November 2008

Shop the World at Primary Source's Annual Holiday Bazaar
Mark your calendar for Friday December 5, 2008, when Primary Source's Holiday Bazaar returns to Watertown. This year's event is bigger than ever, featuring dozens of local and international vendors, a trivia night, a raffle, and a silent auction - including Red Sox and Celtics tickets and two round-trip tickets for an international flight!

Primary Source Inspires Human Rights Curriculum in Acton
Students at the Douglas Elementary School in Acton are diving into global education, thanks to several teachers who participated in a Primary Source summer institute...read more

Teach Students about the World: Give to the Primary Source Fund
Knowing that our world is more interconnected than ever before, how can we prepare our students to face the global challenges of the 21st century? Primary Source needs your help to continue our tradition of high-quality global education...read more

It's easy to donate securely online: http://primarysource.kintera.org/fund.

Celebrate International Education Week
Primary Source is proud to recognize International Education Week (November 17-21) with new opportunities for schools to bring a global perspective into every student's classroom experience...read more

Explore ways to bring international education into your school community
Apply for the 2009 Global Education Massachusetts Grants
Discover how schools, businesses, and policymakers across Massachusetts are working towards global education

Teacher Q & A: Maureen Sullivan, Bedford High School
Maureen Sullivan, an English teacher at Bedford High School, has created an international speaker series for her 12th grade students with the support of Primary Source...read more

Brockton School Launches International Heritage Festival
Over the past two years, Primary Source has been a valuable resource in helping Gilmore Academy, a middle school in Brockton, to address the principle of international- mindedness...read more

Primary Source at Needham's Global Issues Conference
Needham Public Schools faculty recently gathered for a district-wide conference on local and global citizenship, featuring workshops led by several Primary Source staff members...read more

Recent Additions to the Primary Source Library
Book and DVD highlights include Brazil: An Inconvenient History; Beijing Time; The Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children; and Yoruba Girl Dancing...read more

Upcoming Events*

PS Holiday Bazaar and Trivia Night (Dec. 5)
Traces of the Trade Screening (Nov. 13)
Boston Bhangra Competition (Nov. 15)
Harvard Peabody's "Day of the Dead" (through Nov. 26)
Academic WorldQuest Competition (Jan. 24)
2009 World History Association Conference (June 2009)

*PS indicates a Primary Source event.