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Human Body Systems collaborative Internet Project
If you teach this topic to students in grades 5-12,
please consider joining a collaborative Internet Project
called  Human Body Systems
http://kids-learn.org/susansilverman/systems/index.htm

Now two years old, the International Children's Digital Library
http://www.icdlbooks.org houses books in 27 languages. Through stories, it
introduces kids to their counterparts in other countries and
to universal ideas, in the hope of promoting open-mindedness.
Children use the library for recreation, but also for
homework. Adults use it to teach English as a second language,
supplement school libraries, and preview books for purchase.

Yoruba Naming Ceremony has
moved to its new home on the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural
Heritage web site under "Explore Culture, Online Exhibitions"
http://www.folklife.si.edu/africa/start.htm

Tim Lloyd, American Folklore Society Executive Director, seeks contributions
to a new AFS Teaching Resources Archives, an online compendium of folklore
teaching materials. He is interested in educational materials of all kinds:
higher education course syllabi and descriptions, K-12 curriculum materials,
case studies or ethnographic examples for the teaching of specific topics or
units, interpretive materials for public education presentations
(exhibitions, performances, residencies, festivals), and links to web sites
that already provide such materials. Submit files, including audio and
video, to lloyd.100@xxxxxxx

AFS Ed Section Newsletter editors Gregory Hansen and Rosemary Hathaway make
their annual call for news. They want op-ed pieces, articles, new materials.
Gregory requests blurbs on new resources and ordering information. Send to
ghansen@xxxxxxxxxx Find last year's newsletter at
http://afsnet.org/sections/education/Spring2004 NOTE: Don't forget to send
Cathy Kerst cker@xxxxxxx at the American Folklife Center info on new
materials as well so she can add them to the Teachers' Guide to Folklife
Resources http://www.loc.gov/folklife/teachers

The AFS Folklore and Education Section awarded the 2004 Dorothy Howard
Folklore and Education Prize to the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern
Culture for The Hmong Cultural Tour http://csumc.wisc.edu/cmct/HmongTour The
prize honors individuals or organizations whose work most effectively
encourages K-12 educators or students to use or study folklore and
folkloristic approaches in all school environments. Send 2005 nominations by
Aug. 1 to senior convener Carol Spellman, Oregon Folklife Program,
503/306-5292, carols@xxxxxxxx Carol's Portraits of Oregon: Youth Exploring
Culture and Community
http://www.ohs.org/education/folklife/Portraits-of-Oregon.cfm won honorable
mention.

The Arts Education Partnershiphttp://aep-arts.org has posted a useful
teacher training tool to provide doable research strategies. Find Critical
Links: A Professional Inquiry Process at http://www.criticallinks.org

Karen Ellis of Educational CyberPlayGroundhttp://www.edu-cyberpg.com invites
people to use the Children's Folksong Repository Project,
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/Repository/NCFR.html and The Historic
Electronic Online Archive of Children's Folksongs built by children of the
U.S. These sites integrate literacy, music, and technology into the
classroom http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/Repository/ecprm.html

Lynn Martin Graton lmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Traditional Arts Coordinator
at the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts announces the New Hampshire
Folklife web site http://www.nh.gov/folklife which grew out of New
Hampshire's presentation at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The next
phase will concentrate on building up "The Learning Center" with more
activities. The "Resources" section www.nh.gov/folklife/resources/index.htm
has a wide variety of links to connect people to cultural resources in New
Hampshire, the region, and nationally.

National Endowment for the Arts updated their guide for parents,Imagine!
Introducing Your Child to the Arts, rev. 2004, which includes activities and
suggestions in literature, dance, music, theater, visual arts, folk arts,
and media arts for children ages 3 to 8 and features a pull-out guide of
arts activities, 68 pp., order free or download the guide or the activity
pull-out at http://www.arts.gov:591/pub/artslearning.html

The director of SEA Change, Societal Education about Aging for Change, Gene
Cohen, asked the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of
the American Library Association, to develop a list of children's books that
portray older people positively. Find the list at
http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/december2004/Newchildrensbooklist.htm

The International Bluegrass Music Association has a new educational DVD on
bluegrass music and history for audiences aged 8-13, $5 for use in schools
and related settings. It's hosted by Tennessee wunderkinds Sierra Hull and
Ryan Holladay. The project complements IBMA's other educational resources
such as the Bluegrass in the Schools Implementation Manual
http://www.ibma.org/events.programs/schools

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