The libraries of Indiana, as agencies of culture, have been vitally affected by wars, cycles of prosperity and depression and by innovations in public policy at the national level of government, reflecting the history of the state. Although an overriding importance has been attached to the libraries of the state as a means of promoting the material interests of both individuals and society, adequate funding has been rare. Funding requirements in the future promise a challenge of greater...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, History, Libraries, Library Services, Constantine, J. Robert
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Topic: Report of the co-ordinator Cultural Activities Branch, Department of Provincial Secretary
This exhibit guide describes an exhibition of African folk arts produced by seasonal migrant farmworkers in western New York State. Workers come from the American South, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. The exhibition pieces were collected through the BOCES Geneseo Migrant Center's Folk Arts Program and Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS). It is organized into two sections that develop the theme of a continuing journey from African past to migrant present, as this journey is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art, Blacks, Cultural Activities, Handicrafts, Migrant Workers, Poetry, Story Telling
Liberally illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book is comprised of articles on the history of the performing arts at the Library of Congress. The articles, listed with their authors, are (1) "Stranger in Paradise: The Writer in Hollywood" (Virginia M. Clark); (2) "Live Television Is Alive and Well at the Library of Congress" (Robert Saudek); (3) "Color and Music and Movement: The Federal Theatre Project Lives on in the Pages of Its Production Bulletins"...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, Dance, Film Industry, Films, Music, Television, Theater Arts
This document is a description of the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (NSSRA) whose function is to provide recreation for the handicapped, primarily school-aged children. Recreation is defined as not just diversion but the restoration of strength and spirits after toil. It is stated that the NSSRA's programs are grouped to emphasize culture, environment, and sports. This document provides a description of the activities in each grouping. For culture, the following activities...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Athletics, Clubs, Cultural Activities, Disabilities, Handicapped Children,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of the one-act musical based on Martin Handford's books, "Where's Waldo?" book by Michael Slade, music by David Evans, and lyrics by Faye Greenberg. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains four activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) Where Would You Go (describing the story setup and asking children to imagine where they would go if they could travel anywhere to any...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Theater Arts,...
This 1989 activity calendar, developed to commemorate the "Year of the Young Reader," is divided into three sections. The first contains a calendar that lists authors' birthdays, special commemorations, anniversaries, and events. The second includes descriptions of book-related activities that complement monthly themes, weekly themes, or daily events. General activities, appropriate for any day of the year, are presented in the third section. Suggestions for activities include...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Holidays,...
The Hispanic folkloric tradition of Colorado and New Mexico had its beginning in the 1500's and 1600's when the area was colonized by the Spaniards. The "manito" (used by Hispanics in the Southwest to refer to descendants of the area's Spanish colonials) culture has maintained a strong sense of ethnic identity because of geographic isolation in rural and urban areas, close family ties, close relationship to the land, and definite patterns emphasizing culture and language maintenance....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, Dance, Folk Culture, Hispanic Americans, Music, Spanish...
This exhibit guide summarizes interpretive texts from the exhibition of Algonquin arts and craftwork assembled by the Folk Arts Program of the BOCES Geneseo Migrant Center in western New York. The Algonquin people migrate to fur farms near East Bloomfield and Holcomb, New York for fall pelting from late October through December. The image of the turtle in the exhibition represents the Algonquin creation story in which the earth is formed on the back of a great turtle. Algonquin life follows a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Art, Cultural Activities, Cultural...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile," a musical based on the books by Bernard Waber, with book by Michael Slade, music by David Evans, and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains four activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) What Happens in the Story (with a brief summary for students of the story); (2) Getting Ready To See "Lyle, Lyle,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Theater Arts,...
This survey represents a preliminary step toward demonstrating the diversity of motivations and circumstances that characterize cultural participation. This report examines only live attendance. The evidence presented in this report indicates the pressing need for additional analyses that make diversity a central facet of examining other dimensions of participation. The phone survey of a random sample of Americans age 18 and older was conducted during June and July 2004. The 1,231 people who...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, Art Activities, Music Activities, Participation, Motivation,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of the one-act musical based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel, "Anne of Green Gables," with music by Richard DeRosa and book and lyrics by Greg Gunning. The guide is designed to help teachers foster students' appreciation of theatre, dance, and music. The activities involve students in high-level thinking skills, accommodate differing learning styles, and draw connections to various...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Novels, Playwriting, Secondary...
The booklet provides information and resources for cultural organizations and institutions interested in making the arts accessible to deaf citizens. Preliminary information includes a discussion of deafness in America and the deaf in the history of the arts and notes that the era of silent films was the golden age of cinema. Listed are 36 theaters of and for the deaf as well as 18 hearing theaters with accessibility for the deaf. Also considered are television shows with deaf characters,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accessibility (for Disabled), Art, Cultural Activities, Dance, Deafness, Museums,...
This song book is presented as supplementary material for the French Basic Course. It provides the words to 36 French songs. The songs are divided into five categories: (1) military songs, (2) sea songs, (3) drinking songs, (4) folklore songs, and (5) Christmas carols. (AMH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiolingual Skills, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education, French, Second Language...
This article provides a discussion that examines Hawaiian performance cartography as described by Oliveira--but only as it relates to the island of Kaua'i. Section I begins with a chant asking permission to "enter" into the cultural landscape described in "mele" (songs) and "hula" (dance). Section II looks briefly at "mo'oku auhau" (genealogies), "inoa'aina" (place names), "mahele'aina" (land divisions), "oleo no'eau"...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Hawaiians, Cultural Influences, Cartography, Cultural Activities, Dance, Performance,...
Produced by the Montana Office of Public Instruction, this teaching resource provides information on powwows and related Native American culture and traditions. A powwow is a gathering where Native American dancing, singing, and celebration take place. Gatherings may include dancing and singing contests, "give-aways," encampments, feasting, and honoring ceremonies. Sections of this guide cover the history of the powwow, the organizing committee, judges and scoring, contest rules, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Clothing, Cultural Activities, Dance,...
This workshop presentation offers an introduction to and suggestions for a multicultural approach to teaching through music experiences. Experiences presented include: (1) "Funga Alafia," a welcome song from Liberia; (2) "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree," an American traditional game song; (3) a Japanese version of "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree"; and (4) "Mos' Mos'!," a Native American (Hopi) song about a cat. A segment of the presentation,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Multicultural...
To assist the learner of English as a second language in dealing with American holiday celebrations (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Independence Day) a series of dialogs, comprehension questions, readings, and points of discussion are presented. The text is illustrated. (JB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Cultural Activities, English (Second Language), Second Language...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of the Potato People in "School Daze." The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven pages of reproducible activity sheets for use in class with activities and discussion questions on the following topics: (1) Meet the Characters (introducing students to what characters are, and who they are; and including some puppet activities; (2) New Experiences (helping students relate...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Acting, Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Cultural Activities, Elementary...
This paper looks at community services in the junior college, particularly cultural affairs. The nature of the community must be defined before an effective program can be organized. The college can then determine the area of services to be offered. Cultural programs are considered to be those offering lectures, films, exhibits, theater, and so on. Interviews were conducted with directors of community services at seven varied community colleges. All had lecture series of varying scopes. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Services, Cultural Activities, Cultural Enrichment, Fine Arts, Two Year...
To assist the learner of English as a second language in dealing with such personal occasions as weddings and funerals, a series of dialogs, comprehension questions, readings, and points of discussion are presented. The text is illustrated. (JB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Cultural Activities, English (Second Language), Second Language...
This is a compilation of ten multicultural instructional booklets that were prepared and published by the Seattle, Washington, School District. The first booklet, entitled "Selected Multi-ethnic/Multicultural Events and Personalities," lists and describes (1) major holidays and events celebrated in the United States, and (2) American ethnic minority and majority individuals and their achievements. Booklet 2, "Chinese New Year," contains background information and classroom...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign...
A classroom visit by an international visitor is potentially a unique educational experience. Students have an opportunity to: increase awareness of their own values and of their foundation in the sociocultural patterns of their natural family, community, and nation; increase capacity for empathetic interpersonal relations; and become aware of global issues that affect entire societies and of the interdependence of the world. This checklist is designed to encourage teachers to invite visitors...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Check Lists, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Cultural Opportunities,...
The Fine Arts--Music, Dance, Theater Arts, Visual Arts--Standards of Learning are part of Virginia's efforts to provide challenging educational programs in the public schools. Knowledge and skills that students acquire through Fine Arts instruction include the ability to think critically, solve problems creatively, make informed judgments, work cooperatively within groups, appreciate different cultures, imagine, and create. These Standards of Learning were developed through the efforts of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Fine Arts,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "Borrowed Black: A Labrador Fantasy," by the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven reproducible activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) The Story (orienting students to the characters and places of the story, and with a basic story outline); (2) Before Attending the Performance (on creating the characters, problems to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Acting, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education,...
To assist the learner of English as a second language in dealing with the etiquette of dining in someone else's home, a series of dialogs, comprehension questions, readings, and points of discussion are presented. The text is illustrated. (JB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Cultural Activities, English (Second Language), Food, Second Language...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck, adapted by Warren Frost and dramatized for the Kennedy Center by Nick Olcott. It is in the form of a Director's Notebook--a scrapbook/journal of clippings, memos, lists, illustrations, notes, and other items--to show students how a director finds and develops ideas to make a playwright's script come to life on stage. The "Cuesheet" contains 10...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," adapted for the stage by Bruce Mason. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) The Story (offering a brief introduction to the plot and characters and some lines from the play to listen for); (2) Adaptation: Turning a Novel into a Play (looking at how novels are changed...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Novels,...
Young adult workers provide businesses with the dynamic labor force and fresh ideas they need to innovate and grow. With their contributions to cultural, intellectual and social life, young adults also make New England a vibrant and interesting place to live. Young families support local schools and demand a strong educational system. Yet New England is losing this young adult population. In this article, the author explains why they are disappearing. (Contains 2 figures.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Social Life, Young Adults, Labor Force, Intellectual Experience, Cultural Activities,...
Green Chimneys School, a private school, used its summer session to take an imaginary trip to Europe. In each subject students took part in activities related to travel and European countries. For example, mathematics classes dealt with the monetary system, latitude, longitude, units of measurement, and conversion of money for the countries being "visited." Evening activities centered around recreation and folk activities of the various countries, such as gambling for France, pinatas...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Activity Units, Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Activities, Extracurricular Activities,...
The guide, intended to aid students (grades four and above) in making their bodies a good home for their spirit, provides a variety of athletic activities and traditional Indian recipes for use in the classroom or in cultural programs. Apart from running (the major American Indian means of maintaining physical fitness), instructions are given for the following 16 tribal games: "kickball" (Yakima), "Wut Si Mo" (Paiute), "Tek'me pu'ku" (Moquelumnan), "Tinbin...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education,...
This performance guide is designed to help teachers prepare students to see the Sogolon Marionettes performing one of two stories from the West African country of Mali. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains four activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) About the Performance (offering a performance overview of the stories, and some helpful vocabulary about the stories or puppetry); (2) Getting Ready To See Sogolon Marionettes (locating the country of Mali, discussing the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education,...
This collection of essays seeks to offer a composite portrait of state humanities programs from a wide range of viewpoints. Topics explored include: the role of the National Endowment for the Humanities; the importance of the humanities; origins and new directions for state programs; humanities and the issues of public policy, the arts, science, and the social sciences; the use of the media in state humanities programs; political ramifications in the areas of funding and accountability; and the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiovisual Communications, Cultural Activities, Humanities, Position Papers, Public...
An event based on "find the rule" problems has been part of the University of Canberra Maths Day since 1985. In this paper, the authors describe the Swiss event, its context, its aims, its logistics, and gives examples of problems used in past events. The type of problems used, how they are used in an event at the maths day, and how the event evens out the competition and stops strong schools dominating are also discussed.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, Mathematics, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Activities,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "A Village Fable, In the Suicide Mountains," A one-act musical play based on the novella "In The Suicide Mountains" by John Gardner, and presented by The Coterie Theatre. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) A Village Fable (offering a story synopsis, introducing important characters, and offering...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Novels, Playwriting,...
This research project attempts to determine the economic effects of arts activities and cultural institutions on a local community (Baltimore, Maryland). This document contains an economic impact model that uses 30 equations to determine direct and secondary effects on businesses, government, and individuals and a case study of the model involving eight Baltimore arts-related institutions. Section 1 describes the model's structure and strengths, and section 2 provides an overview of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art Activities, Case Studies, Community, Community Benefits, Cultural Activities,...
A "global simulation" is a class activity allowing students to encounter situations that include love, life, and death in a simulated environment. This paper describes several possible simulations. Each one can be integrated into a variety of intermediate- to advanced-level curricula such as a conversation class, a culture and civilization class, or a writing class. Distinctions are made between functional and global simulations. Functional simulations are particularly adaptable to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Adults, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Activities, Language Arts,...
Developed by utilizing only Jicarilla Apache people as resources to preserve the authenticity of the material and information, this booklet presents information on the Jicarilla Apache celebration of "Go-gii-ya". "Go-gii-ya" is a religious feast and ceremony held annually over a three-day period which climaxes on the fifteenth day of September. The material presented excludes the more deeply detailed information because of its religious significance to the Jicarilla people....
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Culture, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural...
A decline in government funding for recreational services has stimulated the growth of private and commercial recreation. In this two-page information review, areas in which job opportunities in the recreational field are to be found are discussed, and trends in commercial recreation are listed. A list of 22 resource organizations and 6 periodicals on recreation, as well as 11 references, is included. (JD)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Athletics, Career Choice, Cultural Activities, Employment Opportunities, Employment...
After war and armed conflicts, the child victims of these events need protection and reintegration. In reality, the physical and psychic consequences of wars on children persist for some time after the war. In this regard, we must prepare the reintegration of these children into society. To reintegrate these children, we must think of both a general course of rehabilitation followed by special rehabilitation according to the child's needs. In this respect, initially, we must initiate...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Therapy, Psychology, Social Development, Children, War, Personal Narratives,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "The Nightingale," a dance-theater performance conceived and choreographed by Dana Tai Soon Burgess, written and directed by Mary Hall Surface, and adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," offers four Reproducible Activity Pages for students, as well as learning activities and information for teachers to share with young people...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Dance, Elementary Education, Problem Solving,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "Little Women," adapted for the stage by Paulette Laufer and based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) From Novel to Stage Play (with background information about the story setting and the change from novel to play); (2) Characters and Resources (describing the characters and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education,...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "Angels Voices," with libretto by Gary Race and music by Noa Ain. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," is in the form of a Director's Notebook (a scrapbook/journal of clippings, quotations, illustrations, notes, and other items) to show how a director finds and develops ideas that come alive on stage. The opera seeks to lead audience members on a journey from the noisy modern...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Cultural Activities, Death, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign...
Teacher-developed activities in one kindergarten classroom in Rogers (MN) are the focus for introducing diversity in primary grades. The process of planning the curriculum is described, along with a list of strategies to implement in the classroom for the school year. A set of persona dolls, one male and one female, were purchased to represent African-American, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, and European-American cultural groups. Funding for the persona dolls was obtained from the building...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences,...
The Music Division of the Library of Congress houses a collection that numbers close to eight million items including the classified music and book collections; music and literary manuscripts; microforms; and copyright deposits. This guide shows the highlights of the collection, as well as its mission. The Library of Congress embraces the complete range of music from creating new works to having them performed and placing the original manuscripts in the collections in perpetuity for the use of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Archives, Cultural Activities, Dance, Folk Culture, Illustrations, Library...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "The Snow Queen," adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen by Sandra Deer. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) What Happens in "The Snow Queen?" (offering a story synopsis and a pre-performance activity); (2) Play Map (a time line of important events and characters in the play); (3) Adaptations: How...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary Education,...
A portion of Mississippi Choctaw culture commonly referred to as "material culture" is described with pictures illustrating the process of making some of the traditional Choctaw items which tribal members have chosen to continue to make. The secondary textbook may be used as a supplement to the state-adopted textbook for the course titled "Mississippi History" (a major resource material for a unit of study in the social studies curriculum offered at the secondary level) or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Culture, American Indian Studies, Clothing, Cultural Activities,...
Most typical high school programs are not meeting the needs of gifted and talented students. Programs for the gifted are often neither interdisciplinary nor differentiated as encouraged by Texas state guidelines. Gifted students can gain much from well-designed extracurricular activities. Grade weighting schemes in which gifted courses are weighted no heavier than honors classes may dissuade students who are competitive for class honors from taking such courses. They can be encouraged to select...
Topics: ERIC Archive, After School Programs, Cultural Activities, English, Enrichment Activities,...
The findings of a planning study of arts and cultural programing on commercial and public radio and television are summarized in this report. Focusing on the decision making process on arts and cultural subjects in the broadcast industry, the report presents information on the following topics: how the phrase "arts and cultural programing" is understood by key broadcast executives, the terminology used in the industry to describe significant arts and cultural programing, the kinds of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Attitudes, Broadcast Industry, Cultural Activities, Fine Arts, Material...
This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "Black Nativity," a play about the birth of Jesus, celebrated in the tradition of African-American culture and with gospel music at its heart. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains three sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) Celebrating the Holiday Season; (2) The Creation of "Black Nativity"; (3) What Gospel Music Is; (4) Elements To Listen for in Gospel...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Audiences, Black Culture, Black Literature, Cultural Activities, Elementary Secondary...
