http:www.ozemail.com.au/~billwood/ http:www.scubadiving.com/wwwboard/messages/2975.html
http:www.cru.uea.ac.uk/ukdiving/
http://atm.geo.nsf.gov/skymath/lesson1.html This site discusses the Skymath National Weather Report Module. In this unit the students produce a national weather report and a report on their understanding of weather phenomena
http:www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/Science.html This site is called Teachers helping teachers and offers many lesson plans for number of grade levels and subjects.
http:lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam002.html This site has an adequate amount of information on the African American and covers various important parts of African History.
http:ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/ This site offers numerous teachers resources and lesson plans in a variety of subject areas.
Connect your classroom to WCU Bookread. It is a network of students and literature teachers communicating by computer with each other and with the authors of the books they are reading in their classrooms. Choose a partner school to establish a connection with. To find others with whom to begin a Book Read Partnership subscribe to the Book Read Match List.
Send message to : listproc@micronet.wcu.edu
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In the body, type: subscribe BR_Match FirstName LastName
(replace the names with your name or the name of your school)
The match list will be for the purpose of identifying others who wish to exchange Internet e-mail between K-12 school classrooms about literature.
An excellent movie to use with this unit is Amistad. It will be released in the second or third week of December, 1997 in movie theaters. It is described to be a very powerful and graphic movie, therefore probably should not be viewed in its entirety in the classroom, but should be viewed by the teacher for educational purposes. Important clips could be included in various classroom lessons. The film is directed by Steven Spielberg. A preview of the movie and interviews with the leading actors was the topic of the Oprah show on November 11, 1997. The movie was also featured on the cover of Newsweek. The main topic of the movie is slavery and slave trade. It is about a Spanish slave ship called La Amistad. Many actual artifacts, such as the shackles were used in the movie and it is based on factual information. Various articles and photos concerning the movie are also featured in the December 8, 1997 issue of Newsweek.
A junior novel was also released in the first week of December. The novel is based on the screenplay by David Franzoi and Steven Zaillian and the film by Steven Spielberg. The novel is written by Joyce Annette Barnes and published by Puffin Books (ISBN-0-14-039063-4). The summary of the novel follows: In 1839, a young man named Cinque lead a group of illegally enslaved Africans in a revolt against their captors aboard the slave ship Amistad. All they want is to be free, to return to their homes and families. Instead, the Africans land in America where they are imprisoned and charged with murder and mutiny. The Americans don’t see the Africans as people, but as property. Cinque and his fellow captives soon realize that their fight for freedom has only just begun. This true story of triumph over indignity and injustice was an important victory in our nation’s fight for equality for all.