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Synopsis
New in paperback! Turn the library into a center for active and fun-filled discovery! Heath shows how to use thematic festivals to incorporate the exploration of literature into cooperative learning activities. Each of the book's nine chapters describes a different festival, complete with arts, crafts, music and storytelling—activities that will increase students' awareness of other cultures (Shaker, Native American, and Caribbean, to name a few). Features literature-based projects, craft...
About the Author
Alan Heath teaches in the integrated humanities program in the middle school of the American School in London. He is a book review editor of the International Schools Journal and serves on the Education Committee of the British Museum.
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This hands-on guide for planning nine kinds of thematic festivals for all ages across the curriculum includes detailed suggestions for arts and crafts, reading, writing, storytelling, music, putting on a play, and bringing in outside speakers. The themes drawn from folklore and literature include celebrations for Valentine's Day and other holidays, as well as schoolwide projects on storytelling, local history, puppets and literature, the Shakers, the zodiac, and rivers....
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- PublisherScarecrow Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0810830361
- ISBN 13 9780810830363
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages390
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