Walls Around the World

The Topic:

Walls Around the World

This 42eXplore project contains links to website resources for twenty-eight separate 'talking walls' introduced in the books of Margy Burns Knight and Anne Sibley O'Brien.

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Easier - Walls are structures that divide, surround, or protect an area. Do walls talk? If they could, what might they tell us?

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'Talking walls' is an idea or theme that was added to literature by writer Margy Burns Knight and illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien. In their books, they introduce different cultures of the world by examining walls, the people who built them, and their impact on the community.

Harder - Walls do tell a story about the history, politics, and culture of their community. They explain something about the people who built them. They also give a sense of the times in which they were built. The people and community where they are located are divided or unified by them.

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Margy Burns Knight and Anne Sibley O'Brien have authored Talking Walls (1992) and Talking Walls: The Stories Continue (1996) plus a Talking Walls Teacher's Guide.(1992).

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Talking Walls at Edmark

http://www.riverdeep.net/talkingwalls/

Investigate walls that have been constructed and created by man; their historical, cultural, and political significance.

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Talking Walls

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/ChurchillRoadES/crs9899/events/walls/index.htm

This links site connects to several websites related to 'talking walls.'

Similar Links-site:

2) Famous Walls http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/dms/library/cybrary/famous_walls.htm

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Talking Walls Gallery

http://www.eyefoundation.net/new_site/paintings/pam5.html

Here you find a collection of the paintings by Anne Sibley O’Brien.

Related Website:

2) Biography of Margy Burns Knight and Anne Sibley O'Brien http://home.gwi.net/~tilbury/knight.htm

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Talking Walls Project (Grade 5) from Cape Elizabeth, Maine

http://www.cape.k12.me.us/Twalls/

This school project site explores the idea that communities of all sizes and styles have a need to share ideas and information via 'talking walls.'

After visiting several of the 'talking walls' websites, complete one or more of these projects:

Complete A 'Talking Walls' WebQuest. Follow or adapt the procedures found at one of the following webQuest sites:

1) Aboriginal Art by L. Warring (Grade 6)

http://www.ecc.ttu.edu/edit3318/Fall%202001/Fall%202001/Section%20004/Warring

%20L/web%20quest.htm

2) And They Came to the Streets That Were Paved With Gold: Chinese Immigration to

California, 1850-1882 by K.K. Lee (Grade 4)

http://home.flash.net/~sondrine/andtheycame.html

3) 'Cause They Don't Look Like You': A Study of Intolerance in America (Grades 4-5) by H. Lynch http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hlynch/ToleranceWebQuest/tolerancewebqst.htm

4) Immigration: Angel Island vs. Ellis Island

http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/edad728/immigration/immigration.html

5) Public Art by V. Rosales http://www.csustan.edu/advstd/edtech/4710/vicente/quest.htm

6) Street Art: Murals Through the Ages by A. Lublin

http://www.homebase8.net/webquest8/Communication_Arts/Murals/

Analyze the 'Talking Walls'. Evaluate the talking walls sites. Which is your favorite? Explain why you chose it. Which walls should be torn down? Use spreadsheet or Inspiration software to show what you already knew and what new insights you gained form the 'Talking Walls' books and/or the websites.

Add A Missing 'Talking Wall'. There are other talking walls. What other wall would you add? Make a presentation that informs and convinces others of the importance of your wall.

Visit the Wall. Maybe you can't visit one of these famous walls, but can you take a virtual visit? Many of the websites below contain virtual visits through video, audio, and animation. Pretend you are someone visiting the wall. Create a character and write about why they might be visiting this particular wall and what they plan to do on their visit.

Compare Walls. Learn about one of these famous walls. Compare your wall with others. How are they alike and different? How does your wall reflect the social, political, or cultural aspects of the place it is located?

Create a Wall Poem. Create a poem that describes the feelings you have after learning about one of the walls. Write a paragraph that describes the wall and how you got your ideas for the poem. Post it on a class poem wall or create a poem wall web page.

Identify the Walls in Your Community. Examine your neighborhood to find the existing walls. Remember, talking walls are political, cultural, and historical. Some walls are relatively short-lived, others last for hundreds or even thousands of years. Look all the walls in your community. Should any of the walls be eliminated? Create a multimedia presentation about your community's walls and their impact.

Create a "Talking Walls' Poster. Inform others of your favorite wall by creating a poster about it. Display your completed work.

Have You Built Any Walls? Write in your journal about walls that you have helped to build. Remember walls can be actual physical constructions of stone, wood, metal, and concrete - - or they can be walls in our minds. Write about the walls that you have built.

For more ideas, check out the Talking Walls Teacher's Guide by Margy Burns Knight and Thomas V. Chan.

Websites By Kids For Kids

Cave of Lascaux by K. Crylen and M. Stedt

http://www.richeast.org/htwm/las/las.html

This website is a history project on the discovery of the ancient cave and its paintings.

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Deltaworks, Ever Lasting Battle Against the Sea (1998 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)

http://library.thinkquest.org/19846/data/en/disaster/schade.htm

This site presents the Deltaworks--a system involving locks, sluices, channels, and other control methods to prevent flooding. Many people in the Netherlands believe it is the eighth wonder of the world. The site provides the background of this project and explains how it was started because of a catastrophic flood on January 31, 1953.

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First Grade Walls

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/ChurchillRoadES/crs9899/1st/walls/

The walls built by Pilgrims.

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Great Wall of China (2000 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)

http://library.thinkquest.org/C004451F/

This site provides an overview of the physics, science, and architectural construction involved in the construction of the Wall.

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Wall of Inspiration (Grades K-5) from Aurora School, Oakland, CA

http://www.auroraschool.org/WAMWEB/Introduction.htm

This multiage student project created a visual and written work of art that teaches others about the lives of people who have inspired us and in various ways connected us with the greater human conscience.

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More Websites for Walls

Aborigine of Australia from Alaska Native Knowledge Network

http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/aborigine.html

This site houses a collection of web-links for Aborigine history and culture.

Related Websites on Aboriginal Art:

2) Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre at Alice Springs http://aboriginalart.com.au/

3) Aboriginal Art Online http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/

4) Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery http://www.aaia.com.au/

5) Aboriginal Magic In The Land Of The Quinkans http://www.paganpilgrim.com/qunikans.htm

6) Aborigine Spirit Paintings by R. Scheer http://www.cedarcottage.com/powertrips/0900.htm

and http://www.newagejournal.com/rssept0.htm

7) Wall Painting in Australia http://www.kcn.ne.jp/~blue/a2.html

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Angel Island

http://www.sandiego-online.com/forums/chinese/htmls/angel.htm

In 1905, construction of an Immigration Station began in China Cove. Surrounded by public controversy from its inception, the station was finally put into operation in 1910. Anticipated as the 'Ellis Island of the West', it was designed to handle a flood of European immigrants who were expected to begin arriving in California once the Panama Canal was opened.

Related Websites:

2) Angel Island http://www.sfvisitor.org/travelmedia/html/AngelIsland.html

3) Angel Island: 'Guardian of the Western Gate' from National Archives and Records

Administration http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/angel1.html

4) Angel Island Immigration Station http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~atsai/term.html

5) Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation http://www.a-better.com/angel/island.htm

6) Angel Island: Journeys Remembered by Chinese Houstonians from Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/angelisland/bio.html

7) Angel Island Poems http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~asam121/poems.html

8) Immigration Station, Angel Island, CA (panoramic photograph)

http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/pan:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Angel+Islan

d++San+Francisco+Bay,+Calif.++))

9) Immigration Station at Angel Island Home Page http://www.angelisland.org/immigr02.html

10)Interrogations of Chinese Immigrants at Angel Island

http://www.itp.berkeley.edu/~etang/termpaper.html

11)Poem from Angel Island from Houghton Mifflin Company

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/4/unit/act4.1blm.html

12)Welcome to Chinatown from Riverdeep (download video)

http://www.riverdeep.net/teaching_the_news/news_2001/july/070901_m_china.jhtml

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Berlin Wall Online

http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/

This comprehensive website on the history of the Berlin Wall contains photographs and texts.

Other Berlin Wall Websites:

2) Berlin Wall http://www.wall-berlin.org/

3) Berlin Wall http://www.the-berlin-wall.de/

4) Berlin Wall by B. Kirste http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/BIW/wall.html

5) Berlin Wall Interactive from Discovery Communications, Inc.

http://tlc.discovery.com/tlcpages/escape/interactive.html

6) Chris DeWitt's Berlin Wall Website

http://www.appropriatesoftware.com/BerlinWall/welcome.html

7) Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 http://www.remote.org/frederik/culture/berlin/

8) Newseum: The Berlin Wall http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/

9) Vanishing Wall http://www.german-way.com/german/eastsidegal.html

10)Wall: 1958-1963 from CNN's Cold War

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/09/

Bonampak

http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/bonampak/bonampak.html

Bonampak is a Classic Period Maya site, located in the modern state of Chiapas, along the Usumacinta River. It is most notable for the magnificent murals.

Related Websites:

2) Bonampak http://www.arts-civic.org/baca/text/bonampak.html

3) Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico

http://members.aol.com/yahawchan/ancmaya/archsites/mexico/yaxchilanarea/yaxsecen/bon

ampak/bongen/boncm.html

4) Forever Blue: Why Ancient Mayan . . . from Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/science/01/10/26/foreverblue/

5) Maya from National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9608/bts/a063.html

6) (Section of wall mural from Bonampak, Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City)

http://www.jqjacobs.net/mesoamerica/images/bonampak.jpg

7) Silenced Hands by L. Dye, ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DyeHard/dyehard010830.html

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Canadian Museum of Civilization

http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp

The new home for the Museum opened on June 29, 1989, on a 9.6- hectare (24-acre) site on the Quebec bank of the Ottawa River. The building is approximately 100,000 square meters (1,076,430 sq. ft.) and comprises two distinct structures.

Related Websites:

2) Canadian Museum of Civilization http://www.djcarchitect.com/BrochPages/CMC/cmc1.htm

3) Celebrate Cardinal http://www.celebratecardinal.com/

4) Douglas Cardinal - Architect http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/english/3013_e.html

4) Modern Architecture from Archivision http://www.archivision.com/index1A8.html

5) Soaring Like An eagle: Douglas Cardinal by D. Hum

http://pr.concordia.ca/ctr/archives/is100998/art3.html

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Cave of Lascaux

http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

On 12 September 1940, four teenagers in the Dordogne region of southwest France were out looking for their dog. As they searched through the undergrowth, they stumbled across the Lascaux Cave adorned with some of the most extraordinary prehistoric paintings ever discovered.

Related Websites:

2) Cave Paintings at Lascaux (audio lecture)

http://sunsite.queensu.ca/memorypalace/parlour/caves/

3) Chauvet Cave (Another nearby cave art location) from National Geographic http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/08/01/html/ft_20010801.6.html

4) Grotte de Lascaux http://www.showcaves.com/english/fr/showcaves/Lascaux.html

5) Hidden Treasure of Lascaux Cave by J.M. Deem

http://www.jamesmdeem.com/cavestory3.htm

6) La grotte Chauvet

http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/SCIENCES/CHAUVET/cha.html

7) Lascaux Cave http://www.cast-science.org/anpr_cov.htm

8) Lascaux Cave http://vm.kemsu.ru/en/palaeolith/lascaux.html

9) Lascaux Cave Paintings and Location http://www.mazzaroth.com/ChapterOne/LascauxCave.htm

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City Out of Time: Fez, Morocco from National Geographic

http://pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com/ax/features/0600/

Fez is one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, dating back to the early ninth century.

Other Websites for Old Fez:

2) Fez http://www.amse.net/fez.htm

3) Fez Reveals Morocco's Soul by M. Simons http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/fezt.htm

4) Hip Guide to Fez, Morocco http://www.hiptravelguide.com/morocco/fes.htm

5) Morroco, Fez http://www.rjpreston.freeserve.co.uk/text_pages/morocco4.htm#

6) Morocco - The Silence of the High Plateaus

http://www.lookat.ch/features/featuresview/44/

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Cuzco, Peru by S. Underwood

http://www.culturefocus.com/peru1.htm

Explore the city of Cuzco, which in the 15th century became the powerful capital of an expanding Inca empire.

Related Websites:

2) Cusco, Cuzco, Peru http://users.bestweb.net/~goyzueta/qosqo/

3) Cuzco - Capital of the Incas & Machuu Pichuu

http://newton.umsl.edu/%7Emway/trip.dec95/cuzco/

4) Cusco History http://www.thetrip.net/cuscohistory.htm

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Diego Rivera from City College of San Francisco

http://www.riveramural.com/rivera/mural/index.html

Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was one of Mexico's most important painters and a major artist of the twentieth century.

Other Websites for Diego Rivera and Work:

2) Artist Diego Rivera from PBS's Online NewsHour

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec99/rivera_7-15.html

3) Diego Rivera http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm

4) Diego Rivera from PBS's American Masters http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/rivera_d.html

5) Diego Rivera on the Internet from Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/rivera_diego.html

6) Diego Rivera Web Museum http://www.diegorivera.com/index.html

7) La Pinata in the Hospital Infantil de Mexico (Spanish) http://www.facmed.unam.mx/infantil/legado.htm

8) Museo Mural Diego Rivera http://www.arts-history.mx/museos/mu/index2.html

9) Visual Biography of Diego Rivera by M.T. Zacarías

http://www2.kenyon.edu/depts/mll/spanish/projects/trejo-zacarias/english.htm

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Diwali: The Festival of Light

http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/dday.htm

Learn about this November Hindu celebration.

Related Websites:

2) Build-up to Diwali http://www.indolinks.com/websights/diwali/buildup.htm

3) Diwali http://www.mahagujarat.com/festivals/diwali.htm

4) Diwali (Divali, Dewali) http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/diwali.html

5) Wall Painting http://www.upportal.com/culture/handi_fo_about.shtml

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Great Wall of China Links

http://www.mysteries-megasite.com/main/bigsearch/wallofchina.html

Here you find a huge links collection to online resources on the Great Wall of China.

Related Websites for the Great Wall:

2) All About the Great Wall of China from Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/

3) Great Wall http://abe.www.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/scengw.html#sfc01

4) Great Wall: A Virtual Tour http://www.chinavista.com/travel/greatwall/greatwall.html

5) Great Wall of China http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/

6) Great Wall of China http://geography.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa090100a.htm

7) Secrets of the Great Wall from Discovery Online http://www.discovery.com/stories/history/greatwall/greatwall.html

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Great Zimbabwe

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/webchron/Africa/GreatZimbabwe.html

The city of Great Zimbabwe is located in the present day country of Zimbabwe, east of the Kalahari desert between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.

Related Websites:

2) Great Zimbabwe by G.P. Landow

http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/zimbabwe/art/greatzim/gz1.html

3) Great Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe National Park from GORP

http://www.gorp.com/gorp/location/africa/zimbabwe/greatzim.htm

4) Mystery of Great Zimbabwe by P. Tyson from PBS NOVA Online

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/zimbabwe.html

5) Ruins of Great Zimbabwe http://www.tmeg.com/artifacts/zimbabwe/zimbabwe.htm

6) Slide Show (Zimbadwe) from Maricopa Community College District

http://www2.mc.maricopa.edu/anthro/lost_tribes/zimbabwe/index.html

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Hadrian's Wall

http://www.hadrians-wall.org/

The Wall was built by order of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, probably given during his visit to Britain in AD 122. Over the next six years professional soldiers, legionaries, built a wall 80 Roman miles long (117 km or 73 modern miles).

Related Websites:

2) Hadrian's Wall

http://www.great-britain.co.uk/regions/scots_english%20border/hadrians.htm

3) Hadrian's Wall http://www.aboutscotland.com/hadrian/

4) Hadrian's Wall

http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/english/People/odlin.1/graphics/england/hadwall.htm

5) Hadrian's Wall from About.com

http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa060600a.htm

6) Hadrian's Wall and the Romans http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/VG/romans.html

7) Hadrian's Wall Education Website http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/wallnet/wall/index.htm

8) Hadrian's Wall Gallery from BBC History

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/hadrian_gallery/index.shtml

9) Management Plan for the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site

http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/ArchRev/rev95_6/hadrian.htm

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Holy Mosque in Makkah

http://www.iad.org/Makkah.html

The Holy Mosque in Makkah (Mecca) is the most revered place of worship for Muslims around the world. At the center of the Mosque is the Ka'aba, which literally means 'cube' in Arabic. All Muslims are required to face in the direction of the Ka'aba five times every day when offering their prayers.

Related Websites:

2) Islam for Children http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/islam/fivepillars.html

3) Islamic Pictures http://msa_msu.tripod.com/pics-kaaba.htm

4) Ka'aba http://www.al-islam.org/hajj/shariati/11.htm

5) Ka’aba: The House Of Allah http://www.al-islam.org/kaaba14/1.htm

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Mahabalipuram (India; Arjuna's penance)

http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/7830/mahabalipuram.html

Here you can see photographs of the magnificent bas relief carvings found at the site of an ancient Indian seaport.

Related Websites:

2) Mahabalipuram: A Symphony On Stones

http://www.britannicaindia.com/eb/spotdisplay.asp?spotid=462&cid=13

3) Mahabalipuram: Architecture of India

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Archit/Mahaba.html

4) Mahabalipuram City Guide http://travel.indiamart.com/places/cities/mamallapuram/

5) What A Relief http://edweb.bilkent.edu.tr/indiaframes/slide.arjuna.html

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Metaphors and Meanings of House: African Painted House Traditions by R. Barris

http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfrb/paintedhouses.htm

Today the art of decorating houses is known throughout Africa. Some think that in early periods, house decorations did exist. But for a period of time, this practice was not tenable and the art of decoration may have been preserved but practiced in some other form--not on houses but perhaps on pottery, until conditions again favored the decoration of houses.

Related Websites:

2) Commodification of Art: Women in the Stream of Change by A. Hoard

http://www.cs.org/publications/CSQ/244/hoard.htm

3) Ndebele Cultural Village in Botshabelo, South Africa

http://www.southafrica-travel.net/north/a1mpuma2.htm

4) Ndebele Family Compound (photograph)

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/resource/33ndebel.htm

5) Role of Decoration in Ndebele Society

http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/specialprojects/kwamsiza/roleDecoration.htm

6) South Africa, Ndebele Wall Paintings http://www1.union.edu/~weidak/ipr/art_cs1.html

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Mural Arts Program (Philadelphia, Jane Golden - Artistic Director)

http://www.gophila.com/murals/body.htm

Established in 1984 as part of the Anti-Graffiti Network and incorporated in 1996 as part of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, MAP sees its role as a "public service," bringing art and art education at no charge to communities.

Related Websites:

2) 21st Century Lives: Jane Golden by P. Jennings, ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/onair/WorldNewsTonight/wnt000728_21st_golden_feature.html

3) Art of Change http://www.sas.upenn.edu/sasalum/newsltr/spring2001/art.html

4) Big Picture by M.E. O'Connor from WHYY http://www.whyy.org/tv12/mural/about.html

5) Celebrating Mural Arts Month in University City: MAP of Community Treasures

http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v47/n09/murals.html

6) Mural Arts Program http://www.muralarts.org/

7) Mural Arts Video Tour http://gophila.philly.com/includes/mural.asp

8) Mural of Philadelphia by J. Tremblay

http://www.courses.psu.edu/art/art122w_jlh18/student/tremblay/index.html

9) Philadelphia Murals http://inquirer.philly.com/specials/2000/murals/default.asp

10)Tour of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~utzda/artcrit/viewer.html

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New Deal for Ireland from Time for Kids

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,90769,00.html

Violence has divided Northern Ireland for years. Towns are split into sections. Painted lines, brick walls and barbed wire separate people of Protestant religions from their Irish Catholic enemies.

Related Websites:

2) Ardoyne Stories: Peace Lines and Division from BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1522000/1522743.stm

3) Armed Vigilantes Patrol 'Peace Lines' from Guardian Unlimited

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,473542,00.html

4) Counting the Cost Against the Children from BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1531000/1531033.stm

5) Directory of Murals in Northern Ireland by J. McCormick http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/

6) Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Turmoil by S. McConnell

http://members.tripod.com/~audgen/turmoil/turmoil30years.htm

7) Peace Eludes Children of Fear reprinted from Chicago Sun Times http://www.hannahhayes.com/Children.htm

8) Twelve Depressing Weeks form BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/northern_ireland/newsid_1674000/1674562.stm

9) Walls That Divide Belfast from CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,309407-412,00.shtml

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Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/neruda.htm

Here you find a biography of the Chilean poet, diplomat, and Marxist, winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Related Websites:

2) Invisible Hand and Iron Fist by A. Ruess at Third World Traveler

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Latin_America/PinochetandChile.html

3) Pablo Neruda from The Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=295

4) Pablo Neruda's Isla Negra by M. Filsnoël

http://www.literarytraveler.com/neruda/pabloneruda.htm

5) Pablo Neruda, Life and Times

http://www.aspirennies.com/private/SiteBody/Romance/Poetry/Neruda/NerudaLife.shtml

6) Poet's Places: The homes of Pablo Neruda (Chile) by C. Welsch from Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/stories/425/858154.html

7) Views of Pablo Neruda's House at Isla Negra, Chile

http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/blIslaNegra.htm

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Photos from Jewish Kazimierz

http://www.geocities.com/kazimierz_krakow/photos.html

This website provides photographs and a summary of Jewish history in Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland.

Related Websites:

2) Cracow from Virtual Jewish History http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/vjw/Cracow.html

3) Holocaust - A Return to My Mother's Home by M. Dubiner

http://duby.com/MarchofLiving/Holocaust3.html

4) Holocaust Memorial near Kazimierz Dolny, Poland (photograph)

http://www.geocities.com/polsku/KazimierzDolnycemetary1.jpg

5) Jewish History in Poland During the Years 1939-1945 by M. Rosenzweig

http://members.core.com/~mikerose/waryears.htm

6) Poland Revisited by M. Rosenzweig http://webinfonet.net/heritage/poland.html

7) Places of Interest in Poland http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Poland/Poland.html

8) Rema Synagogue http://www.igc.apc.org/ddickerson/rema.html

9) United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html

Here you can find two biographies of the South African civil rights leader.

Related Websites:

2) Long Walk of Nelson Mandela from PBS Frontline

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/

3) Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela from Time, Inc.

http://archives.obs-us.com/obs/english/books/Mandela/Mandela.html

4) Nelson Mandela (Links-Site) http://www.taxpolicy.com/mandela.htm

5) Nelson Mandela by A. Brink from Time 100: Leaders & Revolutionaries

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mandela.html

6) Nelson Mandela Biography http://www.polity.org.za/people/mandela.html

7) Nelson Mandela from Nobel Prize Internet Archive

http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1993a.html

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Deltaworks, Ever Lasting Battle Against the Sea (1998 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)

http://library.thinkquest.org/19846/data/en/disaster/schade.htm

This site presents the Deltaworks--a system involving locks, sluices, channels, and other control methods to prevent flooding. Many people in the Netherlands believe it is the eighth wonder of the world. The site provides the background of this project and explains how it was started because of a catastrophic flood on January 31, 1953.

Other Sites Related to the Netherland Dikes:

2) Haarlem and the Netherlands http://www.antenna.nl/mutare/HlmnlE.htm

3) Polders and Dykes of the Netherlands from About.com

http://geography.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa033000a.htm

4) Special Dike with Doors . . . from Horizon Solutions

http://www.solutions-site.org/cat1_sol26.htm

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Prayer Wheels: Tibetan Spiratual Technology

http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/prayer-wheel.htm

Tibetan prayer wheels (called Mani wheels by the Tibetans) are devices for spreading spiritual blessings and well being. Rolls of thin paper, imprinted with many, many copies of the mantra (prayer) Om Mani Padme Hum, printed in an ancient Indian script or in Tibetan script, are wound around an axle in a protective container, and spun around and around.

Related Website:

2) Dalai Lama: My Dream for Tibet's Freedom

http://www.meaus.com/Dalai_Lama_My_Dream_for_Ti.html

3) Tibetan Buddhism Archives http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/

4) Tibetan Government in Exile http://www.tibet.com/

5) Tibetan Prayer Wheel (Virtual prayer wheel) http://wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~jrothfork/tibet.html

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Story of Hachiko by C. Sicard

http://www.fabuloustravel.com/globe/hachiko/hachiko.html

Loyalty, faithfulness and unconditional love are qualities that have earned dogs the title of 'man's best friend'. One particular Akita dog took these qualities to the extreme; he earned a place in the hearts of all Japanese people and has kept that place for over sixty years!

Related Websites:

2) Big in Japan: Hachiko by T. Young from Tokyo Classified

http://www.tokyoclassified.com/biginjapanarchive349/303/biginjapaninc.htm

3) Hachiko http://www.nylana.org/RRACI/hachiko.htm

4) Hachiko at Find A Grave

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5951810

5) Hachiko: The Faithful Dog http://perso.worldonline.fr/japan/TokyoWeb/E-Hachiko.htm

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Taos, New Mexico

http://www.taosis.com/tchs/index.html

The Pueblo at Taos is one of New Mexico's authentic examples of the survival of Pueblo Indian life, relatively unchanged since 1540 when Coronado saw buildings and customs closely resembling those which can be seen today.

Related Websites:

2) Taos Indians http://nc.essortment.com/taosindian_rijr.htm

3) Taos Pueblo http://www.towson.edu/~brenda/newmexico/taos.htm

4) Taos Pueblo, New Mexico http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/es_nm_pueblo_1.html

5) Taos Pueblo http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Taos_Pueblo.html

6) Taos Pueblo http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/taos/taos.html

7) Taos Pueblo http://www.pueblodrums.com/taospueb.html

8) Pueblos: Masonry and Adobe Communal Housing http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/pueblo.html

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Wall: National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

http://www.vietvet.org/thewall.htm

This gallery contains pictures and stories of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Related Websites:

2) Experience the Wall from Virtual Wall

http://www.thevirtualwall.org/view/view_index.htm

3) Maya Lin: Notes, Pictures, Online Resources

http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/lin/lin.html

4) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall http://thewall-usa.com/

5) Wall http://www.vietvet.org/thewall.htm

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Wat Po

http://www.bu.ac.th/thailand/watpo.html

Wat Phra Chetupon, more popularly known as Wat Po, dates from long before Bangkok became the capital, having been founded in the 16th century.

Related Websites:

Reclining Buddha at Wat Po (photograph)

2) http://www.savory.org/phil/images/Bangkok/Bangkok_Image1.htm

3) Wat Pho at Thailand Guidebook http://www.thaistudents.com/guidebook/watpho01.html

4) Wat Po (panoramic view) http://www.richardbarclay.com/pano_12/panorama_12.htm

5) Wat Po (Temple of the Reclining Buddha)

http://bangkok-hotelguide.com/guide/sightseeing/wat-po.htm

6) Wat Po http://www.wright-photo.com/bangkok%2011.htm

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Western Wall Camera from Aish HaTorah

http://www.aish.com/wallcam/

The Western Wall is a surviving remnant of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here you find a picture from a live camera and information about the location.

Related Websites:

2) Jerusalem - The Western Wall and its Tunnels from State of Israel

http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v00

3) Western Wall http://mosaic.lk.net/g-wall.html

4) Western Wall http://www.inisrael.com/3disrael/kotel.html

5) Western Wall from History Channel http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/unesco/jerusalem/about_wall.html

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Websites For Teachers

Aboriginal Bark Painting (Grade 5) by T.S. Mason

http://homepage.mac.com/krohrer/iad/lessons/elem/AboriginalBarkPainting.htm

Students will compare the characteristics of artworks in various eras and cultures, specifically the primitive cave art of 15,000 b.c. and aboriginal art of Australia.

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Bonampak Maya Murals from Milwaukee Public Schools

http://www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/pt3/voices/bonampak/Bonampak.htm

The Bonampak murals are in a delicate condition. After reading the excerpt from Talking Walls on the murals visit the website created on the Bonampak Murals. What can be done to save these murals and others that are in delicate condition?

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Lesson Plans from Diego Rivera Mural Project

http://www.ccsf.org/Resources/Mural/

Find lessons and materials showing how teachers in art, history, science, technology and other areas can use the mural.

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Linking People With Talking Walls

http://www.lite.iwarp.com/bltgr678.htm#talkwalls

This website provides a sample unit plan for integrating the 'talking walls' concept into the classroom.

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Talking Over the Wall: A Lesson about Conflict Resolution from New York Times

(Grades 6-12) by R. McClain and J. Khan

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010411wednesday.html

In this lesson, students will explore how conflict resolution techniques can be used to resolve differences of opinion, both on a global and local scale.

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Talking Walls (Grades 5-6)

by R. Furumoto, L. Gamarra, J. Iguina, I. Reyes-Saldana, A. Rubalacva, and P. Scadron

http://tst.wiesenthal.com/resources/talkinghands.html

This lesson can be taught while the class reads the book Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight. The lesson is designed as a vehicle for students to make a personal connection to the issue of how we build walls to divide us from others or how walls can bring us together.

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Talking Walls: Countries Around the World (Grades 3-4) by J. Anderson

http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~tech/ITS/ProfDev/TechPDlessons/techpd_anderson.htm

This lesson focuses on studying countries around the world in conjunction with using the book Talking Walls.

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Talking Walls Project

http://www.cape.k12.me.us/Twalls/T.W.plan.html

Here you find a plan for creating a 'talking wall' unit or project in your school.

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'They are not like us!': Teaching about Biases Against Immigration from Teacher Talk

http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v2i2/they.html

This exercise helps students understand that xenophobic attitudes have existed throughout United States history and that our culture has survived and been enriched by each new wave of immigrants.

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Understanding Primary Sources: The Chinese Experience at Angel Island

from Houghton Mifflin

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/4/unit/act4.1.html

Students read and analyze a poem written on the wall of the Angel Island Immigration Station in California by an unknown Chinese immigrant, then research to learn more about the place where the poem was written.

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Created by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson, 12/01. Updated 6/02.