The Eleanor Rigby Project (a project about the homeless)

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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:31:24 -0700
From: BRENDA DYCK <dyckba@xxxxxxx>

The Eleanor Rigby Project
(a project about the homeless)

"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?

Middle School students across the world are invited to join "The
Eleanor Rigby Project", a telecollaborative project that will
introduce them to the real people behind the homeless façade.
Participants will study the facts, examine the stereotyping placed on
those who are homeless and will be introduced to the people who live
on the streets in towns and cities close to home and abroad.

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.

Project web site:
http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Homeless/

The organizers of the 2006 Global Junior Challenge recently wrote an
article about The Eleanor Rigby project. It can be accessed at:
http://www.gjc.it/2006/en/interview2

To participate in The Eleanor Rigby project:
Email Project Coordinator

Brenda Dyck at: bdyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Teacher/ Technology Integration Coach
Master's Academy and College
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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