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Title: Essay: “Why I Teach About Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World”
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From https://eidolon.pub/why-i-teach-about-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-classical-world-ade379722170
Rebecca Futo Kennedy writes, “Discussions of race and ethnicity in the Classical world should not be controversial, at least not among classicists. The topic has been an important area of scholarship almost since the field came into being and it has almost always been political: from the promotion of the so-called Dorian invasion, to theories that race mixing led to the fall of Rome, to the Black Athena debates of the 1980s and ’90s, to continued use of autochthony as a rallying cry. When Dr. Donna Zuckerberg wrote an article last year in this journal encouraging us to incorporate more of it into our research and teaching, I was surprised at how few people within the field came to her defense when she was maligned and received various types of threats for asking us to do something that we should already be doing as responsible scholars, particularly in light of the way classicists had intentionally reinforced theories of white superiority using ancient texts in the past.”
Read her full essay at https://eidolon.pub/why-i-teach-about-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-classical-world-ade379722170
Also, here is a timely bibliography of references that can help medievalists and classicists counter the co-option of their fields by white supremacists: https://sarahemilybond.com/2017/09/10/hold-my-mead-a-bibliography-for-historians-hitting-back-at-white-supremacy/
Here, also, is an introduction to the history of African-Americans and the Classics: http://www.aaihs.org/african-americans-and-the-classics-an-introduction/
Source: Eidolon
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Title: Chicago Assyrian Dictionary Project Makes Akkadian Dictionary Available for Download
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Last year we noted the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary project (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/20794), which has resulted in a 21-volume dictionary of Akkadian, the language of the Mesopotamian empire. Completed in 2010, the dictionary is now available for free download in PDF format. Learn more about the project and access the PDF files at https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/assyrian-dictionary-oriental-institute-university-chicago-cad. Read more about the dictionary download and other Akkadian resources at http://www.openculture.com/2017/08/dictionary-of-the-oldest-written-language-it-took-90-years-to-complete-and-its-now-free-online.html.
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Title: Tour the Francophone World in 25 Hours on TV5 Monde
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On September 21 and 22, TV5 Monde will be broadcasting a 25-hour of the French-speaking world. Follow along on the TV5 website, on YouTube, and in social media. Learn more at http://www.fdlm.org/blog/2017/09/13/tour-monde-francophone-25-heures/
Source: le français dans le monde
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Title: Statista: French Statistics Portal
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Are you looking for graphs to use as authentic resources in your French classes? Check out Statista, a portal for statistics about France. For example, here’s a graph of the number of fast food restaurants in France between 2011 and 2014 (the number is growing): https://fr.statista.com/statistiques/498284/entreprises-restauration-type-rapide-france/. Explore the site at https://fr.statista.com/
Source: Statista
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Title: National Spanglish Day and Creative Writing Contest
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From http://5sshl2018.weebly.com/3rd-creative-writing-contest.html
National Spanglish Day will be celebrated on October 1, 2017. This day is an opportunity to celebrate translanguaging and multilingualism. As part of the celebration, a creative writing contest is being held; awards will be given at the 5th National Symposium of Spanish as a Heritage Language at the University of Iowa, April 5th-7th of 2018. Here are the rules:
• Each local organizer (university or high school teacher/administrator) sends a campus wide or even community wide call for submissions in Spanglish. The submissions can include short stories, poems and essays about thoughts and experiences regarding living between languages. All literary works must be no more than 500 to 2,500 words.
• Each local organizer (teacher or administrator at the university or high school in question) then chooses one finalist piece to send to the contest committee. The committee then selects a winner and two honorable mentions in each category (one for high school and one for university-level entries).
• The finalists and winners also receive a certificate of recognition for their participation. There will be separate awards for both high school and college-level participants from participating institutions across the United States in three categories: poem, essay and short story.
The deadline for submissions is November 20, 2017.
For full details go to http://5sshl2018.weebly.com/3rd-creative-writing-contest.html
Source: 5SSHL 2018
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Title: Google’s New Latino Cultures in the US Collection
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Google’s Arts & Culture initiative launched a new collection on September 7, Latino Cultures in the US. Learn about influential figures, traditions and communities, art, food, history, and more on the new site: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/uslatinocultures
Read more about this project at http://remezcla.com/lists/culture/google-latino-cultures-in-the-us/
Source: Google
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Title: Unit on the Civil War in El Salvador
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From https://kplacido.com
In this blog post, Kristy Placido describes the different resources she uses and the things her Spanish 4 students do during their unit on El Salvador’s civil war: https://kplacido.com/2017/09/10/planning-my-el-salvador-civil-war-unit-for-spanish-4/
Source: Kristy Placido
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Title: Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month
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National Hispanic Heritage Month started on September 15 and lasts through October 15. Here are some resources for you and your students:
The official National Hispanic Heritage Month website is available at https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/. See what events are going on in your area and access resources for you and your students.
Set up a reading passport so that your students can document their reading of novels that deal with Hispanic culture, as described here: https://spanishplans.org/2017/08/31/reading-passport/
How about “Music Madness” with a song of the day, each from a different Spanish-speaking country, for Hispanic Heritage Month? Access the list and get ideas for implementation at http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2017/09/hispanic-heritage-month-music-madness.html
Larry Ferlazzo has curated a collection of links to resources at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/09/03/the-best-resources-for-hispanic-heritage-month/
Here is a lesson plan centered around “Translation for Mamá,” a poem by Richard Blanco: https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/translation-mam-richard-blanco
Here are some resources and ideas from Secondary Spanish Space: http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2017/09/hispanic-heritage-month-in-spanish-class.html
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Title: Resources for Helping Beginner ELLs Learn Vocabulary about the Human Body
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Here is a curated collection of links to resources that can help beginning English learners learn about the human body: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/09/12/the-best-resources-for-helping-beginner-ells-learn-vocabulary-about-the-human-body/
Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
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Title: Mastering Email as a Genre
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Here’s a short guide to writing a good email, along with a helpful template. You can use this resource when you explore different writing genres with your students.
The blog post is available at http://www.superlinguo.com/post/165201183106/email-is-a-genre-a-genre-you-can-be-awesome-at
Source: Superlinguo
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