Bulletin Board ideas summarized

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From: Deborah Kaplan <dkap@interaccess.com>
Subject: HIT part 1 - IMMIGRATION
 ideas - Thank you to all sent them in!

Brigid Heckman
Library Clerk/Teacher Aide
Greenwood Central School
Greenwood, NY
"Home of the Eagles"
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Something to think about.  We've become much more culturally aware of the
holiday season covering more than Christmas. To honor diversity, we've
change to a general holiday theme which also covers Kwanza and Hannukah.
Lorraine Barker - Corning East HS
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Hi - I haven't gotten around to putting this up yet - but this is my
idea!  I have a blue background and will be displaying large snowflakes
(doilies).  At the tips of them I am  planning of attaching different
Christmas websites.  I haven't thought of a cute saying to go along with
it yet - but - like I said I'm still turning it around in my head.
Let us know what you come up with!
Amy Derwin, SLMS-Joseph Henry Elementary School
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Back when I was a classroom teacher I had a cute board that had a title
something like, "Holiday Greeting Across the Country."  I put up a map of
the United States, or the world and students cut the postmark off of the
envelopes are greeting cards arrived at their homes.  We put them on the map
of where it came from.
Suzette Kragenbrink
High School Library Media Specialist-Mount Vernon High School
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We just did one with the saying "Deck the Halls with  Books and Holly"
Mary Buitendorp-Grand Haven Christian School
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Last year I did a big reindeer and use the heading "Rudolph "nose"
good books.  They I printed up Christmas ornaments and had the kids write
the name of their favorite book on it.  It was cute.
Dana Stemig
LMT Modesto City Schools-Modesto, Ca
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Do Hannukah--adding candles every day--or preKwanza--
do some other than traditional Christian Christmas themes?
Richard Librarian
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How about Santa and the elves all reading books with a
bag of wrapped books waiting to be delivered?  Be sure
that the books are all titles that you have on your
shelves...I find that highlighting something makes it
an instant draw.  If you have a color scanner, I like
to enlarge the cover of a book, scan it, print it and
use it so that the kids have a visual reference as
well.   Just an idea.
      Kay Randall, LMS      Troy Jr. / Sr. High School
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I'm having the children create pictures on KidPix (holiday-ish).   I'm
printing them out in "Teensy" and then going to put them up in the shape of
a tree.
Vicki Sweet-Media Specialist/Technology Coordinator
Morris Plains Schools-Mountain Way School
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Have the kids create Christmas banners (8 1/2 x 11) saying Merry Christmas
in a different language with a little art decoration they create...
Betty Picone-Librarian/Media Specialist
Fredon Elementary School
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I think it was last year, someone described their Xmas tree made out of
old CD's.  I did it, and it was really cute.  I put mine on shiny green
paper, then stuck little bows, small ornaments, etc. here and there to
give it color, and I think I even found a star for the top.  I think I
held the CDs on with straight pins.  Check the archives for further
details.  Please post a hit for any other suggestions.--
Lois Tabis, Librarian-Sharpsville HS, Sharpsville, PA
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    In the past I have had kids cut out holly leaves and we make a huge
wreath.  This is really effective if you have several shades of green
construction paper.  A big red bow gives it a third dimension.  Instead
of holly berries have faux red books.  I put the words, "Happy
Holidays!" under the wreath.  This year I am going to put "Books are Y2K
compatible!"
Sincerely,
Deb Logan-Librarian/Media Specialist
Taft Middle School-Marion, OH
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I just put up a holiday bulletin board which looks really nice.  I got the
idea from the Almanac for Elementary School Media Specialists (not sure if
that is exact title, but close!)  I put up a snowman holding a sign that
reads, " Books to make you giggle and smile. "  And then, across the b
board, cut out squares and bows and made 'presents' and on the outside of
each present wrote the title of a funny book and its author.  I made a
banner for the top that reads, Tis the Season to be Jolly.  It turned out
very nice!  Plus it gives students ideas for good books to read :)  Have
fun!
Kathy Schrader
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A bunch (too many to count) of years ago I had a very creative student
aide who designed a bulletin board that I have continued to use. Using
bulletin board paper she drew (charcoal if I remember right) several
pieces: fireplace (red paper), christmas tree with ornaments (green),
mantle (brown), Santa (?), Santa's bag (black) was made so you could
stuff with tissue paper to fill it out, a fire for the fireplace, a
little mouse wearing glasses and reading a book, stockings (white), a
wall (white paper with lines simulating paneling), and a floor (brown)

So the display showed Santa standing on the floor beside the tree
holding his full bag, with a roaring fire in the fireplace and the mouse
perched on the hearth. We put book covers coming out the top of his bag.
And the stockings were laminated first, then we wrote our student aides'
names on them (reusable each year by using the same stuff you clean
transparencies with to take the names off) and hung them from the
mantle.
It took quite a while to prepare the first year, but we taped and glued
everything together so after Christmas we could just roll it up and
store it for the next year. After that we only have to attach the
backing (wall/floor) to the bulletin board - everything else is already
in place.-
Melissa Davis     Librarian
Splendora Middle School            Splendora I.S.D.
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I do a seasonal board that doesn't have to be changed every month - just no
time!
I just put up my "winter" one - dark blue background with black letters that
say "  'Tis the season toREAD"  All around the words are large snowflakes
that I cut out from
patterns I found via Kathy Schrock's website.  (I'm terrible at making
snowflakes!)  I plan to add some graphics - of mittins, candy canes,
Hannukuh geld, etc.
Simple, and quick to put up!
Hope this helps,
Renee Menzie, LMS-French Hill Elem School
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In the December 1999 issue of The School Librarian's Workshop the bulletin
board shown was a wreath.  In the center of the wreath was a map of North
and South America.  It looked like a globe was cut in half and put in the
middle of the wreath.  The slogan around the wreath read "Peace on Earth in
the next Millennium"  Four large stars were placed on each side of the
wreath with the names of John Muir, Dian Fossey, Farley Mowat and Rachel
Carson on the stars.  My art teacher suggested making the wreath out of
handprints.  So I had students draw their hands on green paper, cut out the
handprint and glue it on the wreath.  Put a red bow on the bottom and from
a distance it looks three dimensional.  Have gotten many nice compliments
on the board.
Kay Bult
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One fun thing to do during the holiday season is have the students bring
in postmarks from holiday mail any place them on a US and World map.
Holiday greetings or symbols could be used as additional decorations.
Ellen
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I just put up two which I think are turning out well.  I covered each board
with a royal blue cloth I had baught at Walmart in a section they have with
millenium fabric...there are little silver star on it and it looks like a
night sky.  I had an old Christmas card I had kept which simply had a big
white polar bear sitting with a big, contented smile.  I enlarged him to
fit the entire (height wise) board, put a little strip of cotton batting
snow along the bottom like he was sitting on snow, put a ring of silk holly
and a red bow around his neck. I put a stack of books between his feet.  As
I stapled him up I stuffed a little of the cotten batting behind so that
his chest, head, and legs have a three dementional look.  Then in silver
litters we wrote on one bulletin board "Reading's cool!" and on the other
we put "Chill out with a good book."
This is what we've put on two of our bulletin boards, but I have a third,
huge board out in the hall which I have not decorated yet because I can't
come up with a good idea.  If you get any responses which might work in a
high school setting please pass them on.
Carolyn Townsend-Neosho Jr/Sr High School
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Many thanks to you who responded to my query. I have passed all the
information on to the 8th grade team. It turns out that the teacher is
most interested in the legislation and social policy aspects of
immigration. I will be ordering the Groliers American Immigration set.

from Melanie
I was asked to post a hit, so hopefully, here it is.
I begged and borrowed from several sources to put together my
interdisciplinary unit on Immigration. We ended our unit by simulating a

trip through Ellis Island which was a hit (The students "became"
immigrants
and had to memorize the information about themselves and sometimes their

families...we took a boat ride all scrunched up down the hallway...even
getting wet.... then had medical inspections...then routine tests and
intelligence tests which were fun -some impossible to pass- as a
surprise we
had our Spanish teacher ask most questions in Spanish to simulate the
language barrier...and we had a final test for detainees given by the
principal).

Anyway, for fiction I used a Joan Lowery Nixon book called Land of Hope.

Non-fiction:    Immigration: Then and Now by Scholastic
                *Ellis Island and Beyond by Wendy Wilson and Jack
Papadonis
(published by J.Weston Walch)
                A Nation of Immigrants (interdisciplinary) by Prentice
Hall

from Roz
The Roger Taylor website has a number of units on immigration. You can
see what the units are by looking at the
website, but in order to download the units you have to subscribe.
$40/month I think. Our district subscribes and
teachers use the units all the time...they are VERY complete.

Curriculum Design For Excellence On-Line
http://www.rogertaylor.com/

Roger Taylor Curriculum Database Search Results (for Immigration)

A few quick suggestions: Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse, Henry Holt,
1992,

Deborah Kaplan - librarian
King Lab School
Evanston, Illinois
dk@interaccess.com

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