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
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Allison Armstrong
Lead Faculty Area Chair, College of Education, Adult Education

*University of Phoenix*
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