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Black History Month Underground Railroad Quilt Diversity: If the World Were A Village Spring into Action on the Environment |
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Showcases outside of the library were decorated in a winter theme. Boxes, hidden under sheets of snow gave the illusion of hills and valleys. Small artificial pine trees placed here and there along with a family of styrofoam snow people, complete with top hats, mittens, scarves, caps and carrot noses were seen reading books as deer, squirrel, moose and other forest animals gathered nearby. Glittered snowflakes hung by fish line from the ceiling of the cases. Within the library, samples and suggestions of books for winter break were placed on a table for easy access.
The Cicadas are Coming
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cicada to one of the smaller walls of our
library. Included were interesting facts pertaining to the 17 year phenomenon.
Pictures demonstrated the life cycle of cicadas. Recipes/cookbooks and well as nutrition
facts were provided. A fake
pizza with cicada-chovies, a rhubarb/strawberry cicada pie and a cicada
taco were on display next to the cookbook. Cookbook link: http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/pdf/cicada%20recipes.PDF
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Graphic Books
Black History Month Underground Railroad Quilt
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With the help of our students we made an Underground Railroad quilt. The quilt is made up of readymade 8”x 8”quilting squares made of white cotton/polyester fabric available at a local craft store. We made templates of each design we wished to have the students work on, using the book Hidden in Plain View for our examples. Making copies of the patterns from the book we then cut the template into pieces we traced the pattern pieces on to the white squares depicting the following patterns: Monkey Wrench, Wagon Wheel, Bear Paw, Crossroads, Log Cain, Shoofly, Bow tie Dress, Flying Geese etc. Using liquid stitch (glue) they placed pieces of fabric on a pre-designed and designated squares. Upon completion of the square we used fabric paint to outline shapes and or details. Once dry the squares were tied together with colorful ribbon and hung for display.
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A Material World
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Living in a material world? This project was done to show our students the great difference in material goods and circumstances that make rich and poor societies throughout the world. We used old magazines, cutting out pictures of material items, things we all take for granted, cars, houses, pets, jewelry, clothing etc. The cutouts were placed into a container. Using one large poster board we traced the outline of a house, then we ask the students to fill (glue) the house with the paper items they themselves and their family members have. We then compared “our” home to family homes around the world. We also compared: work week hours….number of telephones….number of televisions…. number of radios….most valued possession. One family in Ethiopia stated that their most valuable possession was an ox.
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Spring into Action on the Environment
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you a Taker or a Leaver? This display was to make students and staff more aware of what can be done to help save our planet. Our display included books on conservation, our earth, polar ice caps, catastrophe, and new changes of our earth and of course, our stuffed animal named Ishmael. A flower garden (made of paper muffin cups and pipe cleaners) which hung on a slat board display area, gave suggestions as to what can be done to help. The flower had a small picture glued into their center and a leaf gave a description of what could/should be done. Examples are as follows: Leaf = indicating to plant a tree Automobile = carpool Dishwasher = fill the dishwasher Tires = Keep care tires inflated to proper amount We had a small basket garden of low watt incandescent energy efficient light bulbs. Asking students to perhaps change a few light bulbs in their home -giving statistics on how much could be saved……. If every household would replace just 3 of their light bulbs with the incandescent ones it would be like taking 3.5 million cars off the road. With regards to global warming we showed before and after pictures of lakes and rivers around the world. An example is the disappearance of Lake Chad in
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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With the announcement
of the pending new The over all winner at the end of 3 weeks was: The Great Wall of China.
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Seven Wonders of DHS
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the Seven Wonders of the World, we now were wondering…What
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The Last Straw!
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Had enough of the demeaning and disrespectful way women are portrayed in our pop culture? Then sign your name on your LAST STRAW…. Using the cardboard tube from a large roll of holiday wrapping paper - cover entire tube with one continuous piece of white paper. Using ˝” red ribbon, glue the ribbon to the tube, like an old fashion milk shake straw. (This prop was suspended by our display table). Purchase a box of plastic, stripped soda straws and a permanent black pen, such a sharpie. Place articles out that depict the negative ways women are viewed. Our example: raunchy rap lyrics. Have students and staff sign their name on the straw. Once enough straws have been collected, you can send them to the company, magazine, or rap star you are complaining about. We notified N.O.W. - National Organization for Women of this project.
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Turn Me into We - Become a Piece of the Bigger Picture
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Using construction paper, make a template of the word ME that could be turned upside down and become the word WE. Put several on the display board. From the Oriental Trading Company we bought blank large, bulletin board size puzzle pieces. On a display table students could use markers and colored pencils to decorate a puzzle piece representing themselves. As each was completed, it was added to the puzzle creating a WE.
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Love Your Body Day
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Part one Define Yourself – We used dictionary definitions of positive attributes –courageous, intelligent, honest, faithful etc. on the display board. Students were asked to write words that describe themselves now, or how they want to be in the future. Students did not put their name on it. Some students described a friend instead of themselves. Second part Love Your Body – Create a life-size Barbie to show how misshapen she would be as a real woman. Research statistics about poor body image in girls and boys and put on the display board. Found a Body Image quiz and Love My Body Pledge on a web site that encouraged you to copy and disperse to students. Advertisements from magazines were displayed and students were asked to give opinions on whether the ads showed positive or negative views of women. I-Love-My-Body
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Book in a Bin - National Library Day
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Use any kind of "bin" or container to store clues to the titles or plots of books. We used magazine holders. Each day a new "book" was put on display. Students look through the book and guess the title.
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Men
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Fahrenheit 451
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| Great Gatsby |
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| Frankenstein |
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| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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| Lord of the Flies |
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Tale of Two Cities |
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Halloween Hangman
Tape a plastic or laminated skeleton (can be found almost anywhere at Halloween) to a white board or wall. Use horror books titles, authors of horror fiction or movies as the phrase to be guessed. Each student may guess one letter. With each wrong guess, a body part of the skeleton comes off. Students get a small piece of candy for playing. Only one guess per day.
