why did you choose this? Explain.
Reflection 4 - see blog challenge (passages from the bible). (Title: God Loves you... Really... A lot!)
Read the reflection, prayer and challenge - there are bible passages read them and choose the one that you "connect to the most". Explain how you will incorporate this message into your life. What is the key message of these passages... how can we incorporate this message into our lives in today's world?"
Reflection 5.... - has yet to be posted... when it is check the site... (see above link) read the reflection, prayer and respond to the challenge....
Reflection 6 - read the reflection. Main idea... enjoy the snow!! But remember those people who suffer because of the cold weather (homeless, shut-ins, elderly). Pray for these people.
Reflection 7 - Pray in a "different way" than what you usually do. (Free prayer, global issues prayer - poverty, war etc; traditional prayer (rosary); prayer with music; silence with a candle- meditate; go to mass or confession... State what you will do ...
Reflection 8 - How are you going to make the mass/liturgy more meaningful in your life? What will you do so that you can hear God's message more??
Reflection 9 - Think about a way in which you or someone elese you know needs healing. Maybe you or or someone you know is sick.
You can look at healing as part of relationships too. Maybe there is a relationship with somebody which you need to fix, or maybe there is something you should do that you have been putting off.
Write a prayer about healing. This prayer can be about someone who needs healing and about a relationship that you wish to see "healed".
Reflection 10 - Look after all those who are going through difficult times at the moment. Bring them peace, success and happiness. Your challenge today, when something gets a bit difficult or stressful, stop and say a quick prayer.
Reflection 11 - 12 - see the advent 2010 site... write a reflection on one of the challenges or go to the Busted Halo and check out today's microchallenge and reflect on it... Tell me what you chose to do...
Reflection 14 - Your challenge today is to stop and have a think. Think about the most important and intense memories in your life – the ones that make you happy and the ones that are a little bit more difficult. Spend a while with those memories and ask yourself if they say anything new to you now. What can you learn from your memories? Tell me...
Reflection 15 - Finally we light the pink candle! The third Sunday in Advent is always called Gaudete Sunday. You will probably notice that the Advent candle for today isn’t purple, but pink – or rather rose coloured. When you go to Mass you might also notice that the priests is wearing rose coloured vestments, rather than the normal purple. This is one of only two Sundays in the year when the priest will do this. The word Gaudete means Rejoice. Advent is normally a penitential season and the readings normally emphasise the need that we have to look at our lives and think about what we need to change.
Reflection 16 - Have you ever looked but not seen? Have you every listened but not really heard?
These sound like strange questions but the point is that it is very easy to miss things in life. It is very easy to think that we appreciate something or somebody but to really miss the important points. Have you ever discovered something about a friend or a family member and then been amazed that you didn’t know before? Have you ever discovered something new and amazing about a place or an organisation you have known for a long time and thought you knew just about everything about? Sometimes, we look but we don’t see.
Your challenge today is to learn some new things about people you know well! Write about what you learned...
Meditation for the Second Week of Advent Reference: www.rcsd.ca/
Advent is a season of renewal, when God invites us to let Jesus come into our hearts and make us more like him. In Sunday’s gospel, John the Baptist tells us to “make straight the way of the Lord” in our hearts and in our lives. But how do we do this? The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops offer some suggestions for families to consider.
Prayer-why not try to begin or improve your prayer as an individual and family. Make time to pray together at least once a day as a family perhaps before and after a meal shared together.
Eucharist-as well as taking part in the Sunday celebration, why not try to go to mass more often during Advent.
Penance celebrations - In preparation for Christmas, it is a good idea to celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation. Most parishes have special Advent Reconciliation Services.
By these simple Advent practices, we prepare ourselves well both for our Christmas celebration of Jesus coming as our saviour 2,000 years ago and for his coming as king and judge at the end of time.
Reference: Regina Catholic Schools Website www.rcsd.ca/
Four Ways to Pray the Wait
by Beth Davis
Advent: What does it mean to you? I’m not asking you to look at Latin roots, but to use your imagination! I see two parts: ad and vent.
Stay with me on this. Ad is short for advertising. Vent is a hole in the floor or ceiling that lets air flow into a room. The two combined form the word Advent.
If you follow my “logic” here, a reasonable assumption would be that Advent means advertising airflow. Really? Well, don’t use it on your SAT.
But think: If we “do” Advent well, then our very lives flow in a way that advertises Jesus! What a concept! So, just how do we do Advent well?
First, let’s examine the Advent wreath, a circle of evergreen with three purple candles and one pink one. Some wreaths also have three purple ribbons plus a pink one adorning them.
This past year, our church decided not to display a circular wreath, but stretched it out across the wall behind the sanctuary. Picture this: a long line of grapevine, tall votive candles sectioning it into four pieces.
Each week, as we came closer to Christmas, the bony, bare grapevine, section by section, came alive with boughs of evergreen and sparkling candles.
Each week, the bleakness of winter, represented by that dead grapevine, was replaced by the hope of things green. Darkness grew bright. The horizontal garland reminded us that Christmas was coming still closer.
Advent, the waiting period of Christmas, is such a gift. How we wait is key
MORE SITES to GUIDE you during ADVENT...
Catholic Youth Service Daily Reflections
http://advent2010.yaab.co.uk/
Busted Halo Advent Calendar - Weird Name ... nice site...
How the digital Advent calendar works
http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/advent-calendar-20101
Each day, that day’s link in the Advent calendar will start working, leading to a special Advent-themed Daily Jolt, with an opportunity for reflection, a microChallenge and a chance to win a prize. Some of the reflections come from unlikely sources, and the challenges help you to take an action, usually a small one, based on the reflection.
Catholic Youth Focused Powerpoints for Reflection
http://forum.catholicyouthwork.com/index.php?action=search2
More Advent Info
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/default.aspx?id=20
Advent Facts
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Advent/faqs.asp
CHRISTMAS.... IT'S MORE THAN PRESENTS BUT THE PRESENCE OF JESUS! AND EXPERIENCING THE JOY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS...
Facebp
Lets's take the materialism out of Christmas!!!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Research to Avatars
FOR YOUR RESEARCH, I WANT YOU TO ORGANIZE THE SITES YOU USE...
YOU CAN USE MICROSOFT'S ONE NOTE OR YOU CAN LIVEBINDERS...
RESEARCHING USING LIVEBINDERS...
livebinders.com
RESEARCHING USING ONE NOTE...
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/products/Pages/onenote2010.aspx
Click on the video....
FUN WITH AVATARS, COMICS AND WIKIS...
Check out the links below... the superhero link below was my favourite!
http://www.beasuperhero.com.au/
Very fun!!
http://www.picassohead.com/create.html
Artsy!!
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Avatar+Makers
Try all the avatar makers at this wiki...
Pixton for Schools... super cool comic creator site... I got a free 1 month trial for our class to get started on their "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF..." comic... I will set up a student account for all of you!
http://www.pixton.com/ca/schools/landing
A wikispace for a classroom blogging assignment... "MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE"
Basically I want to set up a wiki for the start of the new church year (Advent is the beginning) to mark our new mission for the STUDENTS FOR GOOD campaign... So I was thinking that perhaps a wiki would be a good place for us to record our acts to make a difference...
Here's the address, we will start exploring this on Monday. Students who are interested in becoming SENIOR EDITORS of the wiki can talk to me...
https://www.wikispaces.com/user/picture/jstewiestewie?responseToken=0c49b25a43c30ad2e0ae14acc60e3588b
We'll chat more about this service project on Monday...
Have fun... think of all the applications we could use for the above sites in assignments and projects!!!
Ms. Stewie
YOU CAN USE MICROSOFT'S ONE NOTE OR YOU CAN LIVEBINDERS...
RESEARCHING USING LIVEBINDERS...
livebinders.com
RESEARCHING USING ONE NOTE...
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/products/Pages/onenote2010.aspx
Click on the video....
FUN WITH AVATARS, COMICS AND WIKIS...
Check out the links below... the superhero link below was my favourite!
http://www.beasuperhero.com.au/
Very fun!!
http://www.picassohead.com/create.html
Artsy!!
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Avatar+Makers
Try all the avatar makers at this wiki...
Pixton for Schools... super cool comic creator site... I got a free 1 month trial for our class to get started on their "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF..." comic... I will set up a student account for all of you!
http://www.pixton.com/ca/schools/landing
A wikispace for a classroom blogging assignment... "MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE"
Basically I want to set up a wiki for the start of the new church year (Advent is the beginning) to mark our new mission for the STUDENTS FOR GOOD campaign... So I was thinking that perhaps a wiki would be a good place for us to record our acts to make a difference...
Here's the address, we will start exploring this on Monday. Students who are interested in becoming SENIOR EDITORS of the wiki can talk to me...
https://www.wikispaces.com/user/picture/jstewiestewie?responseToken=0c49b25a43c30ad2e0ae14acc60e3588b
We'll chat more about this service project on Monday...
Have fun... think of all the applications we could use for the above sites in assignments and projects!!!
Ms. Stewie
Friday, November 25, 2011
Christmas is coming... but Advent is Here!
Very cute... I enjoyed all the digital applications shown in the video...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
IMAX TOUR
WE ARE GOING TO THE IMAX ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH... THERE IS NO COST.
WE WILL LEAVE BY BUS AT 1:00 - the movie is at 1:30 and WE WILL RETURN BY 2:45 - 3:00.
WE WILL LEAVE BY BUS AT 1:00 - the movie is at 1:30 and WE WILL RETURN BY 2:45 - 3:00.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Power of One
Short video to inspire and get you thinking about ways small acts can make a difference...
An inspiring video, although it has a little too much American-like imagery... I need a version that feels more Canadian... yes you might be thinking... What do you mean? ...I don't know...
A book that started it all for me... That is teaching about human rights and the importance of standing up and saying what you believe, then acting on what you believe...
THE POWER OF ONE by BRYCE COURTENAY
One of my favourite books of all time is the Power of One, written by Bryce Courtenay. This amazing book went on to become a movie in 1992. It explores segregation and discrimination in South Africa.
Here are some quotes to prep you and get you thinking before watching clips from the movie, "Power of One"... You will notice that there is a huge variety of the categories of comments, from courage to winning...
“First with the head, then with the heart.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.”
― Bryce Courtenay
“. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“Always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky.' He looked at me and continued. 'The vines are people who are afraid of originality, of new thinking. Most people you encounter will be vines; when you are a young plant they are very dangerous.' His piercing blue eyes looked into mine.' Always listen to yourself, Peekay. It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
Here is part 1 on Youtube...
Here is part 2 on Youtube....
Part 3...
An inspiring video, although it has a little too much American-like imagery... I need a version that feels more Canadian... yes you might be thinking... What do you mean? ...I don't know...
A book that started it all for me... That is teaching about human rights and the importance of standing up and saying what you believe, then acting on what you believe...
THE POWER OF ONE by BRYCE COURTENAY
One of my favourite books of all time is the Power of One, written by Bryce Courtenay. This amazing book went on to become a movie in 1992. It explores segregation and discrimination in South Africa.
Here are some quotes to prep you and get you thinking before watching clips from the movie, "Power of One"... You will notice that there is a huge variety of the categories of comments, from courage to winning...
“First with the head, then with the heart.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.”
― Bryce Courtenay
“. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
“Always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky.' He looked at me and continued. 'The vines are people who are afraid of originality, of new thinking. Most people you encounter will be vines; when you are a young plant they are very dangerous.' His piercing blue eyes looked into mine.' Always listen to yourself, Peekay. It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One
Here is part 1 on Youtube...
Here is part 2 on Youtube....
Part 3...
Peace heroes - quotes and more...
Here's a link that you should check out, recommended by Emilio.... this might help you out in your Activists Religion Project...
Remember you need to have the "What do you already know about your activist?" part of the chart completed as well as 5 inquiry focused questions, "What do you want to learn about the activist?" Remember to phrase your wonderings in 5 questions... sort of like Jeopardy!!
http://www.peaceheroes.com/quotes.htm
Remember you need to have the "What do you already know about your activist?" part of the chart completed as well as 5 inquiry focused questions, "What do you want to learn about the activist?" Remember to phrase your wonderings in 5 questions... sort of like Jeopardy!!
http://www.peaceheroes.com/quotes.htm
A Different Perspective
Just got this video from a fellow teacher friend... really makes you think about the emotional changes a person goes through when they go to war...
Some of the images are pretty emotional... as are the lyrics...
Some of the images are pretty emotional... as are the lyrics...
Monday, November 21, 2011
New sites to try...
Grade 7/8... let's try new on-line software for our activists presentation...
maybe... prezi.com ???
or... vuvox... ???
http://www.vuvox.com/collage
I think I need to work on my skills with these forms of media... and see if our computers can run it fast enough at school....
I Need to Wake Up - Melissa Ethridge
ELA - song, "I Need to Wake Up" by Melissa Etheridge...
Check it out on Youtube. It was written for the documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth"
Check it out on Youtube. It was written for the documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth"
VIEWING AND READING QUESTIONS...
Our assignment involves analyzing the lyrics and the following questions.
Who created the media text? (songwriter)
Who benefits from the text?
Why was the song created? What is the purpose of the song?
What audience is the song intended for? What specific features appeal to the audience? State specific lines and explain.
How would you change the song to appeal to a different audience?
How does knowing the song was written increase your understanding or appreciation for this song?
Think about movies you've watched and their sound tracks. What do you think directors have to consider when choosing music to go with a movie?
VIA YOUTUBE...
Listen to some of the following songs. Be sure to pay attention to the lyrics and the message the musician/songwriter is trying to give.
1. We shall overcome (gospel)
2. Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapmin)
3. Imagine (John Lennon)
4. Unwritten (Natasha Beddingfield)
5. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
6. Paved Paradise (Joni Mitchell)
7. Daughters (John Mayer)
8. Don't Drink the Water (Dave Matthews)
9. We Are The World (Micheal Jackson)
10. Live Like You Were Dyin (Tim McGraw)
14. Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPwCMlghhQ
15. Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E&ob=av2e
16. Cry Freedom (Dave Matthews Band)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9uL7kQvXIk
17. Dear Mr. President (Pink)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32I6nk8hBGE&feature=related
18. London Calling (The Clash)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c
19. One (U2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftjEcrrf7r0
20. People are People (Depeche Mode)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGGlTR71FEk&ob=av2n
21. War (Edwin Starr)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8C4AIFgUg
15. Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E&ob=av2e
16. Cry Freedom (Dave Matthews Band)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9uL7kQvXIk
17. Dear Mr. President (Pink)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32I6nk8hBGE&feature=related
18. London Calling (The Clash)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c
19. One (U2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftjEcrrf7r0
20. People are People (Depeche Mode)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGGlTR71FEk&ob=av2n
21. War (Edwin Starr)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8C4AIFgUg
Listen to a few songs listed above. Think about the message.... Get ready to explain the connection to the social issue the song explores...
Extension: Other Social Justice songs... http://www.sojust.net/songs.html
*Be aware of appropriate lyrics!
http://www.edchange.org/index.html
Extension: Other Social Justice songs... http://www.sojust.net/songs.html
*Be aware of appropriate lyrics!
http://www.edchange.org/index.html
A. You are challenged to find a contemporary song that has an important message about "Stepping Up". In this assignment, include a copy of the lyrics and include the song with your RELIGION ASSIGNMENT RESEARCH AND GLOGSTER PRESENTATION... ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS.
B. When you present your religion assignment, be ready to state how the message of the song connects to our unit, "Stepping Up" and to your activist. Explain your reasons with specific details....
C. You can embed a video and/or play your song for the class via the SMART board, but ensure that the video is appropriate, or you will use an audio verson of the song only.
FYI....
I NEED TO WAKE UP... ELA LESSON FOR THIS UNIT...
Reading - song, "I Need to Wake Up" by Melissa Ethridge check it out on Youtube. (see below)It was written for the documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth"
Our assignment involves analyzing the lyrics and the following questions.
Who created the media text? (songwriter)
Who benefits from the text?
Why was the song created? What is the purpose of the song?
What audience is the song intended for? What specific features appeal to the audience? State specific lines and explain.
How would you change the song to appeal to a different audience?
How does knowing the song was written increase your understanding or appreciation for this song?
Think about movies you've watched and their sound tracks. What do you think directors have to consider when choosing music to go with a movie?
Listen to some of the following songs. Be sure to pay attention to the lyrics and the message the musician/songwriter is trying to give.
1. We shall overcome (gospel)
2. Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapmin)
3. Imagine (John Lennon)
4. Unwritten (Natasha Beddingfield)
5. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
6. Paved Paradise (Joni Mitchell)
7. Daughters (John Mayer)
8. Don't Drink the Water (Dave Matthews)
9. We Are The World (Micheal Jackson)
10. Live Like You Were Dyin (Tim McGraw)
11. Life Uncommon (Jewel)
12. Unison (Black Eyed Peas)
13. Blowin in the Wind (Boy Dylan)
14. Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley)
Listen to a few songs listed above. Think about the message.
A. You and your partner are challenged to find and present a contemporary song that has an important message about "Stepping Up". In this assignment, include a copy of the lyrics and complete a persuasion map to support your reasoning (see graphic organizer given in class - note form below)
Reason 1 - 3 supporting details
Reason 2 - 3 supporting details
Reason 3 ....
B. Present your song to the class, stating the message of the song and how it connects to our unit, "Stepping Up" Explain your reasons with specific details.
C. Using Glogster ( I will be creating an account) you are going to create a new "socially conscience" - Social Justice oriented c.d. cover for you song. Here i a link to the site:
http://edu.glogster.com/go/__________ (type that weird number/letter user id code int the blank)
D. You can play your song for the class via the SMART board, but ensure that the video is appropriate, or you will use an audio verson of the song only.
Present: Tuesday,May 25
FYI....
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/carbonwatch/2010/05/carbon-watch-nominated-for-webby-award.html
Our assignment involves analyzing the lyrics and the following questions.
Who created the media text? (songwriter)
Who benefits from the text?
Why was the song created? What is the purpose of the song?
What audience is the song intended for? What specific features appeal to the audience? State specific lines and explain.
How would you change the song to appeal to a different audience?
How does knowing the song was written increase your understanding or appreciation for this song?
Think about movies you've watched and their sound tracks. What do you think directors have to consider when choosing music to go with a movie?
Listen to some of the following songs. Be sure to pay attention to the lyrics and the message the musician/songwriter is trying to give.
1. We shall overcome (gospel)
2. Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapmin)
3. Imagine (John Lennon)
4. Unwritten (Natasha Beddingfield)
5. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
6. Paved Paradise (Joni Mitchell)
7. Daughters (John Mayer)
8. Don't Drink the Water (Dave Matthews)
9. We Are The World (Micheal Jackson)
10. Live Like You Were Dyin (Tim McGraw)
11. Life Uncommon (Jewel)
12. Unison (Black Eyed Peas)
13. Blowin in the Wind (Boy Dylan)
14. Get Up Stand Up (Bob Marley)
Listen to a few songs listed above. Think about the message.
A. You and your partner are challenged to find and present a contemporary song that has an important message about "Stepping Up". In this assignment, include a copy of the lyrics and complete a persuasion map to support your reasoning (see graphic organizer given in class - note form below)
Reason 1 - 3 supporting details
Reason 2 - 3 supporting details
Reason 3 ....
B. Present your song to the class, stating the message of the song and how it connects to our unit, "Stepping Up" Explain your reasons with specific details.
C. Using Glogster ( I will be creating an account) you are going to create a new "socially conscience" - Social Justice oriented c.d. cover for you song. Here i a link to the site:
http://edu.glogster.com/go/__________ (type that weird number/letter user id code int the blank)
D. You can play your song for the class via the SMART board, but ensure that the video is appropriate, or you will use an audio verson of the song only.
Present: Tuesday,May 25
FYI....
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/carbonwatch/2010/05/carbon-watch-nominated-for-webby-award.html
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Surviving Hitler
Many students are interested in the Holocaust.... Here's an interesting story I saw on the cbc website. It will air November 20th. It's a love story of a German boy and a Jewish girl...
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/surviving-hitler-a-love-story.html
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/surviving-hitler-a-love-story.html
Paper Clips, Butterflies and the Holocaust
How are paper clips and the Holocaust connected? How is something so small used to link documents together connected to a part of our history which we can never forget?? Why are butterflies symbols of children who perished in the Holocaust?
See link below for Holocaust Butterfly Project
http://www.justimaginedesigns.com/butterflyprojectpg.html
Watch the trailer below...
"Paperclips" Film Trailer Listening Questions...
1. How many people live in the community?
2. What does it mean when it is said that they "really didn't have no diversity"?
3. a) What organization was founded only about 100 miles away?
b) Watch the rest of the film clip and explain how the 6 million paper clip project connected to the organization in 3. a)...
c) What connections do you think that the kids in this community would develop?
4. The idea started in a school, but spread to the whole _____________________.
5. Name 2 celebrities of the 3 mentioned that sent paperclips.
A documentary clip on the same topic from a newscast...
The "Paperclip Project" Holocaust Documentary Listening Questions
1. What does the teenage girl say the paperclip represents?
2. Why does she say, "I'm not going to just throw it down and leave it?"
3. What state do the middle schoolers come from?
4. How many million did they want to collect? Why?
5. The paper clips came in the mail with..... Name 2 things.
6. What do the letters teach students?
7. Although there are no Jews in the community, why
8. During WWII, why did Norweigens put paper clips on their labels?
9. The boy at the end of the clip says, "In the beginning I was a little prejudice toward people, but now I've learned to live with everybody". How did this project change his life?
"I Never Saw Another Butterfly" trailer ... a haunting look of Auschwitz and the children who died there...
"I Never Saw Another Butterfly" Video Listening Questions
1. How many children passed through the Terezin Concentration camp?
2. Less than how many survived?
3. a) Why did the filmmakers choose to only have voice overs (just voices) for each of the images?
b) Why did the film makers only use museum images?
c) What effect does this have on the viewer?
4. Why are the words "perished at Auschwitz" used?
5. What does "perished" mean?
6. Briefly state why must we take the time to watch to learn about the Holocaust??
Children of the Holocaust... some parts are pretty heart wrenching... Some images are shocking... but it is real... These events really happened - and it is important that we take the time to see who is impacted by war. Who is impacted by hate... and why we must be aware of what's happening in our world, to ensure that this never happens again. We must educate ourselves and be aware of what's happening in our world... and not be people of apathy. Apathy is what caused the death of millions and millions of people throughout history, not just during the Holocaust.
If you are a teen that watches action flicks where there might be shooting or death... then you can probably handle this powerpoint below. If you cannot, then it is understandable... These photos are a bit shocking.
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
I Never Saw
![[ Cover -- 'I Never Saw Another Butterfly...' ]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uW4aucXt_NZdZ7BEyOXO0T3ZRnDb5gvkJ59Ww109TGLriNmQSOA3Er7a7o4d0VJFmFISP4M0doAZrVmT7x5Vs99hLkUCmpQBYLGi6bYEl3PmLyizjBlChaHd-m8rko4IX4a-OErg0EU09lGo2dk6tYu_CtOErDIqGQKL8C74Q=s0-d)
Reference: http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1998-no-frames/another-butterfly.htm
Holocaust Poetry by Children - Click on the link below
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr6/blms/6-2-4b.pdf
I Survived the Holocaust Website... Many stories, many pictures...
http://isurvived.org/TOC-I.html
See link below for Holocaust Butterfly Project
http://www.justimaginedesigns.com/butterflyprojectpg.html
Watch the trailer below...
"Paperclips" Film Trailer Listening Questions...
1. How many people live in the community?
2. What does it mean when it is said that they "really didn't have no diversity"?
3. a) What organization was founded only about 100 miles away?
b) Watch the rest of the film clip and explain how the 6 million paper clip project connected to the organization in 3. a)...
c) What connections do you think that the kids in this community would develop?
4. The idea started in a school, but spread to the whole _____________________.
5. Name 2 celebrities of the 3 mentioned that sent paperclips.
A documentary clip on the same topic from a newscast...
The "Paperclip Project" Holocaust Documentary Listening Questions
1. What does the teenage girl say the paperclip represents?
2. Why does she say, "I'm not going to just throw it down and leave it?"
3. What state do the middle schoolers come from?
4. How many million did they want to collect? Why?
5. The paper clips came in the mail with..... Name 2 things.
6. What do the letters teach students?
7. Although there are no Jews in the community, why
8. During WWII, why did Norweigens put paper clips on their labels?
9. The boy at the end of the clip says, "In the beginning I was a little prejudice toward people, but now I've learned to live with everybody". How did this project change his life?
"I Never Saw Another Butterfly" trailer ... a haunting look of Auschwitz and the children who died there...
"I Never Saw Another Butterfly" Video Listening Questions
1. How many children passed through the Terezin Concentration camp?
2. Less than how many survived?
3. a) Why did the filmmakers choose to only have voice overs (just voices) for each of the images?
b) Why did the film makers only use museum images?
c) What effect does this have on the viewer?
4. Why are the words "perished at Auschwitz" used?
5. What does "perished" mean?
6. Briefly state why must we take the time to watch to learn about the Holocaust??
Children of the Holocaust... some parts are pretty heart wrenching... Some images are shocking... but it is real... These events really happened - and it is important that we take the time to see who is impacted by war. Who is impacted by hate... and why we must be aware of what's happening in our world, to ensure that this never happens again. We must educate ourselves and be aware of what's happening in our world... and not be people of apathy. Apathy is what caused the death of millions and millions of people throughout history, not just during the Holocaust.
If you are a teen that watches action flicks where there might be shooting or death... then you can probably handle this powerpoint below. If you cannot, then it is understandable... These photos are a bit shocking.
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
The last, the very last, So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow.
Perhaps if the sun's tears would sing against a white stone...
Perhaps if the sun's tears would sing against a white stone...
Such, such a yellow is carried lightly ‘way up high.
It went away I'm sure because it wished to kiss the world goodbye.
It went away I'm sure because it wished to kiss the world goodbye.
For seven weeks I've lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto
But I have found my people here.
The dandelions call to me
Penned up inside this ghetto
But I have found my people here.
The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut candles in the court.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don't live in here,
In the ghetto.
Butterflies don't live in here,
In the ghetto.
by: Pavel Friedmann 4.6.1942
The poem is preserved in typewritten copy on thin paper in the collection of poetry by Pavel Friedmann, which was donated to the National Jewish Museum during its documentation campaign. It is dated June 4, 1942 in the left corner.
Pavel Friedmann was born January 7, 1921, in Prague and deported to TerezÃn* on April 26, 1942. He died in Oswiecim* (Auschwitz) on September 29, 1944.
*TerezÃn was a Nazi concentration camp.
I Never Saw
Another Butterfly...
By Fiorna Hams, St. Paul's Anglican
Grammar School, Australia
Grammar School, Australia
Franta (Frantisek) Bass was born in Brno on September 4, 1930. He was deported to TerezÃn concentration camp on December 2, 1941, and died in Auschwitz on October 28, 1944. He was fourteen years old. A total of about 15,000 children under the age of fifteen passed through TerezÃn, (Theresienstadt), a civilian town, turned ghetto, turned concentration camp in the Bohemian mountains, just southwest of Prague, Czechoslovakia. This town, built for only 8,000 people, at one stage housed close to 60,000.
Living conditions were poor; food was scarce, and shelter was wherever people could find it. Transports came and went until 1944 when only 100 of the 15,000 children that passed through TerezÃn had survived, none under the age of fourteen.
What did survive was a suitcase full of drawings and poems done by the children of TerezÃn between 1942-1944. In 1955, after ten years of collecting dust, the suitcase was found and the contents restored. The pictures and prose of the children have been read by millions around the world, and many of them are collected in a book, I Never Saw Another Butterfly....
From collages, to crayon pictures and poems, to letters for lost parents, this collection provides an interesting and rarely seen view of what was later known as the Holocaust. The accounts and interpretations made by the children as these events occurred around them is unique when studying this period of European history. The book was compiled to inform, like most texts, about the Holocaust and the suffering of the Jewish people.
But, this book was written by children. The accounts are not analytical or reflective, simply the thoughts, ideas, dreams, and nightmares of the innocent minds of young children with no sense of history. The writings tell of lost innocence, and, with intuitive subtlety, reveal the fears and suspicions of what the adults know of TerezÃn, but do not tell.
Pictures of home, loved ones, butterflies and flowers are signs of hope in a hopeless situation, and poetry about homelands and freedom are as much about faith and belief in the future as they are dreams of the past. But as years go by and people come and go, how long must a child wait to be free? Paintings grow dull and gray; poetry saddens, and we realize that there is no longer innocence in TerezÃn.
| I am a Jew and will be a Jew forever. Even if I should die from hunger, never will I submit. I will always fight for my people, on my honor. I will never be ashamed of them; I give my word. I am proud of my people, how dignified they are. Even though I am oppressed, I will always come back to life. -- Franta Bass |
Text Studied: Volavkova, Hana, ed., I Never Saw Another Butterfly... Childrens' Drawings and Poems from TerezÃn Concentration Camp, 1942-1944. Expanded Second Edition, with a Foreword by Chaim Potok and Afterword by Vaclav Havel. (New York: Schocken Books, 1993.) 106 pages.
Holocaust Poetry by Children - Click on the link below
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr6/blms/6-2-4b.pdf
I Survived the Holocaust Website... Many stories, many pictures...
http://isurvived.org/TOC-I.html
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