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Special Values: Travel & ArtBring the world into your home or classroom! These "World Wise Schools" videos and country study guides capture the experience and knowledge of Peace Corps volunteers, specially designed for students in grades 3 through 12. Students discover people and places around the globe through personal accounts of volunteers and a variety of professionally developed activities.
Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS 13V-92. Introduces students to the culture and geography of Honduras as seen through the eyes of Peace Corps Volunteers and the families with whom they work and live. Gives students a better understanding of our fellow Americans and a better understanding of themselves. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (20 min.).
Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools Description: WWS-VB1-96. Teachers video guide to the "Destination" video series which introduces grades 3-12 to nearly a dozen countries that the Peace Corps serves. Enhances each class' understanding of a culture and region of the world that is different from their own. Encourages students to look more closely at their own culture, and to identify the similarities and differences that exist among cultures. Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape and booklet. Fearless and Free: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the National Endowment for the Humanities Publisher: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities Description: This book is adapted from eighteen conversations conducted by the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities Bruce Cole. They first appeared in the pages of "Humanities," the Endowment's monthly magazine. Year/Pages: 2005: 126 p.; ill. National Park Service: Where History Happens Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service Description: Describes National Park sites in the Washington, D.C. area. Sold in packages of 50 copies only, Year/Pages: 2009: 1 folded sheet (12 p.).
Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Pacific West Region Description: In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. Year/Pages: 2006: 340 p.; ill. [ Top ]
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