Social Justice powerpoint and Science presentation

Salut tout le monde,
As your kids may have shared with you, we have been talking a lot about the Holocaust in English class lately. Because this is such an incomprehensibly evil event in history, I've decided to wrap up our talks with bringing our focus to what heroic acts people did, and what we can do as individuals to avoid being bystanders in life. I've given the kids 2 assignments in English, hopefully leading us to this end, which are described on pages 16 and 17 of the following powerpoint. The acts of kindness will be a continuing assignment, whereas the paragraph will be due the first day after Spring Break (though I am encouraging the kids to finish before the end of this week). Also included is a poem on page 6, written by a bystander-come-victim of the Holocaust, which reminds us how important it is to speak up for others, and a link to a video highlighting certain rescuers on page 15.



On a completely different note, we were lucky enough to have a really neat science presentation by staff of Science World yesterday afternoon, and they told us about a free evening for community members that they are putting on at Lansdowne Middle School this Thursday night from 6-9pm. The event is free, and will feature scientists from around the city, as well as further presentations/experiments by Science World staff. It sounds like a great event, and very family friendly.

Have a lovely week,
Mme O