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In South Africa, a Basotho girl paints designs on her house as a prayer to the ancestors for rain.
Author : Jeanette Winter
Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,27 MB
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780374321185
In South Africa, a Basotho girl paints designs on her house as a prayer to the ancestors for rain.
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Page : 512 pages
File Size : 23,48 MB
Release : 2002
Category : African literature
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Author : Sylvia S. Marantz
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780810849334
"Picturebook," spelled as a single word to identify its unique qualities and to differentiate the genre from other books with illustrations, is one that tells a story either in pictures alone or in almost equal partnership with text. The picturebook has great potential for bridging the differences among us; the concept of a story is one common to all, a shared experience that sets the stage for communication. And the goal of multiculturalism is to emphasize the positive attributes of human society, the outstanding, rather than the stereotype. Because children born today will interact with people from different cultures much more than previous generations, it is important that they are taught about other cultures, starting at a young age. Multicultural picturebooks are, therefore, an excellent teaching tool for meeting this educational challenge. The picturebooks profiled are appropriate for children in grades K - 4 but can be used with older children, depending on the curriculum and the students' comprehension level. Books covering Asia and the Pacific, The Middle East, Africa, South America, North America (Native Americas, Inuit, etc.), and books specific to the immigrant experience are profiled. Each book is described in one paragraph that includes an engaging review of the story line, special features of the content, the look and style of the artwork, interior design, and layout of the book. The authors emphasize that the visual qualities of picturebooks affect their ability to tell stories about people whose values and behaviors are different from those of the reader. The analyses, therefore, used in selecting the books include not only the informational content, but also the emotional content--the feelings generated by the text and art. In choosing books for this volume, the authors have used the following criteria: ]Does the book tell an engaging story?]Do the illustrations convincingly portray and represent humans, animals, and objects?]Is the use of the media consistent?]Do the text and the pi
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Page : 380 pages
File Size : 25,83 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category : Activity programs in education
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Page : 668 pages
File Size : 36,53 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Children's libraries
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Author : Ojibwe Vocabulary Project
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 22,93 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0578034646
For the Ojibwe language to live it must be used for everything every day. While most Ojibwe people live in a modern world, dominated by computers, motors, science, mathematics, and global issues, the language that has grown to discuss these things is not often taught or thought about by most teachers and students of the language. A group of nine fluent elders representing several different dialects of Ojibwe gathered with teachers from Ojibwe immersion schools and university language programs to brainstorm and document less-well-known but critical modern Ojibwe terminology. Topics discussed include science, medicine, social studies, geography, mathematics, and punctuation. This book is the result of their labors.
Author : Maya Angelou
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2003-03-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0375825673
Full color photographs. "Hello, Stranger-Friend" begins Maya Angelou's story about Thandi, a South African Ndebele girl, her mischievous brother, her beloved chicken, and the astonishing mural art produced by the women of her tribe. With never-before-seen photographs of the very private Ndebele women and their paintings, this unique book shows the passing of traditions from parent to child and introduces young readers to a new culture through a new friend.
Author : Kathy A. East
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 2007-05-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 031309456X
Compiled by two experienced librarians, Across Cultures introduces you to more than 400 recent fiction and nonfiction multicultural resources for preschool through grade 6 and encourages you to make literature about diversity an integral part of your program of instruction. Arranged in thematic groupings (Identity and Self-Image, Family and Friends, Traditions, Exploring the Past in Diverse Communities, for example), this lively volume links diverse peoples, themes, and issues. It presents both annotations and practical advice on programming strategies. Connections are made to projects, graphic organizers, and activities.
Author : American Jersey Cattle Club
Publisher :
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Cattle
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Author : Margy Burns Knight
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761316477
Demonstrates the diversity of the African continent by describing daily life in some of its fifty-three nations.