What's Your Story?
I have been working on this project for several years and want to finish it by 2020 to honor the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. At first it was a book, then a film and now maybe some type of performance piece. Any ideas, let me know !
Enjoy my Pecha Kucha Presentation!
I took six of the original Talking Walls illustrations to a literacy night in Augusta and told the stories about the decorated walls. I handed out a list of 30 items for the students and their families to find. The families had fun finding and talking about the items in each illustration. The little brothers and sisters created and talked about their own Talking Wall.
The Goldman Environmental Awards  http://www.goldmanprize.org/ are a great way to introduce your students to people all over the world who are working in their communities. 2015 recipients are from: Kenya, Haiti, Canada, Scotland, Myanmar and Honduras. Get to know these grassroots heroes!
I have been corresponding with a 10th grader from Chicago who was born in Ethiopia and contacted me after she had read my article http://www.margyburnsknight.com/teachafrica.html . She hopes to work with a few teachers to create an elective next year. I told her on the phone that I would send her a her a copy of Africa is Not a Country and Talking Walls Discover Your World and when the books arrived be sure to read the last sentence in Talking Walls, a Nelson Mandela quote. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
DISCOVER YOUR WORLD 