Library Newsletter
February 2016 Volume 3, Issue 6
Start With Hello Week, February 8-12
100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (1915 -1923)
The Ottoman Turkish government's genocide of its Armenian population is an essential lesson for understanding the stages and effects of genocide. The Genocide Education Project offers these new resources for teaching about genocide and the Armenian case:
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The 10 Stages of Genocide-Beginning with prejudice, genocide develops over time, involving the cooperation of a large number of people and the state; This lesson helps students understand genocide as process that can be corrected and prevented.
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They Shall Not Perish: America & the Armenian Genocide-During & following World War I, Near East Relief foundation workers fed, clothed, provided medical treatment, & taught professional skills to thousands of refugees. The organization is credited with saving over one million lives, including 132,000 orphan children.
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New Books in the Library
Also everyone is invited to add to our African American Read In Chain...come to the library & add the title & author of a book you have read written by an African American author.
Students ReBuild-still time to make pinwheels
http://studentsrebuild.org/blog/photos/healing-classrooms-challenge
February is...
Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month
American Heart Month
Library Lovers Month
National African American History Month
National African American Read-In
National Bird Feeding Month
National Haiku Writing Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Prevent A Litter Month
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness
National Women Inventors Month
Sweet Potato Month
Youth Leadership Month
Feb. 1 Change Your Password Day
Feb. 1 Decorating With Candy Day
Feb. 1 G.I. Joe Day
Feb. 1 Popcorn Day
Feb. 1 Robinson Crusoe Day
Feb. 2 Groundhog Day
Feb. 2 World Play Your Ukulele Day
Feb. 2 World Wetlands Day
Feb. 4 Digital Learning Day
Feb. 4 Facebook's Birthday
Feb. 6 National Doodle Day
Feb. 6 Bubble Gum Day
Feb. 6 Girl Scout Cookie Day
Feb. 7 Ice Cream For Breakfast Day
Feb. 8 Boy Scout Anniversary Day
Feb. 8?*Opera Day:
Feb. 9 National Stop Bullying Day
Feb. 9 Read in the Bathtub Day
Feb. 11 Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Feb. 11 Get Out Your Guitar Day
Feb. 12 Darwin Day
Feb. 12 Lincoln's Birthday
Feb. 12 NAACP Day
Feb. 12 Paul Bunyan Day (Born 1834 in Bangor, ME)
Feb. 14 Ferris Wheel Day
Feb. 14 Frederick Douglass Day
Feb. 14 Library Lovers
Feb. 14 Valentines Day
Feb. 14 World Marriage Day
Feb. 14 World Whale Day
Feb. 15 National Gum Drop Day
Feb. 15 National Hippo Day
Feb. 15 Susan B. Anthony Day
Feb. 17 International Pancake Day
Feb. 17 Mardi Gras
Feb. 18Pluto Day (Planet is Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh)
Feb. 20 Love Your Pet Day
Feb. 22 George Washington's Birthday
Feb. 26 Levi Strauss Day
Feb. 26 National Bacon Day
Feb. 26 International Polar Bear Day
Feb. 28 National Tooth Fairy Day