Places and Perspectives

Hello to all our new friends!

+ Christine Hockert ----- Hixson, Tennessee, United States

Manar Dahbi ----- Imzouren, Al-Hoceima, Morocco

Silvina Hualpa ----- Trelew, Chubut, Argentina

Maxim Jordan Dongmo Ymelong ----- Dschang/Bafou, Cameroon

Olga Klepinina ----- Kirov, Russia

Ashley Rubolotta ----- Boonton, New Jersey, United States

Gheorghe Taran ----- Causeni, Moldova

Scott Tuffiash ----- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Sydney Valerio ----- Thiells, New York, United States

Ardyth Watson ----- Manlius, New York, United States

Mostafa Zahir ----- Tiznit, Souss Massa Daraa, Morocco

We are excited to be sharing in the "Places and Perspectives" Learning Circle for the fall/winter session of 2014.  We have created this page for previous iEARN projects, and would like if you can see what we have done in the past.  We will be posting new information about this project as time goes by.  Please stop by often to see what we are up to!

Hello Imam Malik School!

Hello and welcome to our Moroccan friends!

This web site was created for a previous iEARN project; we participated in a learning circle last year and created an on-line newspaper.  Please feel free to view our web-page while you are waiting for our package to arrive.  If you view all of the posts, you will find information about American singers, some photos taken within 25 miles, (or 40.2336 kilometers), of our school, and some videos made by Craig High School students.

In this post, I would like to highlight a video by a current 11th grader.  He would like you to see his cardistry techniques.  In the video below, Kolya not only performs, but he films himself, creates and mixes the music, and edits the video.  Please enjoy this video and comment below.

Thank you again!

We wanted to thank all the other schools for their input and participation in our project.  We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the relationships we built. 

If you have a moment, please visit the finished project page to check our our finished projects.
http://www.iearn.org/circles/2010session2/index.htm

Feel free to leave comments here and let us know what you think!

Thank you to all the other groups!

We have now entered our student writing section on the learning circle project.  We have received great information from some of our friends in Romania and Florida and Indonesia.  We will now be using that information to write articles, poems and songs, as well as create some of our own political cartoons.

We will be putting all of this work into our section of the international newspaper.  This newspaper will be complete in January and we will then be able to see all of the other sections of the newspaper that our friends have been working on.  We will post some previews as soon as possible.  Be sure to check back in a few weeks to check on our progress!

Woody Guthrie- American Folk Singer

This is American folk singer Woodie Guthrie. He is singing his song "This Land is your Land." He wrote this song in 1940. Guthrie's melody was very similar to a Baptist gospel hymn that had been recorded by the Carter Family.

Neil Young Interview

This is an interview with American musician Neil Young. He shares his thoughts on politics and how politics influence his music.

Political Cartoons from the USA

We have asked for some political cartoons from your country.  Thought we would share a few with you.  Enjoy.

This was the first political cartoon published in America.  It was published in the newspaper The Pennsylvania Gazette.   It was published on May 9, 1754 and it was by Benjamin Franklin.  This cartoon appeared as part of an editorial article by Franklin in which he commented on the "present disunited state of the British Colonies."

This cartoon was created by Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. Suess.  He created many political cartoons during World War II.  He was against the United States isolationist position in the early war years and he mocked that attitude frequently in his cartoons.

This comic was taken from the web-site www.xkcd.com.  The title of this comic is "The End is Not For A While."

This cartoon was created by August J. Pollak.  He shows a lighter side of the political cartoons in the United States.  You can visit his website at the address listed below.