From gail at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 14 21:10:12 2004
From: gail at nyc.rr.com (Gail Miller)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:10:12 -0400
Subject: [Palestineinschools] A curriculum online
Message-ID: <23B1291A-06CD-11D9-B7B5-0050E4B0B324@nyc.rr.com>

Hello everyone,
I came across an interesting curriculum today at the UN conference and 
I have located it online as a download.  It's called "The Other Side of 
the Story - An Education for Action Curriculum for a Just Peace in 
Israel/Palestine"  published by Grassroots International.

  Find it at http://grassrootsonline.org/pal_cur.html

I haven't read it all yet but it looks like it may have some things we 
will be able to use.
gail



From negroni4u at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 15 08:12:40 2004
From: negroni4u at yahoo.com (negroni4u)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:12:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] A curriculum online
In-Reply-To: <23B1291A-06CD-11D9-B7B5-0050E4B0B324@nyc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <20040915151240.45081.qmail@web52803.mail.yahoo.com>

Looks really interesting!  Can someone bring it to our
9/23 meeting?  I can't print so many pages.

Steve

--- Gail Miller <gail at nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I came across an interesting curriculum today at the
> UN conference and 
> I have located it online as a download.  It's called
> "The Other Side of 
> the Story - An Education for Action Curriculum for a
> Just Peace in 
> Israel/Palestine"  published by Grassroots
> International.
> 
>   Find it at
> http://grassrootsonline.org/pal_cur.html
> 
> I haven't read it all yet but it looks like it may
> have some things we 
> will be able to use.
> gail
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Palestineinschools mailing list
> Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca
>
https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools
> 



From ruah at riseup.net  Fri Sep 17 16:20:35 2004
From: ruah at riseup.net (ruah at riseup.net)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:20:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] some important things
In-Reply-To: <20040915151240.45081.qmail@web52803.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <23B1291A-06CD-11D9-B7B5-0050E4B0B324@nyc.rr.com>
	<20040915151240.45081.qmail@web52803.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <3566.ruah.1095463235.squirrel@69.133.30.155>

hello PEPistas!

i am hailing from cincinnati right now- writing an email in the few spare
moments i have between eating too much and going to synagogue. (there's a
lot of nyc stuff at the top of this but philly peeps- keep reading,
there's stuff throughout for everyone).

a couple of things:

1) we in nyc are having a work/dinner meeting this thursday. we had
originally said 6pm. however, due to my new schedule, i need to change it
to 7pm if that's not too bad for anyone. sorry!

2) everyone who was at the original nyc brainstorm session committed to
tracking down and bringing books, articles, curricula, and other resources
that might be useful to us in shaping our presentations and developing our
resource library. if you are coming to the meeting but weren't at this
original session, don't worry. but please bring anything you think could
be useful. those of us who have committed to bringing things- let's not
forget. :)

3) if everyone could bring something for the dinner part of things, that
would be great: wine, cheese, salad, fruit, pasta, etc. please let us know
what you're bringing so we can have a good, diverse spread.

4) i propose this agenda:
7:05- presentations by steve, ora, and alexis (activities and
presentations that we've done in the past)

8:15- eat and discuss what we've just presented and viewed.

8:45- look over the different books, curricula, activities, etc that we've
gathered and think about how and whether to incorporate them

when we get tired, discuss next steps and go home...

5) philly folks- we will post on this listserv copies of the activities
and presentations we'll be viewing so y'all can go over them

6) alissa and i have started putting together an agenda for the
retreat/training. it's looking good. we are going to be calling on folks
to be a part of this. we're just trying to solidify a bit of a schedule
first. after rosh hashana, we'll be more on top of it.

7)philly folks: will you email to the list who nyc folks should contact if
they need somewhere to stay for the retreat? thanks!

looking forward,
ora



From alissa at resist.ca  Tue Sep 21 10:52:51 2004
From: alissa at resist.ca (Alissa)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:52:51 -0400
Subject: [Palestineinschools] housing for retreat?
Message-ID: <013601c4a003$d39acc60$0202a8c0@Belkin>

Hello!

Are you planning on coming to Philly for the first PEP retreat? 
Do you need a place to stay?

If so, please email Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com and let us know what your accomodation needs are--allergice to animals? need a bed? etc.

If you live in Philly and are willing to put someone up for the night (Saturday night) please email Palestine_in_school at yahoo.com and let us know how many folks you can host, if you have any animals and if your guests will get a bed or a couch or the floor so we can match folks up appropriately!

Look forward to seeing you all soon!

Alissa
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From alissa at resist.ca  Tue Sep 21 12:59:35 2004
From: alissa at resist.ca (Alissa)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:59:35 -0400
Subject: [Palestineinschools] hotels and more details
Message-ID: <01a201c4a015$87834160$0202a8c0@Belkin>

For those of you that would like to stay in hotels for the retreat, I would recommend looking on the internet for hotels in or near the University of Pennsylvania campus. The retreat will be held at 4530 Baltimore Avenue in West Philly, at the IWW space.

We will get started on Saturday morning at 10:30 am and be done by about 6:00 pm.

On Sunday morning we hope to get started a bit earlier, at 9 and be done no later then 1, so that folks that are traveling from NYC can have plenty of time to travel home.

For those coming from NYC, one participant has room for 3 in her car so please email palestine_in_school at yahoo.com to let us know if you need a ride and we will set that up.

Best,
Alissa
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From ruah at riseup.net  Tue Sep 21 22:10:47 2004
From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:10:47 -0600
Subject: [Palestineinschools] REMINDER-NYC PLEASE RESPOND!
In-Reply-To: <20040915151240.45081.qmail@web52803.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <JAEJIGGLNCPDHIAALEANCEEOCCAA.ruah@riseup.net>

New york PEPistas!

Thursday- 7:15pm- dinner and meeting!

Address:
226 10th st, 2nd floor, between 3rd and 4th aves in Brooklyn
4th ave stop on the F train, 9th st stop on the M, R trains

please email what you are bringing to eat!!! (this also serves as an RSVP)
(Doreen is bringing nicoise salad, steve is bringing cheese, tony is
bringing hummus and bread, and I am making pasta. That leaves: fruit,
drinks, desert, another entree, etc)

please don't forget the resources that you have gathered!

Steve and alexis and me- let's make sure to be prepared with our
presentations.

Looking forward,
Ora

Philly folks-
We will send y'all the presentations and other notes from our meeting and
look forward to meeting with y'all next weekend.



From earthnour at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 22 08:33:14 2004
From: earthnour at yahoo.com (nour)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:33:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] REMINDER-NYC PLEASE RESPOND!
In-Reply-To: <JAEJIGGLNCPDHIAALEANCEEOCCAA.ruah@riseup.net>
Message-ID: <20040922153314.70806.qmail@web52405.mail.yahoo.com>

good afternoon. 

i am sorry to say that i (most likely) won't make it.
work has been insane this week, (even though it's only
wednesday)
i haven't been getting outta here before 9, and from
the looks of it, it's gonna get worse. 

but if i am able to come, i'll grab drinks. sorry for
being up in the air, but i can't help it,

keep me posted if i'm not there.
peace and blessings
nour


--- Ora Wise <ruah at riseup.net> wrote:

> New york PEPistas!
> 
> Thursday- 7:15pm- dinner and meeting!
> 
> Address:
> 226 10th st, 2nd floor, between 3rd and 4th aves in
> Brooklyn
> 4th ave stop on the F train, 9th st stop on the M, R
> trains
> 
> please email what you are bringing to eat!!! (this
> also serves as an RSVP)
> (Doreen is bringing nicoise salad, steve is bringing
> cheese, tony is
> bringing hummus and bread, and I am making pasta.
> That leaves: fruit,
> drinks, desert, another entree, etc)
> 
> please don't forget the resources that you have
> gathered!
> 
> Steve and alexis and me- let's make sure to be
> prepared with our
> presentations.
> 
> Looking forward,
> Ora
> 
> Philly folks-
> We will send y'all the presentations and other notes
> from our meeting and
> look forward to meeting with y'all next weekend.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Palestineinschools mailing list
> Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca
>
https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools
> 


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From redcathexis at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 22 08:58:10 2004
From: redcathexis at yahoo.com (Alexis)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:58:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] REMINDER-NYC PLEASE RESPOND!
In-Reply-To: <JAEJIGGLNCPDHIAALEANCEEOCCAA.ruah@riseup.net>
Message-ID: <20040922155810.1434.qmail@web11601.mail.yahoo.com>

I'll bring drinks.
alexis
(Ora - please give me a call. Thanks!)


--- Ora Wise <ruah at riseup.net> wrote:

> New york PEPistas!
> 
> Thursday- 7:15pm- dinner and meeting!
> 
> Address:
> 226 10th st, 2nd floor, between 3rd and 4th aves in
> Brooklyn
> 4th ave stop on the F train, 9th st stop on the M, R
> trains
> 
> please email what you are bringing to eat!!! (this
> also serves as an RSVP)
> (Doreen is bringing nicoise salad, steve is bringing
> cheese, tony is
> bringing hummus and bread, and I am making pasta.
> That leaves: fruit,
> drinks, desert, another entree, etc)
> 
> please don't forget the resources that you have
> gathered!
> 
> Steve and alexis and me- let's make sure to be
> prepared with our
> presentations.
> 
> Looking forward,
> Ora
> 
> Philly folks-
> We will send y'all the presentations and other notes
> from our meeting and
> look forward to meeting with y'all next weekend.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Palestineinschools mailing list
> Palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca
>
https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/palestineinschools
> 


=====
I'm for truth no matter who tells it. 
I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. 
I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whomever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.  -Malcolm X


From alissa at resist.ca  Thu Sep 23 07:27:20 2004
From: alissa at resist.ca (Alissa)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:27:20 -0400
Subject: [Palestineinschools] we need a headcount!
Message-ID: <001801c4a179$6fcc6f00$0202a8c0@Belkin>

Hello!

If you are coming to the retreat on October 2 and 3 please send an email to: palestine_in_school at yahoo.com and let us know--we need to have a headcount! 

Also, if you need a place to stay Saturday night, please let us know ASAP!

Alissa
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From ruah at riseup.net  Mon Sep 27 13:23:31 2004
From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:23:31 -0600
Subject: [Palestineinschools] important: retreat info!
Message-ID: <JAEJIGGLNCPDHIAALEANKEGACCAA.ruah@riseup.net>

hello PEPistas!

first of all:
if you have not emailed the palestin_in_schools at yahoo.com email saying
you're coming to the retreat and you are- do it now! if you need housing or
a ride- tell us now! we're afraid that we will not be able to accomodate
anyone's requests for housing if they haven't let us know yet.

secondly:
below you will find a basic agenda for our very exciting first PEP retreat!

third:
it's important that everyone understand that PEP is not an organization that
you can pop in and out of and it will still function. it's a collective
project and its success will depend on the time and energy that we all
dedicate to it.  It?s really exciting what a great crew of people we have
who are already putting lots of time and imagination into this project.
if you have expressed interest in PEP but realize that you won't be able to
be a part of it right now, that's cool- just tell us! too often activists
over-committ and have a hard time being honest with each other about what we
can and cannot do. we can start trying to change that piece of "activist
culture" now...
also, if you are coming to the retreat to check things out but aren't sure
what kind of committment you are able to make at this point- that's cool
too. just please be honest about that during the retreat and don't take on
work you won't do.


Agenda for PEP retreat
October 2 & 3

Saturday:

10:30: Beginning our work together- activity (Nava)

11:15: Intro- PEP: our visions (Ora/Alissa)

11:30: Presentations/activities
-  Ora and Alexis

12:45: feedback/development (facilitated discussion)

1:30- 2:15: lunch

2:30: divide up into two tracks:
1.         Getting into the classrooms!
interactive education, decentralizing classroom methods, student empowerment
techniques, behavior management, etc. (zohar, gail, ora)

2.         Getting our curriculum out there!
Curriculum development, gathering resources, lesson planning, etc: (alissa,
susan, nijmie, tony)

 5:30: closing
-  reviewing afternoon?s work
- next day?s schedule

5:45: check-out


Sunday:
Infrastructure and Process

10:00: schedule, check-in, etc

10:30: basic structure proposal

11:15:  Philly and NYC break-out groups- committing to committees

11:45- 1:00: Outreach strategy

                     - 11:45- 12:15: general discussion/brainstorm
                     - 12:15-1:00: break-outs in small groups to flesh out
different pieces of the strategy

1:00- 1:30: lunch (review break-out groups? work)

1:30-2:30: committee meetings:
1. Coordinating committee

       2. Resources library/curriculum committee

        3. outreach
            - Committee work- phone calls, meetings with schools/teachers,
etc

2:30: CLOSING
- each city sets next meeting time
            - close with commitments



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From ruah at riseup.net  Tue Sep 28 08:45:44 2004
From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:45:44 -0600
Subject: [Palestineinschools] (no subject)
Message-ID: <JAEJIGGLNCPDHIAALEANIEGFCCAA.ruah@riseup.net>

Hey y?all,
So attached and below you will find the newest version of the PEP structure
proposal.  Please take a moment to go over it before the retreat so that we
can have the most productive discussion about it while there.  Basically, go
over it and write down any suggestions for changes or just figure out
whether you?re cool with it as is.  Bring up questions you have too.

Looking forward,
Ora



The Palestine Education Project (PEP) is a collective project- NOT an
organization. The difference being that PEP won?t need to have weekly
meetings or long debates about which event to endorse.  Ideally, PEP will be
a way for people to come together to do real focused work without being
drained.  Rotating committees, peer reviews, and everyone (who so desires)
being a presenter will not only keep responsibility and participation
equally distributed but also facilitate each participant?s growth in the
different areas of work.


The structure proposal:

OUTREACH COMMITTEE:
PEP will develop an outreach/publicity packet, website, and other
reaching-out materials. The packet will include a description of the project
and those involved, evaluations from parents, teachers, and students who
have experienced a PEP program, descriptions of some of our presentations,
and contact information.   This outreach committee for PEP will consist of
several people who will rotate every three months (unless we discover that a
different duration of time is better).  They will be reaching-out through
phone calls, meetings, emails, and schmoozing to schools, religious
institutions, universities, etc.

There will be central resources/materials for outreach and publicity but
there will be a committee in each city doing its thing. The point people for
those committees, however, should be in communication and partnership.

COORDINATING COMMITTEE:
Requests for PEP?s presentations and determining who will be the presenters
will be handled by a coordinating committee of two people that will rotate
every three months.  These people will check the email and voicemail and
coordinate logistics between schools and presenters.  They will gather PEP
participants? availability every week.

The coordinating committees for each city will operate independently.

RESOURCE LIBRARY/CURRICULUM COMMITTEE:
An important element of our project is making educational materials about
the Palestinian experience and struggle available to educators and others.
We are also collecting useful resources for developing ourselves as
progressive educators.  This resource library will include an on-line
component as well as physical collections housed in NYC and Philadelphia and
will include ready-made presentations, books, resource guides, maps,
magazines, articles, curricula, videos, music, etc. This committee will be
responsible for coordinating the borrowing, donating, and keeping track of
these resources and will rotate every three months.

PEP working groups will develop several interactive education programs
geared towards different age groups as well as specific kinds of schools
(i.e. Synagogue after-school programs, Muslim day schools, Catholic schools,
etc).  As specific requests come up, PEP will be able to adapt these or
create new ones.  PEP participants will be able to apply their lived
experience and connections to different communities as they help to develop
the track that most interests them.  We are aiming to put out a consolidated
curriculum book similar to those published by Rethinking Schools.


The resource library/curriculum will be shared between both cities and the
committees will work in cooperation and communication with each other.

PEER REVIEW:
Once a month, PEP participants will gather for peer review.  People will be
able to share with each other experiences, concerns, criticisms, and ideas
about the presentations and the project?s functioning in general.

Each city will determine when their peer reviews will be as well as what
process of evaluation they will be participating in (i.e. developing an
evaluation form to fill out after presentations about yourself and your
co-presenter, a facilitated group discussion, etc)



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From ruah at riseup.net  Tue Sep 28 13:00:14 2004
From: ruah at riseup.net (ruah at riseup.net)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:00:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] structure proposal
Message-ID: <1983.ruah.1096401614.squirrel@146.95.166.163>

hello everyone,
sorry i sent the structure proposal out with no subject- please read it!
also, doreen reminded me of one element i failed to include in it:

all presentations will be done with a buddy system- noone will present alone.

looking forward,
ora



From Sjlandau at aol.com  Tue Sep 28 15:05:23 2004
From: Sjlandau at aol.com (Sjlandau at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:05:23 EDT
Subject: [Palestineinschools] RESOURCE LIBRARY
Message-ID: <1e8.2ac7fbc6.2e8b3a23@aol.com>

       One of the Saturday afternoon sessions will function as a working 
group to  review and evaluate materials that  we might use to develop PEP 
curricula and resources.We want to identify and list resources for curriculum 
development,  self-education, and for other progressive educators.  
       Please come prepared to share any of your favorite educational 
materials relevant to the project.  What have you read, watched, listened to, etc. on 
the Palestinian experience and struggle that we should all know about? Please 
bring with you whatever isn't too heavy to schlepp - or  titles of books, 
movies, videos, articles, magazines, music, maps, presentations, curricula.
       If you are unable to attend this weekend's training, and want to 
forward your ideas about  relevant resources, please e-mail your list to me at 
sjlandau at aol.com.
       Many thanks, 
       Susan
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From ruah at riseup.net  Wed Sep 29 12:52:43 2004
From: ruah at riseup.net (Ora Wise)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:52:43 -0600
Subject: [Palestineinschools] for the retreat
In-Reply-To: <1e8.2ac7fbc6.2e8b3a23@aol.com>
Message-ID: <JAEJIGGLNCPDHIAALEANGEGPCCAA.ruah@riseup.net>

Hey y'all,
So we need to just do a little materials check. Could you please respond and
put your name by the thing you can bring?

Big butcher paper: 2 people:  _________________     &
_____________________
Markers: 2 people: Ora  &   ________________
Tape: Ora
Snacks: 3 people: _____________________  & ________________________  &
_________________________

Anything I'm forgetting?

Looking forward,
ora
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From alissa at resist.ca  Wed Sep 29 13:09:32 2004
From: alissa at resist.ca (Alissa)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:09:32 -0400
Subject: [Palestineinschools] driving directions to retreat
Message-ID: <004a01c4a660$3cc79300$0202a8c0@Belkin>

     All,

      I mapquested directions from NYC to the IWW space in West Philadelphia (4530 Baltimore Avenue) where we will be having our weekend retreat. See below the results of that mapquest.

      Basically, you wanna get onto the New Jersey turnpike to start your trip. I usually do this by taking the BQE into staten island then into NJ and catching the turnpike that way. You can also get to it by going in the Holland Tunnel.

      Safe travels,
      Alissa

      p.s. we made reservations for us at a great ethiopian restaurant for dinner near the retreat spot, called Dahlak, for 7:30 that night, for anyone who wants to have some social time afterward--feel free to invite local friends to come too! 
      
      NEW JERSEY TPKE SOUTH - go 42.4 mi 
     Take the RT-168 exit towards CAMDEN/WOODBURY, exit #3 - go 0.2 mi 
     Continue towards CAMDEN/PHILADELPHIA - go 0.4 mi 
     Continue on S BLACK HORSE PIKE - go 0.3 mi 
     Continue on N BLACK HORSE PIKE - go 0.4 mi 
     N BLACK HORSE PIKE becomes BLACK HORSE PIKE/S BLACK HORSE PIKE - go < 0.1 mi 
     Take I-295 SOUTH towards DEL MEM BR/WALT WHITMAN BR - go 0.9 mi 
     Take the CAMDEN(I-676) exit towards PHILADELPHIA, exit #26 - go 8.0 mi 
     Take the UNIVERSITY AVENUE exit towards CIVIC CENTER, exit #346B - go 0.1 mi 
     Continue on S 34TH ST - go 0.6 mi 
     Turn Left on S UNIVERSITY AVE - go 0.4 mi 
     Continue on S 38TH ST/S UNIVERSITY AVE - go 0.1 mi 
     Turn Left on a local road - go < 0.1 mi 
     Continue on BALTIMORE AVE - go 0.7 mi 
     Arrive at 4530 BALTIMORE AVE, PHILADELPHIA  
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From ruah at riseup.net  Thu Sep 30 11:12:21 2004
From: ruah at riseup.net (ruah at riseup.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:12:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] step up!
In-Reply-To: <004a01c4a660$3cc79300$0202a8c0@Belkin>
References: <004a01c4a660$3cc79300$0202a8c0@Belkin>
Message-ID: <2130.ruah.1096567941.squirrel@146.95.126.195>

hey y'all,
so...susan and i are brining markers. i am brining tape. susan is also
bringing one snack. so we still need:

two people to bring big paper for writing up things
two people to bring snacks

step up please! (especially if you haven't taken on a different
responsibility).

looking forward,
ora



From marianapardes at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 30 11:32:00 2004
From: marianapardes at hotmail.com (Mariana Pardes)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:32:00 -0400
Subject: [Palestineinschools] step up!
Message-ID: <BAY8-F88umLrXWq0GPl00006dab@hotmail.com>

hey everyone,

i will be happy to bring a snack (in addition to plates, napkins, utensils, 
etc.)

see you on saturday,
mariana


----Original Message Follows----
From: ruah at riseup.net
To: palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca
Subject: [Palestineinschools] step up!
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:12:21 -0700 (PDT)

hey y'all,
so...susan and i are brining markers. i am brining tape. susan is also
bringing one snack. so we still need:

two people to bring big paper for writing up things
two people to bring snacks

step up please! (especially if you haven't taken on a different
responsibility).

looking forward,
ora

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From redcathexis at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 30 12:56:46 2004
From: redcathexis at yahoo.com (Alexis)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:56:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] step up!
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Message-ID: <20040930195646.50945.qmail@web11607.mail.yahoo.com>

I have a roll of big brown paper and poster boards.
- alexis


--- Mariana Pardes <marianapardes at hotmail.com> wrote:

> hey everyone,
> 
> i will be happy to bring a snack (in addition to
> plates, napkins, utensils, 
> etc.)
> 
> see you on saturday,
> mariana
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: ruah at riseup.net
> To: palestineinschools at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: [Palestineinschools] step up!
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:12:21 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> hey y'all,
> so...susan and i are brining markers. i am brining
> tape. susan is also
> bringing one snack. so we still need:
> 
> two people to bring big paper for writing up things
> two people to bring snacks
> 
> step up please! (especially if you haven't taken on
> a different
> responsibility).
> 
> looking forward,
> ora
> 
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From negroni4u at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 30 16:03:17 2004
From: negroni4u at yahoo.com (negroni4u)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:03:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Palestineinschools] activity I modeled at NYC working supper
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This is an activity I used with 3rd, 4th and 5th
graders in Israeli public schools (Arab and Jewish),
prior to Palestinian and Jewish kids meeting one
another.  Ora asked me to post it to the list, since I
won't be at the retreat.

I?ll present it in its original context.  At the end,
I?ll make some notes on how we might use it in PEP.  I
think it would work just as well in middle school or
high school as in upper elementary.

--Steve Quester

Ask two students in the class to come up to the board
and each draw a face.   Then tell the class that these
are students their age, and ask the class to name
them.  Tell them that they?re not allowed to use the
names of anyone in the class.

I think it?s important that the students themselves
draw the drawings and choose the names; it increases
their investment in the activity.

Let?s say that we?re in a Jewish Israeli school, and
the drawings have been named Anat and Omer.  Tell the
class that Anat is really excited about the picnic
next month [with a Palestinian Israeli class in a
neighboring community].    Ask the class what Anat
might have to say about the picnic.  Write down all
the statement that students attribute to Anat.  Write
them under her picture.

Then tell them that Omer doesn?t want to participate
in the picnic.  Ask the class why, and write all the
statements they attribute to Omer.

Finally, ask them what Anat might say to Omer to allay
his concerns.  Write these down too.

End of activity.  The teacher/activity leader does not
contribute her own opinions.

At a subsequent session on another day, ask again for
the drawings, and then explain that this time they?re
students in the Palestinian school  Go through the
same process, although this time the Jewish students
are attributing statements to an enthusiastic and a
reluctant Palestinian peer.

The same process happens, of course, in the
Palestinian school.  The students attribute statements
first to hypothetical Palestinian students, and only
afterward to hypothetical Jewish students.

This activity will be useful to PEP in situations in
which we want to bring out thoughts and feelings from
the students in a way that feels safe to them, in
which they don?t feel exposed.  It?s also useful to
get kids to try and put themselves in others? shoes. 
For instance, you may want them to give one of the
drawings an Israeli Jewish name and the other an Arab
name, and then ask them what each might say about the
other, or about the Intifada, etc.  Or you may want
them to give each of them Arab names, and let them
explore their assumptions about what Palestinian kids
think and feel (about Israel, about the Intifada,
about the U.S., depending on your aims).

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