This 55 page unit has it all! Use the webquest, character profiles, vocabulary, texts, paired texts, close read activities and projects to teach literary analysis and comparing two texts! Students will learn to connect ancient stories to modern themes, music to prose, timeless issues to characters o...
I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.
Book — Non-fiction. By Paulo Freire. 1968; republished in 2000, 2018. 192 pages. Classic text on critical pedagogy.
Two great champions of reading for pleasure return to remind us that it really is an important thing to do – and that libraries create literate citizens
Last week I attended a meeting for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, where it came to my attention. What? A charity set up to help impoverished African girls receive education. This charity is …
Celebrate equality and fight for justice in the United States with the best Black History Month quotes about race, love, and equality spoken by the greatest leaders and civil rights activists throughout history.
Instructions by Neil Gaiman
Two great champions of reading for pleasure return to remind us that it really is an important thing to do – and that libraries create literate citizens
See video, photos and fan art Hadestown on Broadway.
Art is a very powerful way of creating social change and providing voices to those who are otherwise marginalized from society. Artist Angélica Becerra‘s series “Palabra” highlight activists within the LGBT community and communities of color. Her project began as a design for a flyer and later became the basis for many watercolor portraits. She focuses specifically on activist figures in this series and pairs them with some of their famous quotes. Becerra intends to spark inspiration and solidarity in viewers who identify […]
“God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.”- Dr. King, “Strength to Love”, 1963 Although I’m not a history …
Hi pals! I hope that you are all having a stellar Monday so far. It’s my last week in the great United States before returning to the UK for immersion into the joys of a PhD programme. Fortun…
Many criticize the casting of Zoe Saldana in an upcoming film about Nina Simone, an artist who espoused Black Power and self-determination. I'm not sure Nina would be pleased either... here's why.
Two great champions of reading for pleasure return to remind us that it really is an important thing to do – and that libraries create literate citizens
Two great champions of reading for pleasure return to remind us that it really is an important thing to do – and that libraries create literate citizens
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Two great champions of reading for pleasure return to remind us that it really is an important thing to do – and that libraries create literate citizens
Audre Lorde was an American writer, lesbian, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. As a poet, she is known for her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices. Perfect for a kids room to remind them to be brave and strong, a living room, or a school classroom to inspire all children. This actual print will be sent in a rigid mailer to your home. Check out these other prints that would make a great addition to Audre Lorde! https://www.etsy.com/listing/633175866/ruth-bader-ginsburg-ruth-bader-ginsburg?ref=shop_home_active_6 https://www.etsy.com/listing/633173386/obama-barack-obama-obama-poster?ref=shop_home_active_12 https://www.etsy.com/listing/633176908/yuri-kochiyama-japanese-art-japanese?ref=shop_home_active_14
Celebrate equality and fight for justice in the United States with the best Black History Month quotes about race, love, and equality spoken by the greatest leaders and civil rights activists throughout history.
When times are uncertain and the future looks less bright, look to these quotes by Latina writers to find peace, hope and the fuerza to look ahead.
Illustrated Neil Gaiman quotes by Cartoonist Chris Riddell
Looking for short new year, new me quotes? Here are 60 motivational new year new beginning quotes to celebrate a new year and new you in 2023!
The honor in grief is the rejoicing of having loved somebody so much that their departure breaks you.
“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.” — Neil Gaiman A stunning and timely creative classic combining four extraordinarily written pieces by Neil Gaiman and illustrated with the simple lines and whimsical images of Chris Riddell, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World brings together four of Gaiman’s most beloved writings on creativity and artistry: “Credo,” his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression, first delivered in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings “Make Good Art,” his famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts “Making a Chair,” a poem about the joys of creating something, even when words won’t come “On Libraries,” an impassioned argument for libraries that illuminates their importance to our future and celebrates how they foster readers and daydreamers Drawn from Gaiman’s trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist’s vision—an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives. Featuring original illustrations by Gaiman’s longtime illustrator, Chris Riddell, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspires us to make art in the face of adversity, and dares us to choose to be bold. Be bold. Be rebellious. Choose art. It matters! THE DETAILS Condition: New. Hardcover, Glued binding.Edition: Published November 20, 2018 (1st U.S. Edition)Publisher: Harper CollinsISBN-13: 978-0062906205ISBN-10: 0062906208Pages: 112Dimensions: 4.8 x 0.6 x 7.1 inchesRating:★★★★★ (See Contact Us / FAQs for more information) ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, The Graveyard Book and Good Omens, Among his numerous literary awards are the Newbery and Carnegie medals, and the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. Originally from England, he now lives in America. Chris Riddell Chris Riddell is an acclaimed British artist who lives in Brighton, England. He has written and illustrated many books of his own, including Ottoline and the Yellow Cat and Ottoline Goes to School, and has illustrated, for Bloomsbury UK, The Graveyard Book; Coraline; and Fortunately, the Milk; as well as The Sleeper and the Spindle.
This 55 page unit has it all! Use the webquest, character profiles, vocabulary, texts, paired texts, close read activities and projects to teach literary analysis and comparing two texts! Students will learn to connect ancient stories to modern themes, music to prose, timeless issues to characters o...
“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.” — Neil Gaiman A stunning and timely creative classic combining four extraordinarily written pieces by Neil Gaiman and illustrated with the simple lines and whimsical images of Chris Riddell, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World brings together four of Gaiman’s most beloved writings on creativity and artistry: “Credo,” his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression, first delivered in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings “Make Good Art,” his famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts “Making a Chair,” a poem about the joys of creating something, even when words won’t come “On Libraries,” an impassioned argument for libraries that illuminates their importance to our future and celebrates how they foster readers and daydreamers Drawn from Gaiman’s trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist’s vision—an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives. Featuring original illustrations by Gaiman’s longtime illustrator, Chris Riddell, Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspires us to make art in the face of adversity, and dares us to choose to be bold. Be bold. Be rebellious. Choose art. It matters! THE DETAILS Condition: New. Hardcover, Glued binding.Edition: Published November 20, 2018 (1st U.S. Edition)Publisher: Harper CollinsISBN-13: 978-0062906205ISBN-10: 0062906208Pages: 112Dimensions: 4.8 x 0.6 x 7.1 inchesRating:★★★★★ (See Contact Us / FAQs for more information) ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, The Graveyard Book and Good Omens, Among his numerous literary awards are the Newbery and Carnegie medals, and the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. Originally from England, he now lives in America. Chris Riddell Chris Riddell is an acclaimed British artist who lives in Brighton, England. He has written and illustrated many books of his own, including Ottoline and the Yellow Cat and Ottoline Goes to School, and has illustrated, for Bloomsbury UK, The Graveyard Book; Coraline; and Fortunately, the Milk; as well as The Sleeper and the Spindle.
Two great champions of reading for pleasure return to remind us that it really is an important thing to do – and that libraries create literate citizens
