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Friday, July 4, 2014

7-4-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:








The Best Resources For Learning About The Children Refugee Crisis At The U.S. Southern Border
© 2007 Jake Prendez, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio I’ve previously shared articles on the children refugee crisis (and, make no mistake — it is a refugee crisis, not an immigrant problem), but thought it would be useful for me to collect them all in one list. Feel free to offer additional suggestions in the comments section: RT @LydiaGuzman: Change the language: they are not immigrants, they are REFU


In Addition To Being The U.S. Independence Day, Today Is Also Rwanda’s 20th “Liberation Day” — When The Genocide Ended
© 2011 Voyages Lambert, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio As we here in the United States mark July 4th as our Independence Day, Rwanda also “marks its Liberation Day, the anniversary of the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s defeat of government forces which effectively ended the 1994 genocide.” You might be interested in The Best Sites To Learn About Genocide In Rwanda.

“‘There Are So Many Inspirational Teachers Out There’: An Interview With Meenoo Rami”
‘There Are So Many Inspirational Teachers Out There’: An Interview With Meenoo Rami is my latest post over at Education Week Teacher. This summer, I’ll be alternating between publishing thematic compilations of past posts and sharing interviews with authors of recent books I consider important and useful for us educators. Meenoo Rami, a teacher at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia an
A Few More Good July Fourth Resources
© 2013 Kevin Dooley, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some final additions to The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July: MAP: How every country in the world celebrates its version of July 4th is from Vox. The Night Before the Fourth is from The Atlantic. Here’s a good NY Times video:


7-3-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: TED-Ed Video: “What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence”Here’s a nice TED-Ed video and lesson I’m adding to The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July:by Larry Ferlazzo / 8h 7-2-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…