November Homework Links

November Homework Resources

1) Here are some sources for the history of fall celebrations. This article, from CNN, looks at festivals that honor the departed and the change of season all around the world. Check out the links in the article to learn more about some of the celebrations mentioned. Also consult the article on Hallowe'en from the 1926 Encyclopedia Britannica and the Current Encyclopedia Britannica (if you want to compare!). There are two links on Dias De Lo Muertos from NatGeoKids and the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian's Virtual Museum include an interactive ofrenda as well as many links to learn more.

2) The Minnesota Historical Society has many resources for learning about the area. Some sites cost money to visit, but others are free. 

Here are some free places to visit in the Twin Cities:

• The recently-opened Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery has exhibitions about "the Great Migration" in Minnesota, as well as African American veterans. 
• Up and down Lake St. in Minneapolis, there are plaques on the sidewalk that make up a Museum in the Street. Take a walk and see what you can learn!
• The East Side Freedom Library houses the Hmong Archives in St. Paul.
• Walk around the park near Minnehaha Falls and Pike Island. This is a bdote, a place where rivers meet. The Bdote Memory Map site provides information places in the area that are significant to Dakota history.

These places have a cost to visit:

• The Hennepin County History Museum has exhibits about housing, land, and the lives of people in Hennepin Country.
• The Somali Museum of Minnesota is located near the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis.
• The Mill City Museum has exhibits about the history of flour industry in Minneapolis.

3) Here is a Biography poem template for writing about yourself and your identity. You can also think about how you feel in your inside-self, and how you present in your outside-self.

Line 1: (Your name) 
Line 2: (Four ways you would describe yourself)
Line 3: Relative of....(put your loved ones here)
Line 4: One who loves... (insert people or ideas you care about) 
Line 5: Who feels...
Line 6: Who needs... 
Line 7: Who gives... 
Line 8: Who fears... 
Line 9: Who would like to see... 
Line 10: Resident of (the place you live) 
Line 11: (Another name to describe yourself)