This kid is amazing! Take a peek, and hopefully this little video will get you thinking...
Love what this kid has to say? I sure do! Here is a pep talk from the Kid President to you!
How can you not smile?! I challenge you to "see the awesome" in someone today!
Monday, November 25, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day (in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom) is a day to remember people who fought and died in wars. It is on November 11th to remember the end of World War I on that day in 1918. Remembrance Day was started in 1919 by King George V from the United Kingdom. On the same day, other countries also have days to remember war and soldiers. There is Veteran's Day in the United States, and Armistice Day in France, Belgium, New Zealand and other countries.
Remembrance Day Video - Canada At War
There are some things that people do on Remembrance Day. One is having two minutes of silence at 11:00 AM. It is at 11:00 AM because that is when World War I ended. At a ceremony for Remembrance Day, before the two minutes of silence, a song called "The Last Post" is played on a bugle (or sometimes a trumpet). At the end of the silence, the bugle plays a song called "Reveille."
Here is a version of "The Last Post".
People often bring wreaths made of poppies to Remembrance Day ceremonies. The wreaths honor people who have died in wars.
In many countries, many people wear a fake poppy on Remembrance Day, and for a few days before. The poppy is a symbol to show that they remember the wars, and the soldiers who fought in them. Poppies were chosen to be a symbol because they often grew in battlefields, after the soldiers stopped fighting there.
In Flanders Field
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
Remembrance Day Video - Canada At War
There are some things that people do on Remembrance Day. One is having two minutes of silence at 11:00 AM. It is at 11:00 AM because that is when World War I ended. At a ceremony for Remembrance Day, before the two minutes of silence, a song called "The Last Post" is played on a bugle (or sometimes a trumpet). At the end of the silence, the bugle plays a song called "Reveille."
Here is a version of "The Last Post".
People often bring wreaths made of poppies to Remembrance Day ceremonies. The wreaths honor people who have died in wars.
In many countries, many people wear a fake poppy on Remembrance Day, and for a few days before. The poppy is a symbol to show that they remember the wars, and the soldiers who fought in them. Poppies were chosen to be a symbol because they often grew in battlefields, after the soldiers stopped fighting there.
In Flanders Field
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
Thursday, November 7, 2013
From Africa to North America: Refugee Young People's Thoughts on Education
We are very lucky to live in a country that provides free education for all of it's citizens. There are many children throughout the world who want to go to school, but are unable to for a variety of reasons.
Many children in Africa have to walk a long distance to get to school each morning. They do not have sidewalks, access to bicycles, and buses like we have access to.
Once the children arrive at school, you will notice that physically, it looks quite different than what you are used to. Think of all of the resources that you have access to each day at your school? Are you making the most of the opportunities that are in front of you?
Here is a video about several kids who used to live in Africa, and their views on how education is different here in North America compared to Africa.
Why is education important to you? What are your goals and how do you plan to achieve them? Where do you see yourself once you have graduated high school?
Please compose a post on your blog, answering the questions asked above.
I look forward to reading your thoughts.
Mrs. Dowker
Many children in Africa have to walk a long distance to get to school each morning. They do not have sidewalks, access to bicycles, and buses like we have access to.
Once the children arrive at school, you will notice that physically, it looks quite different than what you are used to. Think of all of the resources that you have access to each day at your school? Are you making the most of the opportunities that are in front of you?
Here is a video about several kids who used to live in Africa, and their views on how education is different here in North America compared to Africa.
Why is education important to you? What are your goals and how do you plan to achieve them? Where do you see yourself once you have graduated high school?
Please compose a post on your blog, answering the questions asked above.
I look forward to reading your thoughts.
Mrs. Dowker
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