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Canku
Ota
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(Many
Paths)
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An
Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
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December 2015
- Volume 13 Number 12
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Favorite
Web Sites
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collected
by Paul and Vicki
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Mazopiya
- A Natural Food Market
Mazopiya strives to provide whole food choices and products
that are fresh, in season, minimally packaged, reasonably priced
and produced by businesses with sound/ethical practices. Our
product choices are evaluated carefully using the following
selection criteria in order of preference: Locally Produced,
Certified Organic, Fair Trade Certified and Produced Using Sustainable
Practices.
http://www.mazopiya.com |
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Osage
Nation Foundation
The mission of the Osage Nation Foundation is to promote and
enhance the general welfare of the people of the Osage Nation
by supporting cultural, educational, health, historical, community
and other appropriate activities and programs.
http://www.osagefoundation.org |
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Native
American Ethnobotany
A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American
Peoples, Derived from Plants.
http://herb.umd.umich.edu
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The
Paatuwaqatsi Run
This one-day event includes speakers who share their knowledge
and work with water issues within their own communities. And
whether you run or not, everyone is invited eat a traditional
Hopi meal and become a part of the community who is concerned,
better informed and reminded about the importance of water in
our lives. All the work is done on a volunteer basis with no
individuals compensated for their time.
http://www.waterisliferun.org |
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Grammar
My
1979 edition of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style
reigns over my workspace from its place of honor on my bookshelf.
It’s a slim volume because, like all good writing, the
needless words have been omitted. The original, written as
a college textbook in 1918 by Professor William Strunk, Jr.,
is available at
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Blue
Book of Grammar and Punctuation
"Effective Writing. Rule 1. Use concrete rather than vague
language." As the title implies, Jane Straus's guide is
divided into two sections: grammar and punctuation. Each is
further organized into rules with examples (navigate these with
the drop-down menus), exercises and tests. The interactive quizzes
are graded upon completion. Additional quizzes are available
with a paid subscription.
http://www.grammarbook.com |
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Grammar
Bytes: Rules
"Grammar instruction with attitude!" Site creator
Robin L. Simmons tackles eleven common grammar problems with
rules and tips. Topics include Pronoun Agreement Errors, Comma
Splices and Fused Sentences, and Rules for Using Irregular Verbs.
Her tips are available as web pages (HTML versions) and as downloads
(PDF versions.)
http://www.chompchomp.com/rules.htm |
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Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This comprehensive grammar guide from Professor Charles Darling,
is organized into topics at the Sentence Level, Paragraph Level,
and Essay Level. If you're not sure where to find your subject,
try the Index or search function. You'll also find 170 interactive
quizzes, corrected instantly for immediate feedback. Have an
unanswered grammar or writing question? Professor Darling's
alter ego Grammar English (she's the one in the rocking chair)
will be happy to answer queries posted via the Ask Grammar!
form.
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ |
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Purdue
Online Writing Lab
"Adjectives modify nouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives,
and other adverbs. You can recognize adverbs easily because
many of them are formed by adding -ly to an adjective."
With resources on spelling, writing numbers correctly, using
adjectives and adverbs, and more, the Purdue Online Writing
Lab is an excellent resource. There are also six printable quizzes
with answer keys.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/ |
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Quick
and Dirty Tips: Grammar Girl
"Apostrophes are one of the more confounding punctuation
marks. If you search for signs with ‘grammar errors'
online, most of the results will likely include an apostrophe
error (which is actually a punctuation error, not a grammar
error, but I digress)." Grammar Girl is a " friendly
guide to the world of grammar, punctuation, usage, and fun
developments in the English language," and my grammar
pick of the week. Her frequent tips include both articles
(readable at her website) and podcasts that you can listen
to one at a time (via the website) or subscribe to on iTunes.
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl
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Thanksgiving
Poems
Thanksgiving
is one of my favorite holidays because it revolves around
family, good food, and an attitude of gratitude. Here are
some resources for sharing the Thanksgiving vibe in the classroom
or around the dinner table with rhymes, songs and poems for
all ages.
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Apples
4 Teachers: Thanksgiving Poems and Rhymes for Kids
Apples 4 Teachers houses a collection of seventeen Thanksgiving
poems, some of them modern, others from the nineteenth century.
A few (such as "The First Thanksgiving" by Margaret
J. Preston) come with short bios of the poet, and discussion
questions for classroom or living room. "Margaret J. Preston
(1820-1897) was one of the leading poets of the South. She wrote
many poems and sketches. 'The First Thanksgiving Day' gives
a good picture of the life in the old Pilgrim days."
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/thanksgiving/poems-rhymes/
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DLTK:
Thanksgiving Songs
"Five little turkeys standing at the door, one waddled
off, and then there were four." For lower elementary grades
and preschoolers, DLTK has songs, rhymes and printable Thanksgiving
crafts. The Thanksgiving poem posters are printable in color
or black-and-white (which then can be colored.) The songs are
cute rhymes sung to well-known melodies, such as "I'm a
Little Pumpkin" sung to the tune of "I'm a Little
Teapot." The songs are also available in ad-free printable
versions.
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/songs.html
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Poem
Source: Thanksgiving Poems
Joanna Fuchs is a talented greeting card poet, and her Thanksgiving
poems are sure to please. She suggests they be used on Thanksgiving
cards, or framed and given as Thanksgiving gifts. Additionally,
I see a wide range of possible classroom uses, including recitations
and Thanksgiving crafts. But please respect her copyright and
do not post these poems on the Web or distribute them via email.
For more specifics, read the Poem Source Terms of Use.
http://www.poemsource.com/thanksgiving-poems.html |
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Poets.org:
Poems for Thanksgiving
For high school, college and adult students of poetry, Poets.org
introduces seven iconic Thanksgiving poems from poets as varied
as Langston Hughes and John Greenleaf Whittier. Thirteen additional
poems are suggested for further study. "Because of the
evolving meanings and patriotic intentions of Thanksgiving,
Americans are left without a singular narrative to attach to
the holiday, and may be discomforted by its historical origins
as well as distracted by the emphasis on football games and
day-after shopping."
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poems-thanksgiving |
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Preschool
Express: Thanksgiving Songs & Rhymes
Jean Warren presents a page of traditional preschool Thanksgiving
rhymes mixed in with her own original creations. "Pies
in the oven / Yum, yum, yum. / I can smell them / Oh, what
fun!" Some are songs sung to familiar tunes, and others
are movement rhymes like this one. "Walk like a turkey,
/ Woddle, woddle, woddle. / Talk like a turkey, / Gobble,
gobble, gobble". Just imagining all those adorable gobbling,
waddling "turkeys" flapping their wings has to bring
a smile to your face. Doesn't it?
http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station04/music_station_nov04.shtml
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El
Niño
Usually the Earth’s warmest water can be found in the
western Pacific, with the east-to-west trade winds pushing
the warm water toward Indonesia. Every so often, however,
the trade winds weaken and the warm water ends up sloshing
eastward against the coast of South America. These oceanic
changes cause disruptions in jet-stream winds and effect global
weather conditions. This is the occasional weather pattern
is known as El Niño. The opposite effect (a sustained
cooling instead of warming) is called La Niña.
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Climate.gov:
ENSO Blog
Climate.gov is a public education project of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) providing "science
and information for a climate-smart nation." The ENSO Blog
offers timely information about this year's El Niño in
a blog format. The site also includes sections on Teaching Climate
Literacy, Causes of Climate Change, and the Nature of Climate
Science.
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/department/8443/all
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Live
Science
"Forecasters declare an official El Niño when they
see both ocean temperatures and rainfall from storms veer to
the east. Experts also look for prevailing trade winds to weaken
and even reverse direction during the El Niño climate
phenomenon." After this introductory article, be sure to
peruse the related articles listed in the right-hand column.
You'll learn why snakebites increase in Costa Rica during an
El Niño cycle.
http://www.livescience.com/3650-el-nino.html |
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NASA
JPL: El Niño/La Niña
Since its launch into orbit in August 1992, the TOPEX/Poseidon
satellite has mapped 95% of the ocean's surface topography,
noting liquid hills and valleys. From its vantage point 826
miles above us, TOPEX/Poseidon can measure sea surface height
within two inches. The birth of El Niño can be seen in
Pacific Ocean snapshots from the fall of 2015 that show both
increases and decreases in normal sea height.
https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/science/elninopdo/ |
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NOAA:
What is an El Niño?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's mission
is to analyze changes in the Earth's environment and conserve
our nation's marine resources. To that end, they are keeping
a close eye on El Niño. Filled with graphs and technical
explanations, this site is an excellent starting point for student
research. For example, you can view real-time data such as ocean
temperatures transmitted via satellite from buoys in the tropical
Pacific Ocean.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html
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UCAR:
El Niño, La Niña & ENSO FAQ
"El Niño and La Niña are normally accompanied
by variations in the tropical Pacific Ocean's Walker Circulation,
as well as a vast see-saw in atmospheric pressure – the
Southern Oscillation – that modifies the Walker pattern.
The term El Niño – Southern Oscillation, or ENSO,
refers to the combination of atmospheric and oceanic effects
associated with both El Niño and La Niña."
This University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
article is an excellent ENSO tutorial, with links to many
additional resources.
http://www2.ucar.edu/news/backgrounders/el-nino-la-nina-enso
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Women’s
Suffrage
Women’s national
suffrage was fought for for more than fifty years, until the
Nineteenth Amendment become national law on August 26, 1920.
The idea began to gather steam at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
in New York, and then again two years later at the National
Women’s Rights Convention in Massachusetts. In 1869,
the first two national suffrage organizations were established.
One led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the
other by Lucy Stone. Years later, in 1890, the two competing
organizations merged and became the National American Woman
Suffrage Association, under Anthony’s leadership.
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The
Atlantic: 100 Years Ago, The 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade
Learn about milestones in the fight for suffrage with this gallery
of annotated photos from The Atlantic. "At an open air
meeting in Washington, District of Columbia, in March of 1913,
calling upon Congress to pass the national woman suffrage amendment.
This photograph shows Mrs. John Rogers, sister-in-law of former
Secretary of War, and a member of the Advisory Council of the
Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, speaking in front of
old Corcoran Art Gallery."
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/03/100-years-ago-the-1913-womens-suffrage-parade/100465/ |
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EDSITEment:
Women's Suffrage: Why the West First?
It was 1920 when Congress approved the 19th amendment, giving
women the right to vote in all states. But Wyoming and eight
other western states granted women voting rights as early as
fifty years earlier. Why was that? Explore more with this online
lesson. In the introduction, there is a link to another, more
general EDSITEment lesson: Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and
Anti-Suffrage.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/womens-suffrage-why-west-first |
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History:
The Fight for Woman's Suffrage
"On Election Day in 1920, millions of American women exercised
their right to vote for the first time. It took activists and
reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the campaign
was not easy: Disagreements over strategy threatened to cripple
the movement more than once." Visit to read this short
history article, accompanied by a gallery of video clips and
recordings of speeches and news reports.
http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage |
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Library
of Congress: Teachers: Women's Suffrage
The efforts of the suffragists went beyond petitions and parades.
"Testing another strategy, Susan B. Anthony registered
and voted in the 1872 election in Rochester, NY. As planned,
she was arrested for ‘knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully
vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United
States.'" You can read her handwritten petition to Congress
declaring her $100 fine "unjust," along with eight
other primary source documents (and teaching activities) from
the National Record Archives.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/womens-suffrage/ |
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National
Women's History Museum: Women in the Progressive Era
"In 1920, due to the combined efforts of the NAWSA and
the NWP, the 19th Amendment, enfranchising women, was finally
ratified. This victory is considered the most significant
achievement of women in the Progressive Era." Visit to
learn how voting rights became the primary cause of the women's
club movement. "These clubs worked on an almost inestimable
number of issues. Some women's clubs opened private libraries,
which were eventually taken over by local governments. Others
inspected schools and lobbied for the building of playgrounds."
https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/suffrage.html
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STAR
Students And Teachers Against Racism
announces their new website that offers insight into the Native
American perspective to teachers and educators.
http://www.racismagainstindians.org/
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