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Greetings,
happy reading for today
<Karen>
1)
What's special about this number?
http://tinyurl.com/rhc6
A delightful site, with great links (useful in figuring out some of
the references in the text):
2)
War Songs Music of War
http://tinyurl.com/ysucfz
Resources, Patriotism, Propoganda and Protest
Civil War, WW1, WW2, Military War music Patriotic,
Protest and Union Songs
3)
Joni Mitchell's Photographer and Archivist.
http://tinyurl.com/29kl3h
World's leading authority on musician Joni Mitchell,
Bob Dylan, and many more.
4)
Florida's Official State Song by Stephen Foster
http://tinyurl.com/26oqom
may be highly offensive to USA citizens and loved by others.
Learn about the amazing origins of "Jim Crow", how it became
part of the language, and the name for racist laws and attitudes
used to oppress blacks in the Southern United States in the 19th and
20th Centuries.
5)
Stephen Foster, America's First and Greatest Troubadour
http://tinyurl.com/y9skjb
6)
The Origin / Etymology of "Jim Crow" and Jimmy Crack Corn"
http://tinyurl.com/2beryh
How it became part of the language, and the name for racist laws
and attitudes used to oppress blacks in the Southern United States
in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
7)
Vernacular English and Stigmatized Vernaculars
http://tinyurl.com/2b6k7q
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is
that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just
borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages
down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets
for new vocabulary." ~James D. Nicoll 1990
8)
How do words get into our trusted source called the Dictionary?
http://tinyurl.com/2buajx
9)
What is Linguistic Intelligence?
http://tinyurl.com/yo96n9
What are the Interdisciplinary connections between
Evolution, Music, Language, Music, and Reading?
10)
The U.S. Education Department reported
http://tinyurl.com/ynw5nk
Nationwide, 73% of 12th-grade students achieved a "basic" reading
score in 2005, down from 80% in 1992, according to the NAEP
a sampling test the government calls the "nation's report card."
Sixty-one percent scored at or above the basic level in math.
National Assessment of Educational Progress Report
Download Report
11)
What does Rhythm and Music have to do with Literacy?
http://tinyurl.com/2y2t9t
Rhythm, steady beat, and Rhythm Syllables.
12)
Rhythmic Synchrony governs conversation.
http://tinyurl.com/24gynq
13)
Evolutionary Science: Music is communication, Music is language.
http://tinyurl.com/2d7657
We hear and process all language as sound first and THEN
we process the sound as meaning which call language. <Karen>
14)
Ballads were responsible for spreading Literacy
http://tinyurl.com/24jn2m
15)
Fakelore vs. Folklore In The Classroom
http://tinyurl.com/ncqfj
Historians are great at telling linear stories and written narratives
that have a specific point of view, and an agenda. Historians try
to make define a moment in time with a certain set of facts while
they leave out others.
16)
Quintura for Kids!
http://kids.quintura.com/
Quintura proudly presents the first VISUAL search engine for the
youngest web users.
Quintura helps to find kids-related information on the Web easily and
interactively.
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GRANTS and SCHOLARSHIPS
http://tinyurl.com/y88bt7
"Grants for Professional Development for Performing Arts Teachers in
Rural Communities"
http://www.dana.org/grants/artseducation/rural/guidelinesrural.cfm
The Dana Foundation Rural Arts Initiatives grant funds to
professional development
programs for performing arts teachers in rural communities in the
U.S. Dana supports
projects in various stages of development and approach.
Maximum Award: $50,000.
Eligibility: Professional artists teaching performing arts in public schools;
in-school arts specialists who teach performing arts in public schools.
Deadline: June 4, 2007.
"Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education"
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/prize/about_history.shtml
The 2007 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education celebrates the theme
of global awareness in U.S. education and recognizes those behind
educational programs that help students develop the knowledge and
skills they need to function as workers, citizens and fulfilled
individuals in an increasingly interconnected world.
Maximum Award: $25,000.
Eligibility: policy makers, leaders in higher education, and
school-based personnel.
Deadline: March 16, 2007.
"Awards for Excellence in Teaching Gifted Students"
http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1255
The National Association for Gifted Children A. Harry Passow Classroom
Teacher Scholarship awards teachers who have shown excellence in teaching
gifted students, the ability to meet the needs of gifted students, and
commitment to furthering the development of their teaching skills.
Eligibility: teachers K-12 who have been members of NAGC for at least
one year.
Deadline: April 2, 2007.
"Grants to Support Job Skills & Education for Disadvantaged Youth"
http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html
Staples Foundation for Learning Grants provide funding to programs that
support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special
emphasis on disadvantaged youth.
Maximum Award: varies.
Eligibility: 501(c)3 organizations.
Deadline: April 6, 2007.
"Essay Contest to Promote Study of the Holocaust"
http://holocaust.hklaw.com/
The Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation Holocaust Remembrance Project
is a national essay contest for high school students designed to encourage
and promote the study of the Holocaust. Participation encourages students
to think responsibly, be aware of world conditions that undermine
human dignity,
and make decisions that promote the respect and value inherent in
every person.
Maximum Award: $10,000.
Eligibility: high school students in the U.S. and Mexico.
Deadline: April 30, 2007.
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