Civil War - Uncommon Stories

Robert Smalls "Failure was not an option!" Robert Smalls was responsible for one of the most daring escapes during the Civil War, helped convince Lincoln that African Americans should be allowed to serve as Union soldiers, and ultimately was an important politician. Told by Jermaine Fowler of the Humanity Archive (www.thehumanityarchive.com) War and the Pity of War: This is hard to find but totally worth a read. It shows point and counter-point through poetry about war and the pity of war. Good Brother Bad Brother - a Teacher's Guide https://www.teachingbooks.net/media/pdf/HMH/GoodBrotherGuideGiblin.pdf

Great book resources We all love You-tube and yes, we reach for it but there are obnoxious ads, you can't save the child related videos, and then there's that pesky copyright law that should gnaw at us because well, it's the law. So, try these resources for finding great titles and author related information. 1) FREE World Area Book Awards Once a month this blog announces the books that are being recognized by teachers around the world. 2) FREE EPIC - books are free to read and access during the school day. After 4pm and on weekends, families can access via a digital subscription 3) FREE StoryLine Online - Favorite books are brought to life in the StoryLine read-alouds. Brought to you by the Screen Actors Guild, these are available and yes, they have respected copyright and union law to produce these popular videos. Favorites? When Pigasso and Catching the Story of a Young-Girls Baseball Dream https://storylineonline.net/books/catching-the-moon-the-story-of-a-young-girls-baseball-dream/ 4) FREE Mondays with Michelle Obama Read-alouds https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/mondays-with-michelle-obama-story-times-with-penguin-random-house-and-pbs-kids-streaming-on-youtube-and-facebook-start-monday-april-20-12-noon-et/ - Check-out Michelle Obama reading stories and even sharing a glimpse of her doggies too. Databases: Teaching Books Many state and district library services subscribe to Teaching Books. TB is indexed by grade, culture, awards, and types of resources available.

California: Always Changing

It's still under construction but I wanted to share my Changing California website. I've been adding resources for a while and you may want farm from it for third and fourth graders studying and learning about California. https://sites.google.com/view/historicalcalifornia/home?authuser=0

Danger of a Single Story

This is old but comes to me again through a library colleague.

The Danger of a Single Story

https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story#t-13655

Librarians and Teachers:
-analyze your school library and classroom collection
-does your collection represent a single story of people and children of color?
???where are your holes? who is not represented in your collection? which voices are absent?
???biography - who's point of view is most prevalent?
???which books need to be weeded due to biased and out-dated content?
-for summer project of continuous learning, have students evaluate and create a list of books that represent them and interest them for your collection

great opportunities from Lisa Adeli

[from Lisa Adeli - LOVE her resources!!!]

I said no more e-bulletins for this year, so this isn't one! However, here are a few virtual opportunities you might want to see:
Note: CMES is telling you about these opportunities/resources and does not endorse them. We are required to put a disclaimer for non-sponsored events; there is nothing about these particular ones that has triggered this comment.

1. Here's a virtual institute for teachers and community college educators from the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburg: "Ecological Civilization: Exploring China as a Model." It will be held on Saturday, May 30 from 9:00 am -12:00 noon Eastern Time. (That's WAY early for those of us in the West, but at least you can attend in your jammies!!) There's a great flyer about it as well as the registration link if you go to https://communitycollegeoutreach.arizona.edu/pd-programs-community-college-educators and click on the links.

2. Foreign Language instructors: Here is an online summer series, from the University of Pittsburg's Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies: "The Nuts and Bolts of Online Language Teaching." There are 4 different workshop sessions held from May 26-June 5, from 4:30-6:30 pm EDT (which is 1:30-3:30 pm Arizona or Pacific Time). For a whole lot more information and registration materials, go to: https://communitycollegeoutreach.arizona.edu/pd-programs-community-college-educators to see the info and find the registration link.

3. The Centers for Latin American Studies at the University of Georgia, Vanderbilt University, and Tulane University are holding a 2020 virtualsummer teacher institute for high school and community college educators "Central America: People and the Environment." It will run from June 8-12. To find out more info and the registration link, go to: https://lacsi.uga.edu/summer-research-institute

4. Here's a virtual talk on "The Lives of Two Ancient Pandemics and Their Modern Resonance" by Dr. Irene Bald Romano of the University of Arizona. It will take place on June 5 at 9:30 am Arizona time (which is 12:30 pm EDT). For more information and to register, go to: https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IB5M-Lp9R7y9FuUyH2-D7w?_x_zm_rtaid=ewh7a6PaRgyxduPyf7S1yg.1590077933309.efbdc55012e13aa9cf9bc3fca4b2471d&_x_zm_rhtaid=482

5. The Asian Society has a whole website "Learn with Asia Society at Home." There's everything from a Virtual Reading Room, Cooking with 'STEAM,' a series of activities (May 18-30) on the Muslim festival of Eid, and a lot more. Check them out at: https://asiasociety.org/education/learn-asia-society-home
Take care, and happy summer!!

Lisa Adeli, PhD, Director of Educational Outreach
University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies
adeli@arizona.edu

Best NEW TECH Tuesday!!!!! Wide Open School!!!!

This is AMAZING!!!! Need one activity for 20 minutes? Need a resource for an older teen or a toddler? It's all here. One stop shop for educators and families.

Forget about a posting or bookmarking a laundry list of links, just point families to this vetted, free site with quality resources and they do not collect data either. It's just Common Sense.

Thank you Common Sense Media for Wide Open School

https://wideopenschool.org/

Easy way to find great resources, activities, information for educators and families. This is my favorite tool.

Check-out the Daily Schedule for families with live events and static links for different times in the day. Three best activities for each block of the day. Rarely have a log-in or sign-up, is doable and FREE.

Educator resources are amazing, curated, and FREE.

Also include English Learner resources as well as links and ideas for families needing resources to support children with special needs.

There's even a social emotional Life Skills section with a link to "Laundry Lessons".

We are going to watch the Field-trip to the toilet paper factory. So very relevant, no?

Tour Marine Fish Hatchery

Tour the only marine fish hatchery on the west coast with HUBBS Marine Scientist Mike Shane.

[from HUBBS post] Premiering today, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Scientist, Mike Shane takes you on a tour at our finfish hatchery. Mike joined the Institute in 1988 as a field research technician on the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program (OREHP) and now oversees the program as Director of Replenishment Operations. Thousands of fish at the Institute's hatchery are spawned, tagged and tracked each year. Watch as Mike shares what is involved in this process!

Take ACTION! Save your white SeaBass heads and turn-in to the White SeaBass Project.