Class Procedures and Reminders
Reading and Storytelling. This week in Indian Epics you will be choosing a a one-week version of the Mahabharata or of the Ramayana to explore (details) and in Myth-Folklore, there are more African and Asian stories (details). I hope you will enjoy this week's reading!
Project Stack. Today I'll be working on the projects that were in the stack from last week, and then I'll start working on the assignments that people turned in over the weekend. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. There were a lot of great motivational memes and quotes in the Progress posts from Week 8. I liked this one from Matt's blog post. :-)
Something beautiful about ghatams (pots) which are used as musical instruments in India:
Here is a ghatam concert:
And another art-form from Indian: shadow-puppet theater.
Something very cool from Peru: they are finding new Nazca "lines" ... including a cat! Nazca Lines in Peru.
Here's a classical Greek myth about the origin of love, as told in the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch:
And another video about the same myth: The Myth of the Missing Half.
March 22: Caldecott. Today marks the birthday in 1846 of Randolph Caldecott, one of Britain's most famous book illustrators. Here is an illustration from Caldecott's illustrated book inspired by the nursery rhyme, The House that Jack Built, and you can read more about Caldecott's life and career at Wikipedia.
You may have heard of the Caldecott medal for illustrated children's books; here is a video about those medal-winners:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.You may have heard of the Caldecott medal for illustrated children's books; here is a video about those medal-winners:
