Get a pass from your favorite Book Club Member and visit October 28 - November 1st.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Book Fair
The Book Fair is available online now at http://tinyurl.com/k8kgdup. Please feel free to stop by as often as you like between now and November 12th, and encourage your friends to do the same. The holidays are just around the corner.
Elie Wiesel's Night Pathfinder
Books
Altman, Linda
Jacobs. Hidden teens, hidden lives: primary sources from the Holocaust.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2010. Print. (In Media Center)
Bartoletti,
Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: growing up in Hitler's shadow. New York:
Scholastic Nonfiction, 2005. Print. (In Media Center)
Berenbaum,
Michael. Elie
Wiesel: God, the Holocaust, and the children of Israel. West Orange,
N.J.: Behrman House, 1994. Print.
Bloom, Harold. Elie
Wiesel's Night. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2001. Print.
Zullo, Allan. Escape:
children of the Holocaust. New
York: Scholastic, 2009. Print.
Articles
Schwarz, Daniel
R. "The
Ethics Of Reading Elie Wiesel's Night." Style 32.2 (1998):
221. Literary Reference Center. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
Cohen, Boaz, and
Rita Horváth. "Young
Witnesses In The Dp Camps: Children's Holocaust Testimony In Context." Journal
Of Modern Jewish Studies 11.1 (2012): 103-125. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
Anderson, Mark M.
"The
Child Victim As Witness To The Holocaust: An American Story?." Jewish
Social Studies 14.1 (2007): 1-22.Sociological Collection. Web. 24 Oct.
2013.
Keywords
Holocaust Jew Jewish
World War II Genocide Nazi Ghetto Concentration
Camp
Web Sites
"Introduction to
the Holocaust." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
<http://www.ushmm.org/learn/introduction-to-the-holocaust>.
"Eisenhower
Presidential Library and Museum." Eisenhower Presidential Library
and Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
<http://eisenhower.archives.gov/research/online_documents/holocaust.html>.
"America and The Holocaust." PBS.
PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/>.
"Elie Wiesel
Biography." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web.
24 Oct. 2013. <http://www.biography.com/people/elie-wiesel-9530714>.
For Further Research start with GALILEO (www.galileo.usg.edu) and then move on to Google Books (books.google.com)
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Movie Editing with WeVideo
This basic tutorial will show you how to use wevideo.com to edit your movies and clips. You can create a slideshow or mash up several videos quickly and easily.
Teen Sex: It's Complicated
Huff Post Teen is fantastic! And, if you aren't reading it you're missing out. Don't let this amazing series written by teens like you pass you by. If you're interested in writing for our blog you can always email your submissions to samediacenter at gmail .com.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Go Animate Tutorial
This is a short tutorial that will give you the basic skills needed to create a bare bones animation. As always, let me know if you have questions.
Agenda App for Students
Need an app that will help you stay organized and keep you on top of your grades? Check out the Grades 3 App available for Android and Apple. It's just $1.99, but may be worth it.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Hispanic Heritage Month 9/15 to 10/15
Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month - Viva Latina!
Books (available
for checkout)
AlegriÌa, MaliÌn. Sofi Mendoza's guide to getting lost in Mexico. New
York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007. Print.
Calcines, Eduardo F.. Leaving Glorytown: one boy's
struggle under Castro. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009. Print.
Carlson, Lori M., Manuel Ortiz, and Flavio Morais. Voices
in first person: reflections on Latino identity. New York: Atheneum Books
for Young Readers, 2008. Print.
Castañeda, Jorge G.. Ex Mex: from migrants to
immigrants. New York: New Press :, 2007. Print.
Hill, Laban Carrick. America dreaming: how youth changed
America in the sixties. New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown & Co., 2007.
Print.
Kallen, Stuart A.. Che Guevara: you win or you die.
Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books, 2013. Print.
MaÌrquez, Gabriel. One hundred
years of solitude. New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Print.
Sanchez, Reymundo, and Sonia Rodriguez. Lady Q the rise
and fall of a Latin queen. Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Review Press, 2008.
Print.
SaÌenz, Benjamin Alire. Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press,
2004. Print.
Serros, Michele. Scandalosa!. NY: Simon Pulse Teen
Fiction, 2007. Print.
Websites
Smithsonian - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage,
People & Places
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Smithsonian.com discusses the changing demographics of the United States, talks with comedian George Lopez on humor and race, remembers a historic Little League Baseball team and highlights the food of Hispanic culture.
Library of Congress - Hispanic Heritage Month
Images, exhibits, audio, and video.
Biography.com - Hispanic Heritage Month
Brief biographies, photo gallery, classroom resources, trivia game, and more.
Gale, Cengage Learning - Hispanic Heritage
Activities, biographies, music, timeline, and quiz
Smithsonian - Hispanic Heritage Cultural Tour
Virtual tour, timeline, activities, quiz, and resources
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Smithsonian.com discusses the changing demographics of the United States, talks with comedian George Lopez on humor and race, remembers a historic Little League Baseball team and highlights the food of Hispanic culture.
Library of Congress - Hispanic Heritage Month
Images, exhibits, audio, and video.
Biography.com - Hispanic Heritage Month
Brief biographies, photo gallery, classroom resources, trivia game, and more.
Gale, Cengage Learning - Hispanic Heritage
Activities, biographies, music, timeline, and quiz
Smithsonian - Hispanic Heritage Cultural Tour
Virtual tour, timeline, activities, quiz, and resources
Lesson Plans
Common Visions, Common Voices
Students in grades 9-12 analyze similarities and differences between cultures by investigating themes and motifs found in literature or visual arts.
Five Artists of the Mexican Revolution
Students in grades 9-12 research the events and personalities of the Mexican Revolution.
Common Visions, Common Voices
Students in grades 9-12 analyze similarities and differences between cultures by investigating themes and motifs found in literature or visual arts.
Five Artists of the Mexican Revolution
Students in grades 9-12 research the events and personalities of the Mexican Revolution.
Smithsonian
Education - Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources
Lessons for grades K-12.
PBS Teachers - Cultural Studies: Latino American/Chicano Studies
Lessons, activities, interactives, and videos for grades 6-12.
EDSITEment - National Hispanic Heritage Month
Four lessons for grades 6-12, plus recommended websites and background information.
Lessons for grades K-12.
PBS Teachers - Cultural Studies: Latino American/Chicano Studies
Lessons, activities, interactives, and videos for grades 6-12.
EDSITEment - National Hispanic Heritage Month
Four lessons for grades 6-12, plus recommended websites and background information.
Activities
- Identify
ten Hispanic Americans who have made significant contributions to culture,
literature, science, and government in Georgia and create a timeline of
their accomplishments. Research the life and contributions of one of the
Americans chosen and describe the nature and motivation for their
contributions to the United States.
- Using
demographic graphs and charts, identify the major areas in Georgia where
there are concentrations of Hispanic populations. Research why people of
Hispanic origin have chosen to congregate in those areas of Georgia.
- Using
historical data and primary resources, create a model of life in Spanish Florida,
in the 1700’s. How have those early Spanish influences had an impact upon
life in Florida today?
Banned Books Week at South Atlanta
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