Additional Programs (Learning Guides and Reading Lists)

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TIME CAPSULE IN A MILK CAN (Sept. 24, 2003)

An emotionally gripping performance about the power of the written word and the triumph of the human spirit. Delving into the archives of Emmanuel Ringelblum and the Warsaw ghetto. This live production invites audience members to collaborate with Ringleblum as he creates and preserves the Oneg Shabbat archive. In partnership with The Discovery Theater and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

» Get Learning Guide [PDF: 151KB] - Library of Congress (requires freely available Acrobat Reader)
» Get Learning Guide [PDF: 782K] - U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Reading List:

Fiction

• David A. Adler, Child of the Warsaw Ghetto. New York: Holiday House, 1995.
  Illustrated fictional account of a family’s experience in the Warsaw Ghetto.
  Ages 9-12.
• Christa Laird, Shadow of the Wall. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1990.
  Story of a young boy who lives in a ghetto must smuggle out his baby sister.
  Young adult.
• Doris Orgel, The Devil in Vienna. New York: Puffin, 1988.
  Story of a friendship between a Jewish girl and a girl whose father is a Nazi.
  9th grade.
• Uri Orlev, The Man from the Other Side. New York: Puffin, 1995.
  A boy smuggles supplies to Jews living in a Polish ghetto.
  Ages 9-12.
• Jane Yolen, Briar Rose. New York: Starcape, 2002.
  A young girl explores her grandmother’s history as a concentration camp survivor.
  9th grade.

Non-Fiction

• Mark Beyer, Emmanuel Ringelblum: Historian of the Warsaw Ghetto. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2001.
  Part of the Holocaust Biographies Series.
  Grade 5-8.
• Art Spiegelman, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. New York: Pantheon, 1997.
  The true story of an Auschwitz survivor, told in comic strip form.
  11th grade.
• R. Conrad Stein, Warsaw Ghetto. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1985.
  History of the Nazi persecution of Jewish people in the Warsaw Ghetto documented with numerous photographs.
  Ages 9-12.
• Gail B. Stewart, Life in the Warsaw Ghetto. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1995.
  Photographs, diaries, letters, poems of those in the ghetto.
  Grades 6-12.
• David Wisniewski, Golem. New York: Clarion Books, 1996.
  Legend of the Golem, who was created to help the Jewish people.
  6th grade.
• Andrea Warren, Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps. New York: Harper Trophy, 2002.
  Non-fiction account of twelve-year-old Jack Mandelbaum’s witness to the Nazi take-over of Poland and his three years in a concentration camp.
  8th grade.

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THE RHYTHMS OF FLAMENCO (Oct. 14, 2003)

We explore the collaborative improvisational art forms from the gypsy population of southern Spain. This participatory program will trace the impact of culture on music, and examine the relationship between the three essential components of Flamenco: singer, guitarist and dancer.

Sponsored by the American Folklife Center.

Reading List:

Non-Fiction

• Kevin Davis, Look What Came from Spain. New York: F. Watts, Inc., 2003.
  Pictorial encyclopedia.
  Grades 1-4.
• Eileen Day, I’m Good at Dancing. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003.
  Describes what it’s like to perform various dances, including Flamenco.
  Grades 1-4.
• Graham Faiella, Spain: A Primary Source Cultural Guide (Primary Sources of World Cultures). New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2003.
  Ages 9-12.
• Lerner Publishing Group, Spain . . . In Pictures (Visual Geography). Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1995. Pictorial encyclopedia.
  Ages 9-12.
• Noa Lior, Spain. The Culture. New York: Crabtree Publishing Co., 2002. (One of three volumes, Land, People, Culture.)
  Describes Spanish folk culture, including Flamenco dance.
  Ages 9-12.

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CHUNA MCINTYRE (Nov. 12, 2003)

Featured at this year's National Book Festival, he will join the Nunumpta Yup'ik (Eskimo) singers and dancers to present a program of stories, songs, and dances from native Alaska. Born in the tiny village of Eek on the coast of the Bering Sea, McIntyre uses traditional stories learned from his grandmother to create contemporary stories, sounds, and images of Yup'ik culture.

A presentation of the American Folklife Center.

» Get Learning Guide [PDF: 88KB] (requires freely available Acrobat Reader)

Reading List:

Fiction

• Kirkpatrick Hill, Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway. (Girls of Many Lands series). Middleton, Wisc.: Pleasant Co. Publications, 2002.
  Fictional account of a Yupik girl’s encounter with late 19th-century missionaries.
  Grades 5-9.
• Megan McDonald, Tundra Mouse: A Storyknife Tale. New York: Orchard Books, 1997.
  Fictional account of a Yupik household and traditional craft.
  K-3rd grade.
• Carolyn Meyer, In a Different Light: Growing Up in a Yup’ik Eskimo Village in Alaska. New York: McElderry Books, 1996.
  Fictionalized account of contemporary Yup’ik life.
  Grades 6-9.
• Margaret Nicolai, Kitaq Goes Ice Fishing. Seattle: Alaska Northwest Books, 1998.
  Fictional story of a boy’s first ice fishing trip with his father.
  K-2nd grade.
• Barbara Winslow, Dance on a Sealskin. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, 1995.
  Fictional story based on Yupik tradition of a girl who dances at her first potlach.
  Grades 2-6.

• Mir Tamim Ansary, Arctic Peoples. (Native Americans) Des Plaines, Ill.: Heinemann Library, 2000.
  Broad overview of North American aboriginal peoples.
  Grades 2-4.
• Kira Van Deusen, Raven and the Rock: Storytelling in Chukotka. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999.
  Anthology of 25 Chukkchi and Yupik folk legends.
• Andrew Haslam, Arctic Peoples. (Make it Work! History) New York: Thomson Learning, 1995.
  Maps, photographs, description and hands-on projects provide a comprehensive look at life in the Arctic.
  Grades 4-8.
• Betty Huffmon and Terry Sloat, Ananak’s Berries. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1996.
  Re-telling of a Yupik tale.
  K-3rd grade.
• Aylette Jenness and Alice Rivers, In Two Worlds: A Yup’ik Eskimo Family. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
  Photographs and text document the changes a Yup’ik family experienced over 50 years.
  Grades 5-8.
• Bobbie Kalman and Rebecca Sjonger, Life in the Far North. (Native Nations of North America, vol. 12) New York: Crabtree Publishing Co., 2004.
  Description of social life and customs of Inuit, Yupik, and Inupiat peoples.
  Grades 4-6.
• Alice Osinski, The Eskimo: The Inuit and Yupik People. (A New True Book) Chicago: Children’s Press, 1985.
  Describes the natural environment and way of life, contrasting traditional culture with modern lifestyle.
  Grades 4-8.
• Terry Sloat, The Eye of the Needle. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 1990.
  Re-telling of a Yupik tale.
  K-3rd grade.
• _____, The Hungry Giant of the Tundra. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2001.
  Re-telling of a Yupik tale.
  K-3rd grade.
• Gail Stewart, Life in an Eskimo Village. (The Way People Live) San Diego: Lucent Books, 1995.
  Overview of life of indigenous peoples in Canada and Alaska.
  Grades 7-10.

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CHILDREN OF STRUGGLE (June 3, 2004)

A musical performance about the youngest heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, and their inspiring, important struggle for equal rights Meet Ruby Bridges, Ernest Green, and Claudette Colvin through this warm and powerful story of their courage, strength and hope. Part of "The Greatest Stories Never Told" series, this original musical is written and directed by Raquis Petree with music by Marion Johnson. This presentation is part of the public programs surrounding the exhibition With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty. A co-presentation with The Discovery Theater.

» Get Learning Guide [PDF: 2.51 MB] (requires freely available Acrobat Reader)

Reading List:

• Sharon G. Flake, The Skin I’m In. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 1998.
  Thirteen-year-old Maleeka finds support from a teacher when she is teased about her dark skin.
• Marie G. Lee, Finding My Voice. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
  Ellen Sung struggles to find her own identity between her parents desire for her to excel and the racial slurs of her classmates.

• Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press, 1993.
• James Haskins, The Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1995.
• Casey King, Oh, Freedom!: Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People who Made it Happen. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1977.
• Rachel A. Koestler-Grack, Going to School During the Civil Rights Movement. Mankato, Minn.: Blue Earth Books, 2002.
• Belinda Rochelle, Witness to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights. New York, Lodestar Books, 1993.

• Patricia McKissack, Goin’ Somplace Special. New York: Atheneum, 2001.
• Deborah Wiles, Freedom Summer. New York: Atheneum, 2001.
• Jacqueline Woodson, The Other Side. New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 2001.
• Amy Littlesugar, Freedom School, Yes! New York: Philomel Books, 2001.

• Robert Coles, The Story of Ruby Bridges. New York: Scholastic, 1995.
• Margo Lundell, ed., Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. Press, 1999.

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A PROGRESS TO THE QUEEN (June 10, 2004 / cancelled)

Queen Elizabeth the First, the last Tudor Monarch of England, traveled throughout the countryside to witness the festivals and fairs during the Spring and Summer months. On Thursday June 10 , 2004, Will Kemp of Shakespeare’s Chamberlain’s Men theater company will lead a progress, or procession, to greet the Queen. Join the Folger Shakespeare Library, The Washington Revels, the Smithsonian's Discovery Theater and the Library of Congress in this procession as we learn the songs, dances, and customs of the time. A co-presentation with The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Discovery Theater, and the The Washington Revels

» Get Learning Guide [PDF: 1.81 MB] (requires freely available Acrobat Reader)

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BLACK DIAMOND (June 5, 2003)

Score a home run with your students as you experience an essential chapter of sports history and a celebration of the American civil rights movement. Three multi-talented performers portray the spirit and passion of baseball greats Jackie Robinson, "Spitfire" Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and many more in this tuneful hit about baseball's Negro Leagues! Presented in partnership with the Smithsonian's Discovery Theater, this musical was written and directed by local playwright Raquis Petree.

» Get Learning Guide [PDF: 359KB] (requires freely available Acrobat Reader)

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KHANCI DOS: A Musical Exploration of the Hungarian Roma (Dec. 10, 2003)

This event features award-winning, traditional Gypsy band, Khanci Dos, on their first tour outside of Europe. Band members will demonstrate traditional music and dance, and discuss the culture of the Roma people, as well as address the Rom struggle to preserve their language and traditions. This event is co-sponsored by The Washington Revels, who feature the band in this year's Christmas Revels production -- The Roads of the Roma.

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