I love this book and have use pretty much the same way. Allison On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Brenda White-Keller < [email protected]> wrote:
> I used "14 Cows for America" to talk about 9/11 with my students. The book > deals with a tribe in Africa "symbolically" giving 14 cows, their most > prized > possessions, to NYC. The first year I read the book the students were able > to > apply what they learned by doing something for earthquake survivors in > Haiti. > This last year they helped with the Relay for Life. I felt this gave the > students purpose and a way to look outside themselves, many for the first > time. > Brenda > Ca/4 > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > -- Allison Armstrong Lead Faculty Area Chair, College of Education, Adult Education *University of Phoenix* Sacramento Valley Campus phone: 916-396-4018 email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
