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Teacher Resources 
 

They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky Teachers’ guides

Find teachers’ guides and book discussion guides at the official website for “They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky”, http://www.theypouredfire.com/< wbr>teachers.htm.  

They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky Teachers’ guides

Public Affairs Books also has produced a teachers’ guide.  Find it at http://www.publicaffairsbooks.< wbr>com/teachersguides/< wbr>theypouredfireteachersguide.< wbr>pdf 

They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky – Free DVD

If you would like to receive a free DVD for the classroom, please email judyabernstein@< wbr>aol.comwith the request and your mailing address. 

Supplementary English Language Arts and Social Studies Curriculum

The East Lansing, Michigan, One Book One Community program created a comprehensive curriculum for “They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky.”  Find it at http://africa.msu.edu/One%< wbr>20Book%20One%20Community%< wbr>20ELPS%20Curriculum.pdf 

Darfur Crisis: A Selected Bibliography

Compiled by Eric Kofi Acree, Director of the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library, Cornell University, this bibliography was prepared in response to the Social Responsibilities Round Table at the annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) in Washington, D.C. The ALA—the oldest and largest library association in the world—adopted a resolution, entitled “Resolution on the Darfur Genocide,” calling on “all relevant ALA units…(to) highlight and explain the Darfur Genocide through collections, programs, displays, resource guides, and other suitable means” to aid in the public understanding.  Find the extensive Selected Bibliography at http://www.library.cornell.< wbr>edu/africana/guides/darfur.< wbr>html.  

Human Rights Video Project

The Human Rights Video Project provides resource information for stories relating to new immigrants and refugees.  This website also includes the teachers’ guide for the film, “Lost Boys of Sudan”, as well as links for more information about Sudan and the world’s 14 million refugees.  Find it at http://www.humanrightsproject.< wbr>org/vid_detail.php?film_id=31&< wbr>asset=film_resources 

African Storytelling lesson plans – 263 African storytelling lesson plans from LessonPlanet.com.  Search African storytelling lesson plans and worksheets to find teacher approved lessons by grade and rating, http://www.lessonplanet.com/< wbr>search?keywords=african+< wbr>storytelling&rating=3.

 


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