Informational Resources for Public Forum Lecture Topics, 2009
Provided below are links to articles, videos, podcasts, websites, lesson plans, and curriculum guides for the 2009 speakers and their related lecture topics. These resources can be used to explore Public Forum speakers' topics.
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Peter Canellos Author and Boston Globe's Editorial Page editor
Mira Kamdar Foreign affairs expert, award winning author and international commentator
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Ken Burns
Director and producer of documentary films; known for his style of making use of archival footage and photographs
- Website on Ken Burns including timeline, films and more:
- New York Times biography on Ken Burns, including related websites:
- Quotes by Ken Burns:
- "Visions of Race in America in the Films of Ken Burns" with downloadable MP3 (89 :36) : Video
- Ken Burns on the Ken Burns Effect (4:36): Video
- Ken Burns Effect with main features : Slideshow
- Ken Burns biography, filmography, new pictures, awards, videos and links:
- Interviews with Ken Burns: Videos
- How to do the Ken Burns effect in Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0:
- How to teach kids to use the Ken Burns Effect on imovie:
- Online tours of national parks, interactive maps and atlas:
- Curriculums "designed to help teachers, students and learners of all ages access and use the numerous lesson plans and educational activities featured on the American Stories companion Web sites". Includes video and other online resources:
- Lesson plan on "Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects" of places on National Park Service's National Register:
- Lesson plan on "Mapping a U.S. Park Trip":
- Lesson plan on "Our national parks: recreation and preservation":
- Lesson plan on "Understanding wilderness":
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Geoffrey Canada
President and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone
- Harlem Children's Zone official website:
- "An intimate look at how Harlem Children's Zone's work is transforming the lives of families and helping to break the cycle of generational poverty" by the Chicago Public Radio #364 titled "Going Big" (31:41): Audio
- Interview with Geoffrey Canada explaining more about his work and why (34:40): Video
- The book about Geoffrey Canada called "Whatever It Takes" by Paul Tough including Question and Answer materials, articles, photos, about the author and more:
- New York Times articles on Geoffrey Canada and related subjects:
- Geoffrey Canada speaks on helping Harlem's Children: Video
- The Heinz Award acceptance with links to bio, acceptance speech, news articles and websites:
- "Whatever It Takes" to teach kids (36:11): Audio
- Related reading material on urban education and poverty amelioration:
- "Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism" by David Whitman: Full Text Reading
- http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED502972&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED502972
- Excerpts of "Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America" by Jay Mathews:
- http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/Work_Hard_Be_Nice.html
- News "How One Man's Vision To Revitalize Harlem Starts With Children" by Daniel Schorn with related videos, photos and interactive links:
- Urban education resources:
- Teacher's guide including notes, optional lesson plan ideas, questions for chapters, and assignments on Geoffrey Canada's book "Fist Stick Knife Gun":
- Curriculum of lesson plans for teachers on poverty for grades 5-12 with seven sections, each section containing an explanation, classroom activity, community service and internet connection:
- Understanding poverty and homelessness lesson plans:
- Find resources on a variety of social studies lesson plans depending on age group:
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Peter Canellos
Author and Boston Globe's Editorial Page editor
- Boston Globe Biography of Peter Canellos:
- Peter Canellos current work and archive:
- Peter Canellos book, "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy", a New York Times Bestseller:
- "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy" book description, audio excerpt and reviews:
- Online Ted Kennedy website:
- Interview with Peter Canellos (16:29): Audio
- Collection of articles by Peter Canellos:
- Article on "Boston Globe Appoints Peter Canellos as Editor":
- Peter Canellos (29:18): Audio
- Peter Canellos "discusses yesterday's Democratic South Carolina Primary, Tuesday's Republican Florida primary and other campaign issues" on Washington Journal (43:00): Video
- Peter Canellos, Susan Milligan, and Sam Allis about their book on the life of Sen. Teddy Kennedy (10:39): Video
- About Ted Kennedy and his family, including video, slideshow and article:
- Articles on Ted Kennedy:
- Family tree of the Kennedy family:
- Documentary on the Kennedy family:
- Online quiz on the Kennedy family:
- Curriculum on journalism with numerous activities to help kids learn more about journalism:
- Teaching online journalism:
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Mira Kamdar
Foreign affairs expert, award winning author and international commentator
- Dr. Mira Kamdar's official website including biography, books, articles and more:
- Dr. Mira Kamdar's blog including her writings, photos and related blogs:
- More about Mira Kamdar including biography, education, experience, honors, media, lectures, appearances, and selected articles collected by the World Policy Institute:
- Description of her book "Planet India: The Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and the Future of Our World":
- Links to topics about her life and her books, mostly related to the topic of the rise of India:
- Understanding the Mumbai attacks, includes article and video (03:19) and full audio (01:33:00):
- "Mira Kamdar speaks at UCF about India's problems as an economic power":
- http://www.mcall.com/orl-mira-kamdar-ucf,0,749391.story
- "Author Mira Kamdar discusses what the America has to do with the global challenges threatening the U.S. and how a partnership with India can create a positive synergistic outcome "(55:33): Video
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JACKjTzs_U&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2F%09videosearch%3Fq=Dr.%20Mira%20Kamdar%26oe=utf-8%26rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-%09US%3Aofficial%26client=firefox-a%26um=1%26ie=UTF-8&feature=player_embeddedCNN>
- "The award-winning author of "Planet India: The Turbulent Rise of the World's Largest Democracy and the Future of our World", Kamdar is a globally renowned expert on India" by the American Program Bureau (2:39): Video
- A curriculum called an Educators' Corner developed to engage and support educators who are committed to teaching International Studies and who are interested in integrating the Great Decisions program into their classroom:
- Plug in lesson plan for teachers and interactive activities for children on India:
- Lesson plans for the story of India for history learning purposes:
- Resources to teach about India in classroom including printable map to color and label, theater script, and other fun activities:
- Two versions of curriculum in learning about India with a downloadable lesson folder including all materials for KS2-3 and KS4 and above:
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