A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Borders and Identity
by Betty Belanus, Emily Botein, Olivia Cadaval
$35.00
Subjects: Cajun Culture; Native American Culture; Mexican American Culture; African American Culture; Spanish Language Materials; Geography; History; Holidays; Family Celebrations and Traditions; Chinese American Culture;
Locations: Arizona; California; New Mexico; Texas; Mexico;

http://www.folklife.si.edu/explore/Resources/Tools/tools_border.html

This bilingual educational kit in Spanish and English, published by the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, includes a video, cultural map, and book. The complexities of life and identity along the U.S./Mexico border are explored, covering history, arts, beliefs, and occupational traditions. For grades 6-12. To order, go to: www.folkways.si.edu

Published by:
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Mail Order Dept. 0607
Washington, DC 20073-0607
800/410-9815

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Masters of Traditional Arts Education Guide
by Paddy Bowman, Betty Carter, Alan Govenar
$49.00
Subjects: Music; Folk Arts and Material Culture; Documentation and Field Research;
Locations: California; China; Denmark; Florida; Georgia; Ghana; Hawaii; Illinois; Iowa; Ireland; Louisiana; Maine; Mexico; New York (State); North Carolina; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Poland; Texas; Virginia; Wisconsin;

http://www.abc-clio.com/products/overview.aspx?productid=109297

Each National Heritage Fellow from 1982 to 2002 is profiled, and numerous suggestions are offered for teaching students in grades 4-12 about traditional arts and artists. The activities featured in the guide allow students to interact and engage in the kinds of information-seeking activities required of them outside the classroom, such as evaluating materials, organizing disparate types of material, and creating meaning for their own lives. The objectives outlined in the guide support the National Education Goals.

Published by:
ABC-CLIO, Inc.
130 Cremona Drive, PO Box 1911
Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911

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Indivisible
by Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
free
Subjects: Native American Culture; Maritime Culture; Documentation and Field Research; Mexican American Culture; Immigration and Migration;
Locations: Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Florida; Haiti; Montana; New Mexico; New York (State); North Carolina; South Carolina; South Carolina; Texas; Utah;

http://www.indivisible.org/resources.htm

This is a companion educator's guide to the Center's documentary project "Indivisible: Stories of American Community." Included is a written foreword by Ray Suarez entitled "Local Heroes Changing America." There are also brief descriptions of some "Indivisible" communities, including Alaskan fishing communities; an alternative federal credit union in Ithaca, New York; Haitian Citizens Police Academy in Delray Beach, Florida; CHALK (communities in Harmony Advocating for Learning and Kids) in San Francisco; Navajo Lifeways in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado; Eau Claire Community of Shalom in North and South Carolina; Handmade in America Revitalization Project in Western North Carolina; Midwifery practice and doula service, Stony Brook, New York; Proyecto Azteca in San Juan, Texas; Southwest Youth Collaborative in Chicago; the Village of Arts and Humanities in Philadelphia; and Yaak Valley Forest Community in Montana. Also included in the kit is Document Vol. 3:1 featuring articles on place and displacement.

Published by:
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
1317 West Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705
919/660-3663

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Boyle Heights : The Power of Place, Teacher Guide
by Japanese American National Museum

Subjects: Community Life; Social Justice; Documentation and Field Research; Asian American Culture;
Locations: California;

http://www.janm.org/exhibits/bh/

Resource guide to investigate community history of this Los Angeles, California neighborhood, focusing on the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans living in Boyle Heights, and produced in conjunction with the museum exhibition of the same name, Sept. 8, 2002-Feb. 23 2003. With activities and worksheets for grades 4-12, including instructions for oral history interviewing.

Published by:
Japanese American National Museum
Education Unit, 369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213/625 0414