From: "David Shively" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:21:52 -0700 Subject: TeachersFirst Update - April 29, 2002
TeachersFirst Update - April 29, 2002 May begins this week, and many communities will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo shortly thereafter. If yours is one of them, our Cinco de Mayo listings offer lots of ways to incorporate this Mexican celebration into your activities. For those of you in other areas, Cindo de Mayo is a great introduction to Hispanic cultures and the history of our neighbors to the south. It's also a great excuse to try out some new foods as part of your studies. Our listings include it all; you can find them at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/cinco.htm Somehow we missed opening day this year, but we continue to marvel at the number of effective learning activities can be built around baseball. We've found lessons in math, statistics, physics, American history, African American history, and more. Our collection, Learning from Baseball, has continued to grow this spring, so we hope you'll take time to examine it, perhaps during a "seventh inning stretch" in your day. Learning from Baseball is available at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/baseball.htm Elementary teachers are always looking for new ways to introduce reading and books. For a great spring unit for primary students, try our "I've got the Blues" lesson. It's built around four books with "blue" themes that are primary favorites. You'll find a collection of "blue" activities, reading ideas, an evaluation rubric, even a ready-to-print Acrobat file for the entire lesson. You can find "I've Got the Blues" at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/winners/gotblues.htm The week after the September 11 tragedy, TeachersFirst launched a collection of resources to help students and teachers better understand the background and events of that attack. We have continued to update this page as events warranted, retaining earlier listings for archival purposes. Our current listings offer a great starting point for examining current anti-terrorism efforts and their effects on life in the United State and elsewhere. We hope you will find it helpful in the many different contexts in which these efforts may come up in your classes. Our Terrorism and Tolerance page is at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/terrorism.html If you teach high school English, we hope you'll pay a visit to our lesson unit on Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus. The story of Dr. Faustus, learned and praised, yet unsatisfied with his lot in life, strikes a clear note for teenagers. Students recognize that often they, metaphorically, are faced with the temptation to "sell their souls." Marlowe's Dr. Faustus gives students an object lesson in choice and consequences. You can find Dr. Faustus at http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/marl-1.htm This week's featured sites include a great online poetry resource for the conclusion of National Poetry month, a resource for high schoolers on the dawn of the atomic age, a great site on citation of sources (according to several formats), and lots more. As always, the featured sites are available at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/feature.htm Remember that TeachersFirst's Content Matrix is your best starting point for thousands of web resources. It's always available at: http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm That's probably more than enough for this week. Enjoy the spring, and remember that you really do make a difference. David Shively Senior Editor IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING E-MAIL ADDRESSES: TeachersFirst's mailing list has thousands of names. This makes manual list editing extremely difficult. We'll continue to do it when necessary, but we'd much prefer you follow the automated instructions below: TO SUBSCRIBE to this newsletter, please follow these instructions: Go to the page: http://www.teachersfirst.com/lsoftsignup.htm and complete the form there. You will receive a confirming e-mail for security purposes. When you respond to that message, your name will automatically be added to the TeachersFirst mailing list. ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
