[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Welcome to ThinkLink!

ThinkLink is our new online platform emphasizing global learning from home, designed for educators and students.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”33229″ img_link_custom=”https://creativeconnections.org/summer-break/”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Spotlight On Videos” tab_id=”3807b1f0-dcb9-1″][vc_column_text]

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ArtLink students from around the world sharing moments in their lives. And art exhibits featuring their art pieces.

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Spotlight On: Kenya’s Virtual Exchange Farewell

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Spotlight On: Kenyan Traditions

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Spotlight On: Nepali Traditions

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Spotlight On: Getting Ready for School

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Questions to consider after watching this video:

  1. Describe Noris’ school uniform?
  2. Why do you think Noris and her siblings’ beds have netting around them?
  3. Each morning, who takes care of Noris’ hair?
  4. We see Noris eating a breakfast of tortillas, eggs, and coffee. Where do you think the eggs came from?
  5. What beverage does Noris and her mother make each morning?
  6. Describe where Noris is baking the tortillas?
  7. What questions would you like to ask Noris?

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Spotlight On: What We Do After School In Our Free Time

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Please note this video was filmed before the worldwide pandemic.

Questions to consider after watching this video:

  1. How do the students carry their books home from school?
  2. What are some of the things Alexa’s grandmother sells in her convenience store?
  3. What does Felippe and his friends like to do after school?
  4. What are the two main reasons Walter likes the lake?
  5. What questions would you like to ask the children in the video?
  6. Locate Macanché, Guatemala on the internet. What is the name of the lake the children are swimming in?
  7. This video was shot in around February 1st. From the video, what is the climate like? Is this different from the climate in your community? Why?
  8. Macanché is officially in the Mayan Biosphere Buffer Zone? What is an environmental buffer zone? Why are buffer zones important?

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Spotlight On:
Highlights Art Show

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Spotlight On:
Traditions Revealed Art Show

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Enjoy these curated links to supplementary materials, both informative and fun!

We will be adding to this list, so be sure to check back often.

We also welcome suggestions! Please email us at worldlink@creativeconnections.org with any you may have.

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Global Oneness Project

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Teaching Climate Justice

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Women’s History Month Resources

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28 Seminal Black Americans

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International Girls in Science Day

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Teacher Toolkit on LGBTQ+ Identity

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Reshaping Timelines in The 1619 Project

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Student Challenge: Hope during COVID-19

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Books for Discussing Racism with Kids

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Something Happened in Our Town Author Interview

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Read Aloud: Something Happened in Our Town

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Home Sweet Home: Planetary Environments Lesson

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For Teachers: National Geographic Professional Development Courses

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8 Changes to Save the Planet

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2021 IAP

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Women in American History

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Teaching Black History Month

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NASA Trailblazer: Katherine Johnson

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Girls Get Equal Youth Toolkit

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Scholastic Learn at Home

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TIME for Kids: Protestors Call for Justice

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Resources for teaching about Race, Racism & Police Violence

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Astronauts reading in space

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PBS: Virtual Field Trip

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WHO Storybook for Children on COVID-19

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Stepping Stones Museum Virtual Learning

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Sustainable Development Goals

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Environmental Justice Resources

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Teachers: All Students need Anti-Racism Ed

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Books for building inclusive classrooms

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Museums with virtual tours

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ARTICLE: Resources for Online Teaching

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NMAAHC’s “Talking About Race” Web Portal

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SIMA Student Film Club

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Resources for Teaching about Race, Racism & Racialized Violence

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The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling 

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Cincinnati Zoo Facebook Lives

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Lunch doodles with MO WILLEMS

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Our Environmental Concerns

For students ages 9-13

This lesson features art pieces from young artists from Russia, Spain, England, Mexico, and Turkey that show their concerns for the present and future condition of the environment.

You will explore their artwork, learn about their ideas on things that can be done to preserve the environment, and test your knowledge by answering questions about the pieces.

You will also be asked to think about what you can do to help protect the environment.

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Spotlight On: What We Do After School in Our Free Time

For students ages 9-13

Take a look at this video of a free afternoon after school for RainForest ArtLink students in Macanché, Guatemala, located in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone.

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Our Celebrations & Our Environment

For students ages 9-13

This lesson features art pieces from young artists from China, India, Japan, Latvia, and Sri Lanka that show the cultural celebrations they enjoy and how these celebrations are impacted by their environment.

You will explore their artwork, learn what they are doing to protect that environment, and test your knowledge by answering questions about the pieces.

You will also be asked to think about how your celebrations are impacted by the natural environment.

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My Family & My Environment

For students ages 9-13

This lesson features art pieces from young artists from Kenya, Cyprus, Gambia, Guatemala, and Uganda that show the importance of their families and how family members interact with their outdoor environment.

You will explore their artwork, learn what they are doing to protect that environment, and test your knowledge by answering questions about the pieces.

You will also be asked to think about how your family and culture interact with the natural environment.

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Maíz (Corn): A Staple Crop in the Americas

For students ages 9-14

We invite you to explore Mesoamerica, one of the regions where our ArtLink partners live. Enjoy learning from and meeting the students as they share aspects of their culture in detail.

See their artwork, watch their videos and begin to understand the importance of Maíz.

Maíz is an essential food that is central to the culture of millions of people around the world.

In this lesson, you will learn how rural communities in Guatemala grow this crop in their backyards and how Maíz is an important cultural asset deeply intertwined with their environment.

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Map of Mesoamerica

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Title: Our Farm
Artist: Ivan
Age: 10
Country: Russia

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Title: Preserving Our Tradition
Artist: Manuel
Age: 9
Country: Guatemala

Learn more about this piece.

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Title: Escaping from Home
Artist: Swabrina
Age: 14
Country: Uganda

Learn more about this piece.

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Title: My Chicken Family
Artist: Sasha
Age: 13
Country: Russia

Learn more about this piece.

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More videos to come soon!

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Opening Up My Locked World: Student art from around the world during the pandemic

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“Art is a window for me in a locked world. I can go anywhere I want in my paintings.”
~Hanzade D. from Ankara, Turkey.

In this preview, you are invited to view Hanzade’s piece “Victory” as well as art from her international fellow artists. The full collection, selected from the sixty+ paintings submitted by students whose schools were closed due to the pandemic, will soon to be exhibited as a virtual art show located on our website. The artwork, and the accompanying artist descriptions, reveal what the young artists were doing at home – what they were thinking about, worrying about, and dreaming about – during the lockdown. We find their work inspirational, and we hope you do too.

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