Celebrate Black History Month 2016 Skip to main content <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension Search form ReadWorks Celebrate Black History Month 2016 Share now! Print Videos These videos are used with the generous permission of HISTORY® Kindergarten "Who Was Jackie Robinson?" 1st Grade "Martin Luther King, Jr." "Covers" Poetry by Nikki Giovanni 2nd Grade "A Hero in Disguise" with Paired Video: "Mini Bio: Harriet Tubman" Passage Lexile: 710 Video used with the generous permission of HISTORY® "American Heroes" with Paired Video: "Mini Bio: Jackie Robinson" Passage Lexile: 650 Video used with the generous permission of HISTORY® "Great Americans" Lexile: 560 3rd Grade "Maya Angelou" Passage Lexile: 590 "Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad" with Paired Video "Mini Bio: Harriet Tubman" Passage Lexile: 660 Video used with the generous permission of HISTORY® 4th Grade "Walking Tall" Lexile: 770 5th Grade 6th Grade
Standing With Malala: Meet the Teenagers Who Survived the Taliban and Kept Going to School by Jing Fong and Araz Hachadourian On a Tuesday in October 2012, a bus carrying the students of Khushal Girls High School and College in Pakistan’s Swat Valley came to a stop. The girls inside were on their way home from a day of exams. “I was looking outside daydreaming,” recalls Shazia Ramzan, who was 14 years old at the time. “I was talking with my best friend, Sana,” says Ramzan's friend, Kainat Riaz, who was 16. Moments later, Taliban gunmen boarded the bus looking for the girls’ classmate Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year-old advocate for girls’ education who wrote about the Taliban and education on her blog. In 2007, the Taliban arrived in the Swat Valley—known by locals as the “Switzerland of Pakistan” for its natural beauty—and began ordering the closure of schools, particularly for girls. The October 2012 shooting was just one act of terror used to enforce the ban. After the shooting, Malala was moved to Britain for months of medical treatment. At first, Ramzan and Riaz remained in Swat. YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
Human Rights Day December 10 is Human Rights Day, a United Nations (UN) campaign that calls for people to know and push for their rights no matter where they are in the world. Protecting Our Rights Human rights are our basic rights or freedoms. They include our right to live, our right to health, education, freedom of speech and thoughts, and equal rights. Some groups organize protests on Human Rights Day to alert people of circumstances in parts of the world where human rights are not recognized or respected, or where these rights are not considered to be important. Cultural events and photo exhibitions are also held to inform people, especially today's youth, of their rights and why it's important to hold on to them. What's Open or Closed? Human Rights Day is a global observance and not a public holiday, so it's business as usual. About Human Rights Day The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted between January 1947 and December 1948. Human Rights Day Observances
Qual é a função das impressões digitais no corpo humano? É verdade que não existem duas iguais? ÚNICA NO MUNDO Digital de Beatriz Vichessi, editora desta coluna. Não tem igual Impressões digitais são linhas salientes nas pontas dos dedos que têm apenas uma finalidade fisiológica: apreensão. Se elas não existissem, a pele seria lisa e não teríamos a aderência necessária para segurar objetos sem que escorregassem. São formadas no sexto mês de vida uterina e só se descaracterizam com múltiplas cicatrizes ou depois da morte. Existem quatro tipos básicos de linhas: arco, presilha interna, presilha externa e verticilo - e com base nelas foram observados os desenhos formados e as linhas receberam letras e números simbólicos. CONSULTORIA Marcos de Almeida, professor-doutor de Anatomia Patológica Geral, Sistêmica, Forense e Bioética da Universidade Federal de São Paulo. PERGUNTA ENVIADA POR Débora Castro, Porto Alegre, RS
Christmas Ad of the Day — Allegro "English" - The English Blog LESSON IDEAS1. Stop the video at 16s. Ask students what they think the ad is going to be about.2. There's also lots of scope for vocabulary practice: lonely, widower, delivery van, parcel, kettle, boil, granddaughter, daughter-in-law, etc. You might want to show the ad once again without stopping to get the full effect. NOTES1. COMMENTIt's just as well he doesn't say 'I gonna fuckin' kill you!' I, Too, Sing America Patriotism's a pretty complicated concept. It can mean standing up for your country or criticizing it. If you want to sum up patriotism, you can simply call it "love for one's country." Langston Hughes certainly doesn't think so. Hughes was often considered the poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes published "I, Too, Sing America" in 1945, a good ten years or so before the start of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. We started this party talking about patriotism. Patriotism's all about loving your country and being proud to be its citizen, right? In Langston Hughes's case, he knows that by birth he's an American citizen. So Hughes pens this poem, in which he envisions a greater America, a more inclusive America. Freedom and equality.
English Conversation – Human Rights This is the preparation material for an English conversation lesson about human rights. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. Universal human rights are often guaranteed by the law of a country, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights laws give down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and freedoms of individuals or groups. Video about Human Rights How did you feel when you watched the video on human rights? Vocabulary Phrasal Verbs & Expressions Conversation Questions What human rights do you know about?
Human Rights and the South African Constitution South Africa's Constitution (1996) enshrines the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. Everyone in South Africa, including the government, and all laws are subject to and must follow the Constitution. The Constitution also contains the Bill of Rights, which it describes as the 'cornerstone of democracy in South Africa' and compels the State to 'respect, protect, promote and fulfil the rights in the Bill of Rights'. Recognising that the protection and promotion of human rights cannot be left to individuals or the government, Chapter Nine of the Constitution creates independent national institutions, subject only to the Constitution and the law, to transform our society from its unjust past and to deliver the fundamental rights in the Constitution to all in South Africa. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is one such national institution, which derives its powers from the Constitution and the Human Rights Commission Act of 1994.
Inspiração de marcas que usam digitais As digitais podem representar características como personalidade, identidade, individualidade, dentre outras, mas usar uma marca digital pode estar batido e já foi muito explorada. Mas caso um cliente queira ou o uso desse símbolo for inevitável, seguem abaixo algumas marcas interessantes, que usam este símbolo. Boa golada! Fonte: Naldz Graphics Compartilhe Comentários comments Compartilhe Sobre o autor Designer apaixonado pelo que faz, fundador e editor do DESIGN on the ROCKS. Veja todos os artigos deDomenico Justo Logar Assine os comentários de posts deste blog através... Feed RSS Assine via email Assinar Seguir a discussão Logando... Fechar Logar no IntenseDebate Or create an account Cancelar Logar WordPress.com Lost your password? Painel | Editar perfil | Sair Logado como Commenting Disabled Commenting on this page has been disabled by the blog admin. Comments by IntenseDebate ©Design on The Rocks Site desenvolvido por Smuzi
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Articles & Videos Skip to main content <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension Search form ReadWorks Dr. Share now! Print This video is used with the generous permission of HISTORY® Articles & Question Sets Note: For read-aloud, it is appropriate to use passages at higher levels than your students' independent reading levels. Kindergarten - 1st Grade "Martin Luther King Jr." 2nd - 4th Grade "An American Leader" Lexile: 810 "A Great Leader" Lexile: 900 5th - 8th Grade "Excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.' "The King Holiday" Lexile: 1300Primary Source 9th - 12th Grade "Oct. 14, 1964: King Wins Nobel Peace Prize" Lexile: 1320 This article is used with the generous permission of HISTORY® "Martin Luther King Jr. "10 Things You May Not Know About Martin Luther King Jr." "Selma to Montgomery March"Lexile: 1530This article is used with the generous permission of HISTORY® About ReadWorks
Book Excerpt: My Forbidden Face, by Latifa — When the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, Kabul, in 1997, Latifa was a 16-year-old teenager, listening to Elvis and dreaming of going to college. The Taliban's harsh rule transformed her life for the next four years. Following is an excerpt from her book, My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban — A Young Woman's Story, which she wrote in exile after fleeing the Taliban regime in 2001. Chapter One The White Flag Over the Mosque 9 A.M., September 27, 1996. Someone knocks violently on our door. Until this morning. Papa returns to the kitchen, followed by Farad, our young cousin, who is pale and breathless. "I came...to find out how you were. "No, no one's been here, but we saw the white flag waving over the mosque-Daoud spotted it a few hours ago. This morning, around five o'clock, my young brother Daoud went downstairs as usual to fetch some water from the tap in the courtyard of our building, but came hurrying back up with the basin still empty. "Can you imagine?