Patti Weeg

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Patti Weeg Moanalua Molokai Professional
Development July 31, 2004 - Hawaii
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  world, individually or through their classrooms.

Art by Ileana Surducan, age 15, in Romania.
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Youth age 17 and younger
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Ann-Tove Norway
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Joining Kidlink
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Kidlink questions on the web form. www.kidlink.org
/response

• Who am I?
• What do I want to be when I am grown up?
• How do I want the world to be better when I am
  grown up?
• What can I do now to make this happen?

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youth publish their work, dialogue with each
other and reach new insights about their world.
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KidSpace Chat
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KidSpace Project Tour

• Kidlink Day
• Grandmother and Me
• Hooked on Books
• Whats My Number?
• Draw a Story For Me
• Peace Projects
• Word Weavers
• Who Am I?
• What Does My First Name Mean?
• KidArt

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Kidlink Day
On the Kidlink Day youth from around the world
write a journal from morning until night.
Journals are posted in KidSpace for all to see
and enjoy.
Students in grade 6M at Clifton School in
Botswana wrote Kidlink Day journals. See them
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Project Resources
Lesson ideas for using Kidlink day
journals Includes suggestions for a group of 5
students working collaboratively to collect data
from journals. Students examine journals to look
for such things as time of day that students
wake up, length of the school day, how many
hours a day kids watch TV, hours a day students
spend on homework and time of night when kids go
to bed. Suggestions for writing Kidlink Day
journals If this is not a school day for you
because of a special holiday, please let us
know. Describe your feelings when you tell us
about your classes. Are you having a good
day? When you tell us you are having a meal,
tell us what the food is. If you are reading a
book, tell us the title. If you are watching
TV, tell us the name if the show. If you go to
a movie, tell us the name of the movie. Use
more than one sentence to describe what you are
doing at a particular time. Make your journal
interesting by including descriptive phrases.
Evaluating Student Activities and Journals a
rubric for evaluating Kidlink Day Journals
 
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Evaluating Kidlink Day Activities
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Journal From Denmark
630 I get up and put my clothes on!!!!! 700 I
get my breakfast. I get cornflakes for my
breakfast!!!! 800 I go to Laasby
school!!!!! 805 I play table tennis with my bat
and some evil enemies. It was funny!!!!!! 845 to
1305 I work on my project I have got about Ole
Lund Kirkegaard. He is a writer!!!!! 1315 to
1600 I play computer. The name of the game I
played was championship manager
03-04!!!!!!! 1619 to 1830 I play football with
my friend Jens. I was goalkeeper like Iker
Cassilias and Jens was striker like
Raul!!!!!!! 1840 to 1900 I have dinner. I get
spaghetti!!!!!!!!  2000 I watched television. I
saw ?24 hours,? it was not too good to
day!!!!! 2130 I went to bed and I played game
boy until I fell  asleep!!!!!!!!!!                
      Made of Alexander from Låsby Skole
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Journal from Botswana
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Chanda, 12 years Francistown, Botswana Weather 
cold   600     I woke up tired wearing my blue
pyjamas and I didn't want to go to
school. 605     I went to wash my face and brush
my teeth. 608     I got dressed in my P.E kit
for school. 617     After I got dressed I went
to drink some water. 619     When I finished my
water I sat down and waited for my dad. 625    
I went outside to play while my dad was getting
his work papers.           635     My dad got
the car out and we went to school. Our car is
a silver Camry. 649     I started to go to
school.                                           
                                                  
  
 659     After I arrived at school I handed in
my homework.       701     After I finished
handing in my work in I went to play soccer with
my friends. 730     I went to cross -country. We
run around the school twice every Tuesday.
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Chandas Journal continued
800     My class and I went to computers and we
were typing. I like computers because we do fun
typing. 830     After computers we went to the
Library to listen to a woman who knows all kinds
of books. Her name is Mrs Hicthcock and she was
very nice and funny. 900     We went back to
class and we started to write a diary about what
we did. It was great fun.  915    We did maths.
The maths that we did was decimals.  930    The
whole school went to singing in the hall. 1000  
We all went to break. I ate a sandwhich and it
was nice. 1030   We went to water aerobics to
do some exercise. It was fun. 1100   Our class
went to French, Setswana and Afrikaans. I do
French because I am from Zambia and only citizens
do the local language which is Setswana. 1200  
We did house points. It's when you collect points
for your house.I got lots this week.
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Journal Reflection
Have you ever noticed that every country you go
to you can still find a certain product? Like for
example I'm in Brazil, but I can find MM's
(which is an American product), the same thing
with programs ("Friends"), channels (Warner),
movies (Robocop), books (Harry Potter) and
marketing products (action figures from Lord of
the Rings and videogames). All these things that
can be found all over the world come from
something called Globalization. Globalization
gives us the idea of "global". Means that the
whole world has access to a certain thing. Even
though there is the globalization of products,
each country still has their own culture, customs
and beliefs. There are some celebrations that
are globalized like Halloween. But there are
other dates that can be weird to globalize
like.... Festa Junina (this is a Brazilian date
where we get dressed as hick country people
(caipiras) and have a certain dance called
quadrilha it's very fun) but it's a thing that
only Brazilian people would understand because
it's something we have here. The same thing
happens in other places, I bet you reader have a
celebration in your culture that isn't global.
And that's good because then you have the
difference in culture and costumes.
Congratulations to your country for keeping your
own traditions! by Alex in Brazil
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Floras Journal Reflection
By Flora   I think it's amazing how people have
different cultures all over the world. Childrens
feelings are all the same, having problems and
conflicts that anyone could have. As we can
see in the journals, some of the countries like
USA and Europe have after school activities. The
government is more concerned about what the kid
is going to do, because that is going to affect
his/her future. Brazil tries to make this kind of
project with disadvantaged families, but the
students and the families aren't very involved.
I noticed the way that children know easily more
than one language the native language, English
and Spanish. Which is very important so they can
learn different things from other places besides
there own city and country.
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Comparing Journal Data
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Comparing Journals
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What Does My First Name Mean?
From Class 2B in Istituto Comprensivo 2 in
Suzzara, Mantua, Italy
Drawing by Flavia, age 12, Italy-2004 My first
name is Flavia and it is in Italian. It is a
roman family name which meant "golden" or
"yellow-haired" from latin Flavus
"yellow-golden". Flavius was the family name of
the 1st-centuryroman emperors Vespasias, Titus
and Domitian. I live in Suzzara, a town in
Italy I know one person with my first name. My
first name doesn't suit my character. I like my
first name because it is short. My first name is
very nice. I love my first name. 
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What Does My First Name Mean?
From Sieff and Marks School in Israel
My first name is Tal. It is in Hebrew. My name
is like rain the the morning. It means "dew". I
know many people with this name. I think that my
first name suits my character but I don't have a
reason! I just can't imagine myself with another
name. I do not want another name.
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My Name from Botswana
What is your first name? Moabi What language is
it in? Setswana What does it mean? Giver Is there
anything interesting or unusual about your first
name ? no What city/country do you live in?  
Botswana How many people do you know who have
the same first name as you? 2 Does the meaning
of your first name suit your character? yes   Do
you like your name?  no What other name would
you choose Jack
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From the project moderatorsWhat Does My First
Name Mean?
The project has really been a joy (excuse the
pun!). I think that it has proved to be a truly
"multi-culti" one, and it was amazing when the
Americans, Italians, Israeli and South African
kids commented on each others' work. Please
extend my greetings to the participants of the
talk. I'll be happy to continue the project in
the coming school year. Hugs, Ora
Ora Baumgarten Israel
My students for the most part were amazed  at the
thought that names had any meaning at all.  In
their minds names were merely identifiers, and
ought to sound nice, but didn't really mean
anything.  Then they were surprised when they
researched and discovered the meanings of their
names.  Very seldom did they find that the
meaning of their name fit them, but their
original feelings about their names did not
change with the knowledge.  What intrigued them
even more was learning that cultures exist where
the meaning of a name is of great importance, and
most people are aware of the meaning of their
name. It caused them to rethink some of their
previous notions.  This project touched my
students at many levels and I am grateful to Ora
for developing it and bringing it to KidSpace.
Joy Boehm USA
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Grandmother and Me
My grandma lives in Montevideo. We call her
Meca. She came to Punta del Este in summer. I
wear one of my favourite shorts. One day I was on
the beach and hit against a rock and broke my
short. I was very sad for what had happened, I
spent many days without wearing it. I was very
upset and disappointed. One day my grandma got
up and out of bed, took my short and mended it,
and although she is very old and her hands shake,
she did very well. Martín CortinasMaldonado,
Uruguay
Mi abuela vive en Montevideo. Le decimos Meca.
Ella vino en verano a Punta del Este. Yo uso un
short que es uno de los que más me gustan. Un
día, yo estaba en la playa y me pegué contra una
piedra y se me rompió el short. Estaba muy triste
por lo que había sucedido, pasé muchos días sin
usarlo. Yo estaba muy caprichoso. Un día mi
abuela se levantó de la cama, agarró mi short y
lo cosió, a pesar de que es muy vieja y le
tiembla la mano, le quedó muy bien.
Art by Alejandra Castaneda at British Peruvian
School in Lima, Peru.
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Grandmother and Me
From Romania
Grannie tells me that once upon a time there was
an emperor who had a daughter. That daughter was
very beautiful. She had a dog. Its name was Budy.
She loved her dog very much. . One day, the dog
was lost . The girl was very sad and she left her
parents and went to find Budy. She took food and
water with her.. On the road she met a man who
wanted to help her, but he was a thief. Every
crossroad he blackmailed her. If the girl gave
him some food and water he would tell her the way
to her dog. When she gave the man the last food
and water he left her without telling her where
Budy was. She fainted. After two hours the dog
felt her smell and went and found her. They were
very happy and they lived for a long time
together. Cristina Palancan, 6th form, School
10, Romania
Art created by Maria Surducan, age 16, Romania
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Hooked on Books
Ghost Horse by Herb Marlow reviewed by Olyvia 
age 10                                         I
read about the Ghost Horse. It was a great book.
The book is about a boy that saw a horse one
night. So he went to his mom and dads room and
banged on the door. So his mom and dad went to
see what was wrong so he told his mom and dad
that he saw a horse. His mom and dad did not
believe him because they could not see the Ghost
Horse. I would rate this book to 10 because it is
a very good book. I think 2nd to 5th grade kids
would like to read this book.
Eugene Field Elementary, Missouri, USA
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Whats My Number?
Perttus challenge from Finland

• Try to solve this
•   The number of week days                         
       
• X the number of stars in the USA flag
• / the number of Planets in space
• the number of moons in Turkeys flag
• X the number of stars in the USA flag
• the number of the letters in word
• A L P H A B E T
• Please note! In Finland we finish our
• school in two weeks! Answer as soon
• as possible! Perttu

Class 6B at Vallila Elementary School, Helsinki,
Finland
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Draw a Story For Me
By Sara at Solkan Elementary School in Slovenia
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Draw a Story For Me
Ntokozo is 9.  Her picture is of a hand.  In Zulu
the word is -sandla.
John Wesley School, Pinetown, South Africa
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Draw a Story For Me
Idade11 anos. SexoMasculino. Titulo do
desenhoNa aula...  (In the classroom) Elementos
principaisLousa, professor, aluno (blackboard,
teacher, student) Lapis de cor (colored pencils)
Art by Pedro Ataide deLima    Escola do Sítio,
Campinas, Brazil
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Queremos a Paz Queremos la Paz Volem la Pau We
want Peace
"Espero que esta sea la última lágrima" Por qué?
Por qué ha muerto tanta gente? Me gustaría
expresar lo que siento en estos momentos. Me
siento impotente, lleno de rabia.A veces sueño
que un genio viene a visitarme y que me concede
tres deseos. Me gustaría pedir una consola, tener
mucha fuerza y poder volar. Pero, de repente, mi
corazón llora y me hace decir cosas que pìenso
dentro de lo más profundo de mí. Entonces le
digoPrimer deseo "No quiero más guerra"Segundo
deseo "No más bandas de terroristas"Tercer
deseo ... y entonces digo "No sé qué pedir".
Hay cosas que no se pueden arreglar. Hay que
asimilar la realidad. Este mundo no es justo.
Todos estamos rabiosos y, cuando alguien nos hace
daño, después nosotros queremos devolvérselo. Hay
que decirlo, incluso yo me comporto así. Entonces
me despierto y se me cae una lágrima y después
digo. "Espero que esta lágrima sea la
última".Ángel Moreno García 1A (12 años)
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"I expect this to be the last tear"
Translation
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)
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Question 3 How do I want the world to be better
when I grow up? I would like to see one big
country in which there is no soldier and
disasters. Where people care about each other as
of the relative, and like each other. The nation
which can stand for the planet and protect it
from destruction which occurs now. Question 4
What can I do now to make this happen? I think
that to create the world in the future it is
necessary that all nationalities and the
countries have reunited in the unique country. It
is necessary to remove all borders between the
countries that one big and great country has
turned out. It is necessary to make one language
that all each other understood. It is necessary
to make one religion. It is necessary to destroy
all weapon, all alcohol and tobacco. To destroy
all factories making these products. It is
necessary to remove all government that there was
no struggle for a throne. It is necessary to
destroy all data on having place wars that for
young generation there was no example of wars.
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Suren, Armenia Date 7-Jul-2004
Question 3 How do I want the world to be better
when I grow up? I would like the world to live
in peace. Question 4 What can I do now to make
this happen? I'd like to join all the
well-willed people together and fly in different
parts of the world as Picasso's pigeons to
protect our Earth planet.
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Praying for Peace
After 9/11
with our friend in Pakistan
Dear Mahenaz, Thank you for praying for us. When
I saw that plane crash I cried and my heart
broke. I was very mad. I hope there are no wars.
I wish that no one was killed. I want pace too. I
hope none of my family was killed and none of
your family either. Did one person out of your
family die? Your friend,Chelsea Dear Chelsea,
I understand that you were sad and also that you
were mad at what happened. You know when I first
saw it on TV I just could not believe it. When I
realised that it was true I also cried. I still
cry when I think about it and what might happen.
Lets all pray for peace. Are you working on the
Peace Project with Mrs. Weeg? Chelsea, thank you
for your concern. No, my family is safe and no
one I know died in the crash, but I am still very
sad for all those who did. your friend,mahenaz
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Drie minuten stilte voor Amerika
Hello Todd, I have read your letter, I found it
very sad for all the people in New York. We have
seen on TV a lot of what's happened there. We all
are hoping that the killers will be found and
punished. Everybody's hoping that the terrorists
will be found soon and that there's not started a
war. Europe will respect the meening of America.
I hope that America don't need weapons, that they
find the leader of the terrorists and find a
solution. We wish all the peoples a lot of
courage at this time, expecially those who have
lost someone because of the attacks. Your
friend,Ken
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What you can do for peace
Tue, 31 May 1994 081853 0300
Here is a challenge for people on the list. I
hope someone feels it within his power to take up
the challenge. The Israeli Ministry of Education
has made PEACE the topic for education in the
Israeli schools next year. This is appropriate,
for we have also set our sights in this area. We
believe that peace between Israel and its Arab
neighbours will never really come about if left
to the politicians. And if it is an enforced
peace, it will neither be a strong peace nor a
long-lasting one. We feel that peace will finally
emerge if it comes from within, from the children
of these nations.
We desire to communicate with schools in Arab
countries. By doing so, we think that both Arab
children and Israeli children will be able to
shed learned stereotypes and view each other with
understanding, and know that they are all
children at heart, despite so-called separations
of culture, language, religion and history. The
children can carry the message to the adults.
They can mount the campaign for peace together.
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It is not in our power to establish such contacts
by ourselves, because of the embargo on any
communication with Israel by the Arab countries.
If we do manage to write to an Arab school, we
are not sure that we will receive a response.
Therefore we ask those who may be able to set up
such contacts to please act as an intermediary.
We do not mind writing through a third school or
organization at first, with the hope that an Arab
school and ours, (and soon after other schools in
our country and theirs), will be able to
correspond directly. I don't know how you view
this situation. I think it is much harder than
most of you think. Let's try to do it for the
children. If we can do it here, we can do it
everywhere. David Lloyd and Hannah Sivan
Sde-Boker, ISRAEL
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Hi, My name is Reut Granot. First of all I would
like to tell you how happy I am to finally have
the chance to correspond with a student in an
Arab speaking country. I feel that it's very
important that we can communicate because I think
that if we want to live in peace with one
another, the first thing both of us must do is to
get rid of the prejudice we have about each other
and the best way to do this is by a closer look
at each other's way of life, thoughts, opinions
and so on, besides I think that it's nice
communicating with children my age from all over
the world and it doesnt where exactly they are
from. I find it very interesting to know how a
person me age lives, thinks, and feels. So, after
this long opening I'll introduce my self better.
As I said before my name is Reut Granot. I live
in a place called Ben Guryoun College, it's a
little place in the Negev which is a desert in
the south of Israel. I have an older sister
and a younger brother. My older sister will go to
the army soon because in our country every young
man and woman have to join the army when they
tearn 18 years old.I certainly hope that until
i'll get there there will be no need for any army
in the world at all. Bye, REUT
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Gujarat Earthquake 2001
This is how I began - I formed a circle of kids
and asked how would one kid of the circle join
hands with the opposite kid. And then how would
all the kids join hands with all the other kids.
I stood in the middle of circle, and told them to
join hands with me, and thus forming a link'.
This is how I introduced Kidlink, - the link
which will join hands with the kids of the rest
of the countries My next move was - taking out
a big chart paper, which I had prepared in
advance with colorful writing of Kidlink' and
Who-Am-I? ' program. All writing was in crayons
so as to attract them. I gave them the paper, and
told them to write their names on it, so that we
can pin it up at the camp, along with their
paintings, etc. Suddenly all of them jumped on
to grab crayons and the chart...oh I was so
inexperienced to handle the situation. Anyway, a
teacher came to my rescue, and lined up everybody
and we finished the thing.
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Gujarat Earthquake 2001
Visamo Camp
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Dealing With Loss
Art by Pali, who lost her parents in an
earthquake
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Word Weavers
AIRBUS TRIPLE X OR A 380 With amazing
grace Carrying more than five hundred And tons
of cargo.   BOEING 17 FLYING FORTRESS The
flying castle Carrying bold men and
explosives Releasing them on towns.   David
David, age 13, in Botswana
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• "Who Am I?" is an educational program for youth.
• It supports curriculum standards
• It is student centered.
• It offers support for teachers.

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Who Am I?
Drawing by Tatiana Isabel González Saavedra, from
Pillanlelbún, Chile. "My nickname is Taty. I
like playing Basketball and Listening to music. I
m 12 years old."
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Where Do I Live?
My village is Thailand.  Thailand is where my
parent came from.  People who live in Thailand
are all very nice upset for the bad one.  In
Thailand we have a lot of mountain all around
us.  Some part of my village is small, lake some
parts are big and some parts are small.  In
Thailand we have all four season. 
Art by Matthew, age 15, at Fresno High School,
California, USA
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What Are My Rights?
By Antonella M. - age 11 - Italy
I have chosen the right to go to school because
some children can't to go to school and are used
for hard working. That isn't fair!
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My Family and Friendsfrom Leman, age
15     Country Azerbaijan   
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"Novruz" holiday (novruz is translated as "a new
day") is the most ancient and cherished holiday
of a New Year and spring. It is celebrated on the
day of vernal equinox - March 21-22. Novruz is
the symbol of nature renewal and fertility.
Agrarian peoples of Middle East have been
celebrating Novruz since ancient times.
Preparations for Novruz start long before the
holiday. People do house cleaning, plant trees,
make new dresses, paint eggs, make national
pastries such as shakarbura, pakhlava and a great
variety of national cuisine. Wheat is fried with
kishmish (raisins) and nuts (govurga).It is
essential for every house to have "semeni" -
sprouts of wheat. As a tribute to fire-worshiping
every Tuesday during four weeks before the
holiday kids jump over small bonfires and candles
are lit. On the holiday eve the graves of
relatives are visited and tended. Novruz is a
family holiday. In the evening before the holiday
the whole family gathers around the holiday table
laid with various dishes to make the New Year
rich. The holiday goes on for several days and
ends with festive public dancing and other
entertainment of folk bands, contests of national
sports.
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Looking Back in Timespart of an IRC KidSpace
chat
Thu Mar 18 075245 2004
Ok Lucas Can you tell us about your
grandparents? sure Where did
they live My grandparents were in Poland
during WW2. My grandmother's mother
died when she was 4. How was life for
them, do you know? she was taken away by
the Nazis and my grandfather had parents
till later age but his 2 brothers died at
war. 1 was killed when he was defusing
mines. But your grandmother survived
life with the nazis and the other died
when he was throwing a granade at the
Nazis they had a hard life sorry
about the last bad word I just feel sad
for my grandparent, he lost his two brothers when
he was young. It was hard for him My
grandparents ended their education at 4th
grade why so early lucas? It
was very hard to attend school when you have
little money.How come education had to
be paid for? When you have little money,
you have to go to work at young age by doing farm
work. They lived on a farm?
Yes. My father also worked at a very
young age and couldn't go to school.
Lucas
Julie
Katty
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Virtual Vacation
Hello, we are L1 (9 Grade) students. Glad to meet
everyone. We are interested in visiting different
countries. We also like to meet friends. We
invite you to our beautiful town Azov (Russia).
See you!
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KidArt
This is a very sensitive portrait of your
friend. I think the contrast between the dark
background on the left and the light background
on the right is very important to the feeling of
the image. It suggests that Heiddi has both a
dark side and a light side.. It also keeps the
compostition from being to symmetrical and
static. I think the filter you used was
appropriate. It allows the character of your
subject to come through while removing
unnecessary detail. But I wondered what the
straight photograph looked like. Keep up the good
work. --DanW
Photo by Sveinmar Stefánsson, Iceland
Iceland Þessi mynd er af Heidda. Sveinmar tók
þessa mynd.Heiddi er skólabróðir minn My name is
Sveinmar and my school is Síðuskóli. This picture
is of Heiddi. Heiddi is my classmate. Sveinmar
Stefánsson Iceland
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Self Portrait - KidArt
New York, USA Portrait by Maddelena in New York.
This activity was created to expand the
"Describe/Draw" project. Drawing a person while
only taking into consideration the physical
appearance of an individual was not enough to
interest and involve older students in the
project. Older students have developed some good
tools to draw a face moreover their personality
becomes more outlined. We proposed to our
students to build a psychological self-portrait
to think about the mental image that each
teenager has of himself to translate his own
image without taking the physical features too
much into consideration and using colors, graphic
signs and techniques as they prefer in a free
way.
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Psychological Self Portrait
In this project youth are asked to build a
psychological self-portrait 1. to  think about
the mental image that each teenager has of 
himself 2. to translate his own image without
taking the physical features too much into
consideration and using colors,  graphic signs
and techniques as they prefer in a free way.
This can be a way to check the power of the
graphic message and the skill to communicate
through the language of Art.
Art by Francesca in New York
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KidArt
Art by Federica from Italy, Age 12
This picture represents two dancing people, dance
is my favourite sport. There are two girls that
dance in the gym. One girl is classic, the other
is funky. They represent two kinds of dance.
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