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===Welcome to our class wiki! I am excited about using the bookshelves you built in Shelfari as a springboard for discussing books and reading. I love working with all of you, and I look forward to using this wiki as a tool to help us grow as readers and thinkers.===

__ EXPECTATIONS: __ Technology is a fun and useful educational tool. However, it is a privilege to be able to use these tools, and appropriate and ethical behavior is expected. This Shelfari and Wiki are extensions of our lit circles classroom, and you need to interact using classroom behavior. You must be courteous to one another. This wiki is a place to discuss reading and books; please stay focused on those topics. Please respect personal boundaries (log in to YOUR account only; edit YOUR wiki page only). **__NOTE:__** The Shelfari bookshelf does not show up in some older versions of Explorer. If that is the case, update to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use Firefox (or Safari) as your browser.

If you'd like to see an example of a good book discussion wiki, look at Holton Middle School Library's wiki: [|midlib.wikispaces.com/message/list/home]

** MULTICULTURAL BOOK IDEAS **

Read together: Three Cups of Tea (Young Reader’s Edition) by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

**CULTURAL focus rather than HISTORICAL focus**

Peak by Roland Smith -- Nepal Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin -- China Shanghai Messenger by Andrea Cheng—China When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park -- Korea Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate -- Sudan, Africa ? ? Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan -- Mexico Drita My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard -- Kosovo Saba: Under the Hyena’s Foot by Jane Kurtz -- Ethiopia, Africa Cecile: Gates of Gold by Mary Casanova -- France Dragonwings by Laurence Yep – Chinese Americans Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan – India Elephant Run by Roland Smith -- Burma Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples -- Pakistan Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic -- Sarajevo (autobiography) A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park -- Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Africa 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy -- Kenya (+supplemental reading) The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti – Germany Anne Frank books (several to choose from) – the Netherlands Extra Credit by Andrew Clements -- Afghanistan The Land I Lost by Quang Nhuong Huynh -- Vietnam, biography

//** Multicultural study **// 1. Define culture. 2. How do specific elements of culture influence the story? 3. Research: geography, clothing, language, cuisine (food), customs, music/art. 4. Presentation: oral and visual.

Calculate distance between two locations []

Flight distance mileage calculator []

Maps []

Research

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 * CIA World Factbook