Spain

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A Look Inside the Global Classroom
and why you want to be there. ?
Patti Weeg pweeg_at_comcast.net August 2, 2004 -
Hawaii
Spain
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In the global classroom youll find

• Curriculum standards
• An audience and a purpose
• Real world meanings
• Global perspectives
• Global collaboration
• Deeper understandings

Taiwan
South Africa
Taiwan
Curious? Come along and meet the students.
Canada
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appreciation of the global diversity and
interdependence of the worlds people,
institutions, traditions, values, and
environment HCPS
Drie minuten stilte voor Amerika
Belgium
Belgium
Students at Gemeentelijke lagere school in
Belgium during three minutes of silence for
America
Belgium
Jef de Kriebel's website
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"I expect this to be the last tear"
Written after the March 11, 2004 commuter train
bombings in Spain.
Why? Why have so many people died? I would like
to express what I feel in these moments. I feel
myself impotent, full of rage. Sometimes I dream
that a genie comes to visit me and that grants
me three desires. I would like to ask for a
console, to have a lot of force and to be able to
fly. But suddenly, my heart cries and does me to
say things that I think in the deepest part of
me. Then I tell to him First desire "I do not
want more war" Second desire "Not more bands of
terrorists" Third desire ... and then I say "I
do not know what to ask for." There are things
that can not be arranged. The reality has to be
assimilated. This world is not fair/equitable. We
all are rabid and, when somebody does us damage,
afterwards we want to return it to himher. We
must say that even I behave like this. Then I
wake up and a tear falls me and I say afterwards.
"I expect this tear to be the last one". Ángel
Moreno García 1A (12 años) Barcelona, Spain
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Serenity Quest
The kinds of problems in our neighborhood are
specific. They are gun firing, drug dealing, and
also drunk driving. Believe me because Ive seen
it all from drug dealing to gun firing. It was
really sad to see so many people hurt or even die
for false reasons but other people dont even
have anything to do with it, sort of like
bystanders. Things just happen for no reason at
all. Usually there are different feelings for
the people that are standing around. Some dont
care since they did not get hurt and others are
concerned because it could be their family
members or friends. Tanika
a Peace project by middle school students in
Richmond, Virginia
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Dealing With Violence
From Campinas, Brazil
Hello my name is Laura, Im 15 years old and in
my neighborhood we have a serious problem with
minors of 18 committing crimes and violent
actions.The Statute of childhood and teenagers
in Brazil protects the minors from being
arrested. Because of that, many minors that live
in slums (what we call favelas) are recruited
by drug dealers to be a part of the scheme. These
minors are between the ages of 13 and 17. And
most of them also die before they reach 18.The
reasons for most deaths are- Getting shot in
the crossfire with the police (and this can
happen to anyone at the wrong place at the wrong
time like Tearra)- Knowing too much and being a
snitch (to the police or to rival factions)-
Getting shot in the crossfire between rival
factions.These minors dont have access to many
things like quality education or good houses.
They also dont have buying power. They suffer
from prejudice from the rest of society as well.
Because of all those problems they see in
trafficking an opportunity to get easy money and
power (status in the slums).
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Rio de Janeiro
Favelas on the hillsides
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I Had a Box of Colors
By Tali Sorek
I had a box of colors--Shining bright and
bold.I had a box of colors,Some warm, some very
cold. I had no red for the blood of wounds.I had
no black for the orphans' grief.I had no white
for dead faces and hands.I had no yellow for
burning sands. But I had orange for the joy of
life,And I had green for buds and nests.I had
blue for bright, clear skies.I had pink for
dreams and rest. I sat down and painted Peace.
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Paint the Peace
Alegria Quaglia Calvo Age15,   Spain   
This drawing tries to represent how peace makes
a road among the war.How do the dreams, the
freedom, the force and the life, break with the
darkness of this. The drawing is inspired by the
poem of Tali Sorek and maintains a close
relationship with thisThe peace is represented
by the dreams symbolized by the pink color in the
poem for the blue bird, which according to Tali
Sorek are the clear and shining skies, and
represents the freedom for the force, the fire,
the passion, the jewels of the life, represented
through the sun and by the life that it breaks
with the darkness the tender but strong green
buds. The war and the sorrow are represented by
the black color. The drawing tries to express how
the peace starts to grow finishing with the war.
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Friends Across the Seasand across cultures
Aysha and Nicole were 8 years old when they wrote
to each other.
December 1994 Dear Edan, Noam and Nicole, How
are you? Thank you for the letter. How old is
Nicole? Please tell her hi for me. Would she
write to me too? Is your test hard that you have
to take to get into your school? Do you learn
Arabic there? I know lots of Arabic words. No, I
am not a Jew, I am a Muslim. We go to Israel
sometimes to visit my family there. I like Israel
but I don't like the war. We couldn't pass the
gates. Your friend, Aysha
Dear Aysha, Thank you for your letter. I want to
tell you about the kibbutz. A kibbutz is a place
where my mother was born and grew up. In a
kibbutz there is a communal dining room. There is
no school there. I didn't start to learn in
school when I was still on the kibbutz. My
brothers did. They learned at a regional kibbutz
school at another kibbutz. On a kibbutz, the
property belongs to everyone. The property is the
things which are in the kibbutz and everyone uses
them. Your friend, Nicole
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Hi Aysha, I will send you pictures. I want to
tell you something about Midreshet Ben Gurion and
the school where I learn. First of all, in the
midrasha I have many friends and I like it here
very much. It is beside a big wadi in the desert.
I like to go and look at the wadi. At my school I
have many friends also and we have 5 hours of
learning each day except for Fridays when we have
only 4 hours. The name of my teacher is Dina and
I think she is very nice. I am in grade 2. I
want to tell you that last year I had a teacher
named Liat. She was very nice also. Our principal
is named Ilana. Your friend,Nicole
Dear Nicole, Thank you for the picture. I like
it. I like your butterfly and the bear a lot. I
have 13 Barbies and I have even more but they are
upstairs in the attic. I have Snow White the
movie too. We don't have any animals at home but
my mom really wanted a dog. I am Muslim and we
celebrate all the Muslim holidays but we also
celebrate Christmas. We have Eid and that's when
we pray hundreds of times. All ladies wear a
scarf around their hair and they are not allowed
to show their hair to anyone. ladies can show
ladies their hair. We don't wear the scarf here
unless we go praying but we will do it when we go
to Israel. Your friend, Aysha
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Zlatas Diaryan excerpt from a chat with Zlata
on Kidlink IRC - 1995
Belaire What was the worst experience you had to
cope with while still in Sarajevo? Zlata I
don't know because for me the war was like one
day where each second was terrible. Maybe when
my mother went out and she didn't come back home
or when my friend was killed... Katie Zlata do
you ever wish there was never any war? Zlata Of
course. It's the most stupid and the worst thing
that exists on this world. Maxine Do you think
your life will be back to normal someday, Zlata?
Zlata I hope. I wish it with all my heart ) It
depends on some people. We'll see. Amanda What
were your deepest fears in Sarajevo? Zlata Hum.
I don't know. I wasn't afraid of death. I was
more afraid to stay without legs or arms. Because
when you die it's over and when you're wounded
you suffer all your life. Brittany what was it
like in Saraevo when the war was going on?
Zlata It's too hard to say with words. If I say
horrible, it's not the right word it's more than
horrible.
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Students Reflectionsafter the chat
On June 2 , 1995 I talked to Zlata on-line. Our
countries should not fight because what Zlata
went through was horrible and no kid should go
through something like that . She went through
war-time birthdays and her life completely
changed during this time. You must feel sorrow
for the people of Sarajevo and for the people who
go through things like this. Ana
When she wrote her diary she sometimes only had
a candle to see. She worked hard and long to
write her diary. The way I feel about Zlata and
Sarajevo is that people over there are desperate
for food, water, homes, and health. Now the war
is even worse. You can help them by sending
money and food and even clothes or something. You
as a person should help our world. We can make a
big difference in Sarajevo by sending things.
When you hear about all the bad things over there
you will want to help too. Kelly
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A Teachers Reflection
I was part of something big! I first heard about
Zlata Filipovic on National Public Radio. Then I
met John Ost. Next I read Zlata's Diary. Finally
I was on Kidlink sending and receiving messages
from Zlata! Now I listen to the news from
Sarajevo and I feel connected to those distant
events. As political strategies are developed and
employed I think about the children and their
families. I know, as many families do, that no
one needs troops, bombs, or air raids. The people
need food, safe homes and to be with their family
and friends. Above all people need peace. The
best part of the Kidlink chat with Zlata was
knowing that 100's of children and adults were
also concerned about Zlata and the war in her
country. Like me, those involved with the IRC are
beginning to learn more about our world. This
gives me hope that the children involved will
become caring adults in the future. The only way
to stop war is to have mutual respect and
understanding with your neighbors and people in
foreign lands. The Kidlink chat is one method of
reaching understanding between people of
different cultures and ideas. Now children and
grown-ups all over the world can express their
personal thoughts, feelings, and hopes. What are
my hopes? I hope that the students will continue
to read and write about real people in real life
struggle. My prayer is for peace. Amy Crouse,
Teacher Grade 1, Delmar Elementary School
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What Are My Rights?
A 7 year old child working as a shoeshine girl.
El Kidlinker, Bolivia No. 1-2004 Dennis
Life on the street is something desperate,
because there are moments that you have nothing
to eat. But some kids start to work in shops or
markets in the morning. In the afternoon they
work in the pensions or for people. And in the
night kids beg in the pensions and some of them
sell cigarettes. Some kids start to steal and
thats how kids survive on the street.
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From What Are My Rights? module of Who Am
I? program

• Write your own Kids' Bill of Rights
• Divide your class into small groups and decide
  on 10 things that all young people everywhere
  should have. Write these on a large sheet of
  paper.
• Display your chart and explain it to the rest of
  the class. Do you have all the things on your
  Bill that you think should be there? What
  prevents you from having them?
• Make one "Kids' Bill of Rights" for your class.
• Make a banner with the Bill of Rights and
  display it in the classroom.
• Prepare an assembly for your school about your
  Bill of Rights. Invite the media to come and film
  your performance and write about you in the local
  newspapers.

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Can you see stars?
Sent by Ana in Taiwan
A friend of mine wrote to me from Cebu, The
Philippines, saying that he happened to look up
into the sky from the deck of a steamboat and was
amazed to see a web of twinkling stars that
reminded him of his home in Santa Cruz (LA). Can
you see stars easily from home? I haven't seen
them for...who knows how long! Ana
About the stars...yes, we can't see the stars
because of air pollution to see the twinkling
sky one needs to go up the mountains. The higher,
the better. Last year when I was working in
Taipei, the capital city, days were humid and
grey with frequent acid drizzles that people had
to open their umbrellas even if the raindrops
could hardly be felt. This year in this small
town, Dayuan, I can enjoy ocean blue sunny days
while riding my bike -) Ana
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Save Our Environment ClubFrom I Have a Dream
program
    My environmental club's name is Save Our
Environment Club (S.O.E.C.) It started on 2
September 1999 with the students of my class.
Later on some other students also joined it. Our
activities -To create awareness-Discussions-Pap
er Recycling (We recycled ourselves)-Global
Warming-Pollution-Wildlife-Acid Rain-Water
Conservation-Paper bags (We made them) etc. We
hold meetings on Sundays (when every 1 is
free) at 1000 am.                           
Nitin (India)
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While Tevin and Gunnar discussed the temperature
in Cape Town and found the city on the map, Mrs.
Weeg told them about three famous South African
penguins named Peter, Pamela and Percy. Tevin
and Gunnar are very curious boys and they have
questions about the penguins in South Africa who
got oil on themselves because of the Treasure oil
spill. The boys asked Tracey Bruton their
questions because she helped clean some of the
soiled penguins.
Oil Spill
Dear Tracey, Was it hard to wash the penguins?
Why did you put transmitters on them? Your
friend,Tevin
Dear Tracey, Why did you clean the oil from the
penguins? How long does it take you to clean a
penguin? Sincerely,Your friend,Gunnar
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Cleaning Penguins
When I found out about the terrible oiling of
the penguins because of a ship, the Treasure,
that sank just outside our harbour, I really
wanted to help. I spent every day of my June
holiday helping, up to 10 hours a day. At first I
was a regular volunteer, helping out with odd
jobs like cleaning penguin pools, and carrying
buckets, but then I was transferred to the
washing room and became an experienced
"washer." Washing a single penguin takes 20-30
minutes, depending on how much oil the bird has
on it. You have to have two people to wash a
penguin- one to be the washer, and the other the
handler. The handler picks up a bird from the
appropriate pen, brings it to the washing room,
and you begin the process. Penguins are washed in
little tubs, and a soapy solution is added to
warm water in order to clean off the oil. Each
penguin uses about 6 tubs before it is clean
Tracey
Teenage volunteer, Tracey Bruton, in Cape Town
helped clean penguins after the Treasure oil
spill in June 2000. She wrote to my students at
Delmar and explained her experiences.
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ConnectingFrom the Ice
From Dave Hess in McMurdo, Antarctica
There are no trees, grass, flowers or any other
visible plants. The town where I am staying is
mostly volcanic rock, with ice and snow all
around. It is a desert, as there is very little
precipitation. It is very dry, cold, and windy.
This morning when I walked to work, it was -10F
with a 27 mph wind. That put the wind chill at
-62F. The humidity here averages about 10,
which is very dry. When you perspire, it
evaporates quickly. You body can dry out very
quickly causing dehydration. I drink 3-5 liters
of water a day, and more if I am doing physical
work. Where do you think we get our drinking
water? Thanks for writing,Dave
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Questions from Mr. Dave in Antarctica
Hi Patti and Kids, I took a journey tonight to a
very historic place. I walked about one half mile
down the road to a place called Scott's Hut. It
is an old wooden building built over 90 years
ago. The roof made of wooden planks without any
shingles. The hut was not open, but they do open
it occasionally for people to see inside. I
looked inside the window and saw old crates of
food. On the outside under the overhang of the
roof was a dead seal that was probably dried and
smoked for food. Seals are abundant here, and I
saw one lying on the ice near the hut The hut
looks as it did when it was erected, preserved by
the temperature and humidity. Who put the hut
where it is, and for what purpose was the hut
used? Dave
Dear Mr. Dave, That was a pretty tough question,
but I think we have a reason why. Because there
was the Ross Ice Shelf and they said that they
were not going to take the boats that way, so
they found a route that took them to the south
pole and the boats could fit through there. So
that is where they set their camp up. Also Scott
wanted to follow the same route as Roald
Amundsen. This was a very tough question. I am
going to ask you a question, dealing with this
same one What mountains did Scott and his men
travel on? Well I have to go. BYE-BYE!! Your
friend,Rhae
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Author in Residence
Dear Gerrod, To come up with more ideas, you
can play the What-if Game. I play this game every
time I get stuck with one of my stories, and I am
not sure which way to go with it. I ask myself,
What if this happens? How will it change my
story? What if that happens? Where will my story
go? You could ask yourself What if Lucky's tooth
punctures the ball and it goes flat? What if he
runs away with the ball? What if the other team
makes fun of the dog-player? What if Gerrod gets
hurt in the game? Will Lucky come to his rescue.
What if Zach can't get low enough to scoop up the
ball? Will Lucky swoop in between the other
player's legs, get the ball and run for the
touchdown? What if the Ref says, "No dogs in the
game!"? What if your quarterback is allergic to
dogs? I bet you can think up some What-if
questions of your own. Then, you can pick the
one! . Your friend, Lois Szymanski
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Photography Workshop
Þessi mynd er af loftræstiskerfinu í Síðuskóla.
Reykurinn er ekki alvurunni. Photograph by
Óðinn Sigurðsson This picture is of
airconditioning in Siduskoli. The smoke is not
real.
The smoke makes this a very dramatic picture. It
shows the dangers of air pollution. The air vents
for the school are right in the middle of the
black smoke. You have done a good job creating
the smoke. It looks real unless you look closely.
But this raised a big question Is it acceptable
to create fake pictures? Some people say that the
image is what is important anything artists do
to create the image is fine. Others say that
faking a picture is like lying and is morally
wrong. What do you think? (This question is for
both Óðinn and anyone else in the workshop who
would like to leave a comment about it here.)
--Dan Wheeler
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Math Challenges Bianca (Maryland) and Tomo
(Japan)
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Tomos Math Challenges
First puzzle,there are three numbers,totally 20.
And one large number is over 10. another two
numbers are different only one. Second, there
are three numbers, totally 36. and three numbers
are raw of natural orders. another words, these
three numbers or, the one plus one is the second
number, and plus one is the last number. Oh,
sorry I could not write properly for Tomo's
puzzle. Thanks,Isamu
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Bianca Solved the Puzzle
Tomo wrote First puzzle,there are three
numbers,totally 20. And one large number is over
10. another two numbers are different only one.
Hello Tomo, Bianca solved your problem and
discovered that there is more than one answer.
We used Integer Bars to solve the challenge. Do
you see any patterns in the bars? Your friends
in Maryland,Mrs. Weeg and Bianca
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How Many Hours Apart Are We?
From "Ana" ana_at_ilov-e.com To "Patti Weeg"
patti_at_globalclassroom.org Subject A short note
from Taiwan Date Sat, 29 Nov 2003 155140
0800 Using the header from Anas message
Delmar 5th grade students are calculating the
number of hours difference between Maryland and
Taiwan. To do this they are using a simple
number line. GMT will be 0 on the line. We will
put Maryland on -5 and Taiwan on 8. You can see
the students doing this activity in the picture.
Click on this link to download the Word file with
this activity GMT Activity Sheet
Calculating the number of hours apart we are in
Maryland from our friends in Taiwan.
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Invitation From Japan
We checked he numbers that passed around our
school people 6 bicycles  3 bikes  7 cars  183
trucks 118 This data were  checked about thirty
minutes. I'd like to add graphs about this theme.
Thanks, Isamu
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Comparing Traffic
JAPANESE DATA
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Gathering Data at Delmar, Maryland
Traffic in Front of Our School   Traffic in Front of Our School   Traffic in Front of Our School   Traffic in Front of Our School   Traffic in Front of Our School  
Time of Day Cars Trucks Walkers Bikers
830-900 AM 6 2 4 0
900-930 AM 3 1 1 0
1145-1215 PM 15 5 30 0
1245-115 PM 3 1 4 0
These students counted the most traffic our
1145 class.
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Comparing TrafficDelmar, Maryland and Kanagawa,
Japan
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Dear friends in Japan, I saw your graph that
shows how many vehicles and people passed by your
school. I predicted that if I counted the
vehicles and people who passed by my school that
the number would be the most at dismissal time
and at the beginning of school. I counted the
cars, trucks, walkers, and bikers that passed by
my school at 900 on Monday, October 6. My
prediction was our number would be smaller than
yours. My graph shows you the data. I was right.
Cars 3Trucks 1Walkers 1Bikers 0 When I look
at my graph and compare it to your graph I think
that your school might be located on a highway.
My school is located in a neighborhood. Your
friend, Amber
Ambers Analysis
Delmar Student
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Guess the location! ?
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Comparing School Lunches
Japan
Delmar, Maryland, USA
thanks for your letter, dear David, we have no
pizza for our lunch. How many times do you have
pizza for your lunch? My favorite food is curry
with shrimps. Yuu's favorite food  is
shrimps thanks for your letter, Kei from your
Japanese friend
Brittaney's lunch at Delmar in February. 
Brittaney brought a small box of raisins to
school.  You can see it on her tray.
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How Do You Travel to School?
We sent this graph to Isamu and his students in
Japan. Isamu wrote back and said that all of the
students in his school walk to school so they
couldnt make a graph like this for us. We
decided to graph the time it took students to
travel to school.
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Comparing Data
From Delmar Hello Tomo, Here is a graph I made
for you. It shows how long some 5th graders ride
the bus to school every day. I hope you like it.
We close school on Friday. Have a great summer.
Your friend,Christopher
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Tomos Graph and a Question
I've heard that you who take bus to school have
to ride about an hour. It means you live in far
away from school? Our students all walk to
school. This is so fun to research and make
graphs. Thanks,Tomo and Isamu
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The Kidlink Graduates
I have enjoyed being a part of Kidlink this
year. Kidlink has so many good qualities, and is
so much fun. I enjoyed reading mail from kids
all around the world. I got to know how other
kids live and how their school life was. It was
interesting to hear from kids my age in other
countries. It was like everyone involved in
Kidlink was friends, and we could talk to each
other by sending emails back and forth. Holly,
senior at Fresno High School
To KidLink Throughout these 9 months, weve as
people have grown even bigger thanks to your
KidLink website. We now get to see the life and
cultures of other kids around the world from
numerous countries including us in the United
States. I, myself, have grown in interest in
other cultures that were presented to us by your
website. And Im pretty sure that the other kids
in the world think so too. Andy C., senior,
Fresno, California USA
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