Saturday, February 9, 2013

MzTeachuh: Snow? What's A Little Snow?

MzTeachuh: Snow? What's A Little Snow?: Always admire winter flowers. This mandolin sounds like its teeth are chattering. ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - LARA'S THEME (DR. ZH...

Snow? What's A Little Snow?

Always admire winter flowers.

This mandolin sounds like its teeth are chattering.

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - LARA'S THEME (DR. ZHIVAGO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRElAjI1O60

Is ADHD A Real Disorder? Tweets of the Day 2/10/13

1. Is ADHD A Real Disorder?

http://specialneedssurvey.blogspot.com/2013/02/is-adhd-real-disorder.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

2. Anxious About Tests? Tips to Ease Angst

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/anxious-about-tests-tips-to-ease-angst/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

3. Helping a Worrier Become a Warrior

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/helping-a-worrier-become-a-warrior/

4. An Easy Way To Shift Your Mood -- Permanently!

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/Shift_Your_Mood_with_Gratitude_Practices/

5. 12 Sure-Fire Ways to Motivate Students

http://www.teachhub.com/12-sure-fire-ways-parents-and-teachers-can-work-together-motivate-students

6. Teaching Kindness: More Than a Random Act

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-kindness-the-kind-campaign-lisa-dabbs

7. Using Stations to Review for Tests

Grade 7, Math, Workstations

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/preparing-students-for-exams

Math Workstation

MzTeachuh: We're All Making Progress Tweets of the Day 2/9/13...

MzTeachuh: We're All Making Progress Tweets of the Day 2/9/13...: 1. Lessons Learned: How a Progressive New School Adapts to Realities http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/lessons-learned-how-a-prog...

We're All Making Progress Tweets of the Day 2/9/13

1. Lessons Learned: How a Progressive New School Adapts to Realities

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/08/lessons-learned-how-a-progressive-new-school-evolves/

2. 3 Websites for High School Teachers to Try in 2013

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2013/02/04/3-websites-for-high-school-teachers-to-try-in-2013?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=ALSocialMedia

3. Helping others thrive despite autism

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/05/v-fullstory/3218047/helping-others-thrive-despite.html

4. How to Tell a Good Learning Story

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/civic_mission/2013/02/how_to_tell_a_good_learning_story.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB

5. Teaching Others to Embrace Common Core

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/02/08/teaching-others-to-embrace-common-core/

6. Appreciating Special Education Students' Diversity

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/02/06/20armstrong.h32.html?tkn=WSWF0KVtB%2B09KwN83N6B7FftXw8PN%2B5h2%2FMZ&cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

7. Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/magazine/why-can-some-kids-handle-pressure-while-others-fall-apart.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Friday, February 8, 2013

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/8/13

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/8/13: Black History Month: George Washington Carver http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/black-history-month-george-washington.html T...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 2/8/13

Black History Month: George Washington Carver

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/black-history-month-george-washington.html

Thinking It Through Tweets of the Day 2/3/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/thinking-it-through-tweets-of-day-2313.html

Black History Month: Marian Anderson

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/black-history-month-marian-anderson.html

Black History Month: Jackie Robinson

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/black-history-month-jackie-robinson.html

Black History Month Activities

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/black-history-month-activities.html

Malala--Will She Win The Peace Prize? Tweets of the Day 2/6/13

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/malala-will-she-win-peace-prize-tweets.html

Shakespeare Tonight! And He's Uncovered!

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/shakespeare-tonight-and-hes-uncovered.html

What Educational Writers Are Saying Today

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/mzteachuh-what-educational-writers-are.html

Malala's Story

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/malalas-story.html

Would You like Some Chopin With Your Tea?

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/02/would-you-like-some-chopin-with-your-tea.html?spref=bl

Amazing that we can write for an international audience. I'm privileged. Top viewership by nation:

United States, Russia, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, India Netherlands, Italy.

MzTeachuh: Would You like Some Chopin With Your Tea?

MzTeachuh: Would You like Some Chopin With Your Tea?: Seems like it's universally a good weekend to enjoy the snuggy indoors. Chopin's Raindrops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIMvliWM2...

Would You like Some Chopin With Your Tea?

Seems like it's universally a good weekend to enjoy the snuggy indoors.

Chopin's Raindrops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIMvliWM2I

MzTeachuh: The Snow Is Dancing

MzTeachuh: The Snow Is Dancing: Snow near Honfleur Monet Hope not too much. Claude Debussy - The Snow is Dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dobF8wJWH6w

The Snow Is Dancing

Snow near Honfleur Monet

Hope not too much.

Claude Debussy - The Snow is Dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dobF8wJWH6w

MzTeachuh: Malala's Story

MzTeachuh: Malala's Story: Malala is a young teenager who has come to international fame over the last two years by writing about her experiences in seeking an edu...

Malala's Story

Malala is a young teenager who has come to international fame over the last two years by writing about her experiences in seeking an education as a girl in Pakistan. She was attacked in October 2012 by the Taliban and almost killed. Currently, Malala and her family reside in England where she receives medical care.

As she was discharged from the hospital, she said: "Today you can see that I am alive. I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone and I am getting better day by day. It's just because of the prayers of people. Because all people – men, women, children – all of them have prayed for me.

The Malala Fund has been set up to support her campaign for the right to education for children across the world. She is the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala Yousafzai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai

Pakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/02/06/malala-yousafai-nobel-peace-prize-2013-girls-education-taliban-shooting/

Malala, teen champion of girls' rights, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/01/16811670-malala-teen-champion-of-girls-rights-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize

Malala, Pakistani teen shot by Taliban, leaves hospital after stunning recovery

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/08/world/europe/malala-hospital-release/index.html

Wounded Pakistan teen is now face of girls education movement

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/13/local/la-me-malala-education-20121014

MzTeachuh: Shakespeare! And He's Uncovered!

MzTeachuh: Shakespeare! And He's Uncovered!: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/ You can give the kids a taste of William with this PBS series. There are interviews wi...

Shakespeare! And He's Uncovered!

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/
You can give the kids a taste of William with this PBS series.

There are interviews with current stars preparing for roles or reflecting on past performances. PBS online offers the plays as part of the Great Performances series.

Get creative with your assignments--Shakespeare is better seen than read, anyway; and certainly you can take some time out for the Bard in some size, shape or form. Make it a for reward day.

Henry IV and Henry IV Jeremy Irons

The first two episodes involve actors' insights and comments, premiering January 25, 2013:

MacBeth with Ethan Hawke and the Comedies with Joely Richardson.

February 1 Richard II with Derrick Jacobi and Henry IV and Henry V with Jeremy Irons.

Lastly, David Tennant and Hamlet and The Tempest with Trevor Nunn the director.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/video/

These plays will stream for you at the Shakespeare Uncovered site. What wealth we have.

MacBeth with Patrick Stewart.

Hamlet with David Tennant.

King Lear Ian McKellan

The Globe theatre, London

And a fun app--Which Shakespeare Character Are You? I'm Rosalind.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/blog/which-shakespeare-character-are-you/

Here are a couple recent articles.

'Shakespeare Uncovered' explores the bard, his life

http://www.cp24.com/entertainment-news/shakespeare-uncovered-explores-the-bard-his-life-1.1129568

THIRTEEN’s Shakespeare Uncovered,
A Six-Film Series Telling the Stories Behind Shakespeare’s Greatest Plays
http://www.pbssocal.org/shakespeare

MzTeachuh: What Educational Writers Are Saying Today

MzTeachuh: What Educational Writers Are Saying Today: Kill Shakespeare http://www.killshakespeare.com/ 1. Kill Your Idols: A Case for Contemporary Literature http://theeducatorsroom.com...

What Educational Writers Are Saying Today

Kill Shakespeare http://www.killshakespeare.com/

1. Kill Your Idols: A Case for Contemporary Literature

http://theeducatorsroom.com/category/instruction-and-curriculum/literacy/

2. Changing the Education Conversation

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/changing-education-conversation-anne-obrien

3.Good Read: Should Teachers Ask Introverted Kids to Speak Up at School?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/jp/good-read-introverted-kids-need-to-learn-to-speak-up-at-school/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

4. Grit, And How To Get It

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/02/grit-and-how-to-get-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grit-and-how-to-get-it

5. Dancing on the Edge

http://specialneedssurvey.blogspot.com/2013/02/dancing-on-edge.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

6. The Therapeutic Value of Horseback Riding

http://special-ism.com/expert-sue-adams-reports-therapeutic-horseback-riding/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

7. Survey: 74 Percent of Educators Support the Use of Technology in Schools

PBS releases report as part of national Digital Learning Day.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/02/survey-74-percent-educators-support-use-technology-schools?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdTechK12+%28EdTech+Magazine%3A+Focus+on+K-12%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

MzTeachuh: Reading Hints Tweets of the Day 2/8/13

MzTeachuh: Reading Hints Tweets of the Day 2/8/13: 1. Rick's Reading Workshop: Mini-Lesson https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/theories-of-character Grade 5, Reading, Comprehensio...

Reading Hints Tweets of the Day 2/8/13

1. Rick's Reading Workshop: Mini-Lesson

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/theories-of-character

Grade 5, Reading, Comprehension

Common Core Standards: ELA.RL.5.3 ELA.RL.5.4

2. Guided Reading with Jenna: Reading Predictions

Grade 5, ELA, Differentiation

Common Core Standards: ELA.RL.5.10 ELA.RF.5.4a ELA.SL.5.1

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-reading-comprehension

3. Start with a book: Is There a Young Sherlock Holmes in Your House?

http://www.startwithabook.org/booklists/detectives-and-explorers

4. Does It Matter If You Meet Your Classmates Face-To-Face?

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/02/does-it-matter-if-you-meet-your-classmates-face-to-face/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-it-matter-if-you-meet-your-classmates-face-to-face

This can be good for teachers, too.

5. 10 Steps To Stop Yelling

http://www.ahaparenting.com/_blog/Parenting_Blog/post/How_To__stop_yelling_at_kids/

6. Higher Ed Trends: MOOCs, Tablets, Gamification, and Wearable Tech

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/higher-ed-trends-moocs-tablets-gamification-and-wearable-tech/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

7. The Classics Quoted: 7 Bell-Ringers from Charles Dickens

http://www.teachhub.com/classics-quoted-7-bell-ringers-charles-dickens

8. What to Do When Students Lie

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/when-students-lie-richard-curwin

Thursday, February 7, 2013

MzTeachuh: Life Too Fiberoptic? Take A Cafe Jazz Coffee Break...

MzTeachuh: Life Too Fiberoptic? Take A Cafe Jazz Coffee Break...: Cinnam on Sp ice Mocha , anyone? Your Own Rhythm (Cafe Jazz Coffee) Acoustic Alchemy - Playing for The Time http://www.youtube...

Life Too Fiberoptic? Take A Cafe Jazz Coffee Break

Cinnamon Spice Mocha, anyone?

Your Own Rhythm (Cafe Jazz Coffee) Acoustic Alchemy - Playing for The Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMIBsKiJSsg

MzTeachuh: Start With A Book! Tweets of the Day 2/7/13

MzTeachuh: Start With A Book! Tweets of the Day 2/7/13: 1. What does your child love to explore and learn about? Pick a theme below and get started! ...

Start With A Book! Tweets of the Day 2/7/13

1. What does your child love to explore and learn about? Pick a theme below and get started!

Explore dinosaurs, bugs, birds, planes, music, sports, superheroes, inventors, art, the night sky, the ocean, and more —
24 themes in all. Start with a book … and see where your child's imagination goes!

http://www.startwithabook.org/?utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter

2. Number Sense, Not Counting Skills, Predicts Math Ability, Says Study

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2013/02/early_number_linkages_not_coun.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

3. 20 Must-use Education Technology Tools

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-steinberg/education-tools_b_2567342.html

4. Improving Speaking Skills with Poetry Podcasting

Grades 6-8, ELA, Technology

Common Core Standards: ELA.SL.8.6 ELA.SL.7.6 ELA.SL.6.6

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/middle-school-literacy-lesson?fd=1

5. Timing Tips for the ACT and SAT

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/education/edlife/timing-tips-for-the-sat-and-act.html?ref=education&_r=1&

6. Building Pharaoh's Chariot

A team uncovers the advanced engineering behind an ancient Egyptian war machine

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/pharaoh-chariot.html

7. Creating a Family Media Agreement: How to Have the Conversation

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-a-family-media-agreement-matt-levinson

Looks like happy holidays.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

MzTeachuh: Valentine's Activities

MzTeachuh: Valentine's Activities: Let me call you Tweetheart. 1. Activities, Crafts and Cards for Valentine's Day http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/valentine/ ...

Valentine's Activities

Let me call you Tweetheart.

1. Activities, Crafts and Cards for Valentine's Day
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/valentine/

2. Valentine's Day is today!Read Think Write

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/valentine-today-20427.html

3. Our Valentine's Day category includes hundreds of activities.

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/holidays-months-and-seasons-holidays-valentines-day-3661-2-1

4. Top 10 Children's Books for Valentine's Day

Picture Books and Beginning Readers

When punctuation counts.

http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/valentines.htm

5. Valentine's Day

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day

6. Love Poems For Valentine's Day

Happy Valentines Day Poetry

http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/valentine/

And don't forget my contribution!

7. Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts for Valentine's Day

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/01/cheesy-jokes-and-serious-thoughts-for.html

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: Jackie Robinson

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: Jackie Robinson: Watch The Latest Trailer For The Jackie Robinson Movie ’42′ http://elitedaily.com/elite/2013/watch-latest-trailer-jacke-robinson...

Black History Month: Jackie Robinson

Watch The Latest Trailer For The Jackie Robinson Movie ’42′ http://elitedaily.com/elite/2013/watch-latest-trailer-jacke-robinson-movie-42/

Not only an extremely talented athlete, graduate of UCLA, and Army officer, Jackie Robinson chose to demonstrate unmatchable self-control and focus by entering the white-only world of Major League Baseball; he was Rookie of the Year, later MVP, and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The indiscribable pressure to perform despite death threats and racial slurs only slightly echoed the actual racial violence of the USA through the centuries. But now it was in a beloved public forum-Major League Baseball- and the object of rascist ridicule was actually demonstrating superiority. Not of race, but athletic skills. He had a supportive wife and family, who were also in the spotlight.

I especially love the stolen home bases.

Jackie Robinson steals home (Yogi Berra catching.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU

Jackie Robinson official site.

http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html

I am very much looking forward to the movie "42," opening on April 12, 2013, just after the start of baseball season. Here are a couple of articles about the film.

For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sneaks-boseman-20130113,0,2347774.story

Jackie Robinson will be the focus of this spring's new biopic '42'

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Culture-Cafe/2013/0131/Jackie-Robinson-will-be-the-focus-of-this-spring-s-new-biopic-42

MzTeachuh: Malala--Will She Win The Peace Prize? Tweets of th...

MzTeachuh: Malala--Will She Win The Peace Prize? Tweets of th...: 1. Malala Yousafzai speaks publicly for first time since Taliban shooting http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/malala-yousafzai-speaks-v...

Malala--Will She Win The Peace Prize? Tweets of the Day 2/6/13

1. Malala Yousafzai speaks publicly for first time since Taliban shooting

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/malala-yousafzai-speaks-video-143346420.html

2. Is it February yet? (Yes)

http://www.maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-it-february-yet.html

3. Kids' Valentine's Day Activities(Pinterest)

http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/kids-valentine-s-day-activities/

4. Valentine's Day (Writing activities, Reading Rockets)

http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/valentine/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Hootsuite&utm_campaign=RRSocialMedia

5. Ten Tough Questions for Digital Learning Day

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2013/02/ten_tough_questions_for_digital_learning_day.html

6. 50 Important Links for Common Core Educators

http://www.teachertime123.com/2012/07/50-important-links-for-common-core-educators/

7. Teaching About Friendship Via Valentine's Day

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/02/teaching-about-friendship-valentines-day?eml=Teachers/e/20130205/Facebook///SMO/Teachers/TopTeaching/Tiffani/

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

MzTeachuh: Documentary Review: The Abolitionists

MzTeachuh: Documentary Review: The Abolitionists: Abolitionist allies Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimké turned a despised f...

Documentary Review: The Abolitionists

Abolitionist allies Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimké turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.

So the watcher is introduces to the PBS documentary, "The Abolitionists."

The narratives are carefully written; the performances are powerful in their loyalty to the history.

The questions we have looking back at the slavery question are enunciated clearly in this documentary, whether it be the Southern Belle with a conscience; the young Northern writer who was haunted by the broken families. Or the young mother mourning a loss and identifying with the young black mothers; the little black boy who grew eloquence and voice for all time. The man willing to set the world on fire (and sacrifice his own sons) for his beliefs. The story is carefully and honestly told. No one is perfect, but each was compelled by a mighty sense of purpose and outrage.

The murky darkness of the United States at that time grows increasingly dense in this story. By the Dred Scott case, it is unimaginable that slavery will ever end. I was profoundly impressed that the abolitionists proceeded with their call despite the overwhelming catastrophes of their cause. It was a complete example of "It's always darkest before the dawn."

The dawn was a very, very long time breaking. How incomprehensible to expect to survive the Civil War with the abolition of slavery. It required Holy Stubbornness.

We have the privilege of perspective. All the way through Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement, many victories both small and great. But to be in the US before Lincoln--that truly demonstrated the audacity of hope for abolition of slavery.

This is an intense documentary. I recommend for secondary kids, but prepare the middle schoolers carefully.

MzTeachuh: Aha! Dr. Laura Markham

MzTeachuh: Aha! Dr. Laura Markham: Dr. Laura http://www.ahaparenting.com/ Dr. Laura Markham trained as a Clinical Psychologist, earning her PhD from Columbia University. ...

Aha! Dr. Laura Markham

Dr. Laura http://www.ahaparenting.com/

Dr. Laura Markham trained as a Clinical Psychologist, earning her PhD from Columbia University. But she's also a mom, so she translates proven science into the practical solutions you need for the family life you want.

She has a clear and concise writing style that makes these important concepts easy to understand and implement. Parents and teachers can enjoy her professional insights and enhance the children's experience at home and in the classroom.

Here are a variety of her articles I have found helpful:

12 Safety Rules for Every Family

http://www.ahaparenting.com/ages-stages/preschoolers/Top_Safety_Tips_Kids

How to Keep Your Child from Developing an Eating Disorder

http://www.ahaparenting.com/ages-stages/tweens/prevent-eating-disorder-child

Bully-Proof Your Child

http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/raise-great-kids/socially-intelligent-child/Helping_Bulllied_Child

How to Raise an Intelligent, Creative Child

http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/raise-great-kids/intelligent-creative-child

Raise a Smart Kid Who Loves to Learn

http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/raise-great-kids/intellegent-creative-child/loves-learn

10 Commitments That Will Make You a Better Parent

http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting-tools/raise-great-kids/Resolutions-better-parent

And here's one of my own:

Have You Talked to Your Kid Today?

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/06/have-you-talked-to-your-kid-today.html?spref=bl

Take a minute and talk.

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: Marian Anderson

MzTeachuh: Black History Month: Marian Anderson: Marian Anderson ' Marian Anderson's Future Fund' was the name of the extra offering her church used to pass a...

Black History Month: Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson

'Marian Anderson's Future Fund' was the name of the extra offering her church used to pass around so the little girl with the big voice could have singing lessons. Her dad bought her a piano when she was a very young, and after he passed away when she was eight, her mom raised her and her two little sisters. That's a lot of faith put into a young person.

Marian Anderson did not let anyone down. She not only used her very unusual gift for extreme excellence in opera, receiving international acclaim, but used her very unusual gift for grace and morality in the confrontation with baseness and racism.

She used a cash award from the city of Philadelphia to start an award for young people. Not for young people only of her race or profession, but young people of her humanitarian dispositions.

Even when accosted by racism in her own country, such as separate accomodations while touring, she was the perfect lady. The most famous incident of racism was in the nation's capitol when she requested to rent a certain hall for a concert in 1939. The Daughters of the American Revolution, who owned the hall, refused to rent to her because they had a segregationist policy. The First Lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt, resigned from the DAR because of their attitude, and arranged for Marian Anderson's now famous concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial twenty-five years before Dr. King's speech there. I could also be a member of the DAR from three out of four of my grandparents, but would rather not for the same reasons.

American Experience Biography: Marian Anderson

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/eleanor-anderson/

Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson

Easter morning 1939

Marian Anderson's Easter Sunday Lincoln Memorial concert on April 9, 1939 from the UCLA Film & Television Archive's "Hearst Metrotone News Collection."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF9Quk0QhSE

A short film about the life and career of singer Marian Anderson up through 1950. Transferred from original 35mm print. Footage from this subject is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLvusKNU7U

Langston Hughes wrote about Marian. Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer. with Steven C. Tracy 1954