PROJ> THE ELEANOR RIGBY PROJECT

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From: Brenda A Dyck <dyckba@xxxxxxx>  
Subject: A Project
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:17:12 -0600

Here is one of my new telecollaborative projects. It focuses on the homeless. 
I?ve posted it a few places and have
had quite a bit of interest shown by middle school/high school teachers all 
over.

Thanks for your consideration.

Brenda Dyck

THE ELEANOR RIGBY PROJECT:

"'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe 
free... send these the homeless,
the tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!?

~ Emma Lazarus (inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty)

The message of Lady Liberty still points us towards the poor, the tired and the 
homeless.

We see them on the streets, cocooned in doorways, pushing overloaded shopping 
carts,

standing on corners announcing their troubles on cardboard signs.

Old, young, men, women.
- Who are they?
- Where did they come from?
- What circumstances put them on the street?


and most importantly:
- What keeps them there?

The Grade 7 students from Master's Academy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
invite middle school students from all over to join 'The Eleanor Rigby Project',
a telecollaborative project that will introduce them to the real people behind
the homeless facade. Participants will study the facts, examine the stereotyping
placed on those who are homeless, and be introduced to people who live
on the streets. And after all the facts and emotions have settled, they will be
challenged to ask themselves why we all have a strange feeling of discomfort
each time we see a homeless person, and what we can do to help.

To participate in The Eleanor Rigby project,
email Project Coordinator, Brenda Dyck, at:
bdyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Project web site (please turn your speakers on):
http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/homeless
 
Brenda A. Dyck
Master?s Academy and College
http://www.masters.ab.ca

Teacher-editor, MidLink Magazine
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/

Email: dyckba@xxxxxxx
Phone: (403) 278 8228

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