Front Cover Discussion
Front Cover Discussion
This month, on the front cover of the January Issue, we decided to feature a series of events and anniversaries that are due to happen in 2013. The children maybe familiar with some and not so much with others. Perhaps the cover itself can be a topic of discussion for an oral language lesson. Below are brief footnotes to each image featured. Enjoy the discussion!
(From top, left to right)
The Gathering Ireland 2013:
One of the most exciting events of 2013 will last the entire year. The Gathering Ireland initiative aims to entice Irish emigrants and their families to return to Ireland during the year. It will do this by organising local events which include the NYE ball 2012, Galway Arts Festival, Killarney SummerFest and the Cork Film Festival. Let’s get our pens and markers at the ready to create the ‘Welcome Home’ signs!
First Mobile Phone Call:
We cannot imagine the world without the mobile phone, it is our access to the rest of the world, from sending messages and emails, to making calls and playing games; the mobile phone is quite simply one of the most incredible inventions ever. It was Dr. Martin Cooper who invented this little gem and rightfully so was the first person to ever make a call on a mobile phone. This revolutionary phone call took place in April 1973 – 40 years ago in the city of New York.
World Education Games:
WEG is an event held annually for all students and schools around the world in the month of March. This year it will be held between the 5th and 7th and will include over 6 million students from 240 countries. The games include World Maths Day, World Spelling Day and World Science Day – make sure to ask your teachers about this and see if you can be entered into it this year’s competition.
‘I Have A Dream’ Speech:
50 years ago this year, Martin Luther King delivered his most famous speech ‘I Have a Dream’, which is still to this day infamous around the world. The speech in which he dreamed
This month, on the front cover of the January Issue, we decided to feature a series of events and anniversaries that are due to happen in 2013. The children maybe familiar with some and not so much with others. Perhaps the cover itself can be a topic of discussion for an oral language lesson. Below are brief footnotes to each image featured. Enjoy the discussion!
(From top, left to right)
The Gathering Ireland 2013:
One of the most exciting events of 2013 will last the entire year. The Gathering Ireland initiative aims to entice Irish emigrants and their families to return to Ireland during the year. It will do this by organising local events which include the NYE ball 2012, Galway Arts Festival, Killarney SummerFest and the Cork Film Festival. Let’s get our pens and markers at the ready to create the ‘Welcome Home’ signs!
First Mobile Phone Call:
We cannot imagine the world without the mobile phone, it is our access to the rest of the world, from sending messages and emails, to making calls and playing games; the mobile phone is quite simply one of the most incredible inventions ever. It was Dr. Martin Cooper who invented this little gem and rightfully so was the first person to ever make a call on a mobile phone. This revolutionary phone call took place in April 1973 – 40 years ago in the city of New York.
World Education Games:
WEG is an event held annually for all students and schools around the world in the month of March. This year it will be held between the 5th and 7th and will include over 6 million students from 240 countries. The games include World Maths Day, World Spelling Day and World Science Day – make sure to ask your teachers about this and see if you can be entered into it this year’s competition.
‘I Have A Dream’ Speech:
50 years ago this year, Martin Luther King delivered his most famous speech ‘I Have a Dream’, which is still to this day infamous around the world. The speech in which he dreamed