Must see films about India
*A Peck on the Cheek
*Slumdog Millionaire
*Passage to India
*Outsourced
*Ghandi
*Monsoon Wedding
*City of Joy
*Salaam Bombay
*Water
Also recommended:
Earth
A Train to Pakistan
Bend it like Beckham
The Darjeeling Unlimited
Fire
Jodha Akbar
My Faraway Bride
The Cup
Before the Rains
Born into Brothels
Looks like learning about these fables, tales, myths, and legends will give me a little insight into Indian folklore. Sounds like many of these stories, though centered around animals or mythological figures, have a moral theme of friendship or getting along with one’s neighbors.
Now if only I could learn to read Telugu script!
It’s been a great season for the Sno-Rams! We’ve competed at Sugarloaf, Shawnee Peak, and Sunday River in Boardercross, Slalom, and Giant Slalom.
Hannah and Sarah desperately want to make it to Nationals at Copper Mountain in Colorado; I’m confident they will. Sure wish I could go this year, but finishing graduate studies and planning for the India trip are taking priority.
I’m going to see the Taj Mahal!
I’m off to India for six weeks this summer with the Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship which sends 16 US educators to India and Sri Lanka to deepen cultural understandings. Field visits will include visits to schools, NGO’s, museums, universities, and rural areas in New Delhi, Agra, Udaipur, Mumbai, Bangalore, Mysore, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, and Varanasi. The last ten days will be spent traveling Sri Lanka.
I’ll share my learning in a book of folktales called Living Folklore of India & Sri Lanka. While there, I want to investigate the influence of traditional tales and legends on the daily living of the people. I’ll juxtapose the ancient tales with images of modern life to create a photobook that can be shared as part of International Baccalaureate lesson in my school.
The dominant theme of IB schools is global connectedness. “When we introduce our students to the cultures, histories, and beliefs of others on our planet and look for commonalities, we begin the development of international mindedness. International education builds respect and ties between nations and is a powerful force in replacing myths and misinformation with knowledge and understanding” (Dr. Irene Davy, Internationalism in our Workshops. IBO Manual, 2005.) By bringing the meaning behind the myths to my students, we will grow in our knowledge of the culture of South Asia.
In order to share my experience with my middle school students, I wrote this book:
Hai Means Yes!
In 2005 I traveled to Murayama, Yamagata, Japan as a guest of the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund. I was taken by the warmth and beauty of the Japanese people.
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Proud
Off to the game
Mickey
Happy
Shy
See this?
JHS friends
The couple
The bow
Peace out
