Gain Global Perspective on Hopes for a Better Future
Last week to contribute to ePals' Living Memory Storybook
€ As the ePals Global Community expands with new classrooms from around the
world, you can find more opportunities than ever to help your students
become global citizens through understanding and appreciating a variety of
cultural perspectives worldwide.
€ We want to remind you about the the Living Memory Storybook project in our
most recent focus area, Black History. Based on painter Jacob Lawrence's
moving series, "Migration", this project is an opportunity for students to
exchange points of view on the difficult yet critically important issues of
racism, discrimination and prejudice. How would your students envision a
world without racism? How do we get there? How will things have changed for
the better?
€ For this project, we are privileged to work with the Whitney Museum of
American Art in New York City and the Phillips Collection in Washington,
D.C. to showcase Lawrence¹s art. In addition to his vivid paintings, our
site includes interactives specifically designed to show students how to
create their own narratives. € Submissions are due by February 28, the end
of Black History Month in the U.S. Entries will be displayed on the site for
all community members to enjoy, comment on and rate. The first 20 groups to
submit entries will receive a Jacob Lawrence poster for their classrooms.
Our goal is for these ideas and discussions to continue on related forums
throughout the year. Help keep this worldwide conversation going!
http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?divid=migrationstorybook
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