Thank you so much for the info on this book. I have read several reviews and will be buying it this week. What a wonderful message of small being helpful to others. That is one theme I work to guide my class and school to live with a service project each year. This will be a conversation springboard.
with appreciation, Kim On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Allison Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
