Bilingual Education

MISD Bilingual/ELL Education Manual

Implications for Brain Based Learning

What if They Don't Speak English?
   - Resource guide for all educators     

My English Book
   - Inventory of English skills for the ELL students 

Special Education Related to English Language Learners

Additional Resources on the Web
 additionalresources.htm

"Islamic Art & Culture: A Resource for Teachers"
Is a 64-page booklet on Islamic art -- art produced in lands ruled by Muslim leaders -- after the founding of Islam (7th century) to the peak of the last two great Islamic empires, the Ottoman & the Safavid (17th century). Architecture, calligraphy, manuscript illumination, metalwork, ceramics, glass, & textiles are included, along with an historical survey of Islam. (NGA)
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/islamicinfo.htm

SCIENCE

"Brighten Up the Classroom"
provides papers on the aurora & ionosphere, scales for measuring space weather, & a textbook for high school teachers & advanced students -- "Solar Physics & Terrestrial Effects." The textbook examines a range of topics: the evolution & structure of the sun, sunspots & solar flares, the corona & chromosphere, solar-terrestrial interactions, building a spectroscope, measuring the solar constant, & seeing at different wavelengths. (NOAA)
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/info/kids/index.html

"Classifying Galaxies"
Is a lesson plan on the Hubble system of classifying galaxies. Students learn what a galaxy is, how the galaxy classification system of Edwin Hubble assigns galaxies to different groups according to their shapes, & how that system can be used to categorize unknown galaxies. (NASA)
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/classifying_galaxies/galaxy.htm

"Cosmology 101"
Is a primer on scientific efforts to understand the origin, evolution, & fate of the universe. Among the questions it explores: What types of matter & energy fill the universe? What is the age & shape of the universe? How rapidly is it expanding? The website examines the Big Bang theory, as well as tests & limitations of the theory. (NASA)
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html

"Eyes on the Sky & Feet on the Ground"
Provides hundreds of hands-on astronomy explorations for Grades 2-6. Topics include earth's rotation & orbit, earth's tilt, shadows, seasons, time zones, the moon, calendars, maps, the solar system, & tides. Activities help students understand the scientific process. Suggestions are included for discussions before & after explorations. (SI)
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html

HISTORY

"The E Pluribus Unum Project"
Examines Americans' attempt to make "one from many" in three pivotal decades: the 1770s, 1850s, & 1920s. Each decade is framed by an introductory essay with links to key topics & primary documents, including the Declaration of Independence, newspapers, & the rhetoric of the Revolution; reform, cultures of the North & South, religion, & popular movements; and prohibition, Broadway, evangelical Protestantism, & the Roaring Twenties. (NEH)
http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/

"Henry Luce"
Is the companion website for a film about the missionary's son who founded "Time" & "Life" magazines & became, in the late 1930s, America's most powerful mass communicator. The website includes an essay, career timeline, video clips not in the film, & an interview with the filmmaker. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/luce_h.html

"The Most Dangerous Woman in America"
Is a companion website for a film that examines the case of Typhoid Mary, a cook who was quarantined for life against her will in the early 1900s. The site includes a history of quarantine, a letter Mary Mallon wrote when petitioning the courts for her release, an examination of whether public health officials were to blame for Mallon's behavior, & a mysterious "disease outbreak" for students to solve. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid

Michigan Association of Bilingual Education
Great resources for bilingual education
www.mabemi.org

ACRONYMS

NGA -- National Gallery of Art
NEH -- National Endowment for the Humanities
NOAA -- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NASA -- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
SI -- Smithsonian Institution
USCB -- U.S. Census Bureau