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World Book Day & Copyright

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"A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.” 

 Madeleine L’Engle

World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books - a link between the past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures. 

Google Doodle St George's Day 2019

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St. George became a heroic figure of legend who was declared Patron Saint of England in 1348. 

Today’s Doodle by London-based guest artist Alice Pattullo celebrates St. George’s Day, which became an English feast day in 1415.

St Jordi Catalonia

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via Welcome to Barcelona site

World Book Day and Copyright takes place today, with festivities such as the Catalan Sant Jordi – to mark Saint George's day, in honour of Catalonia's patron saint. 

World Book and Copyright Day is an opportunity to recognise the power of books to change our lives for the better and to support books and those who produce them.

As global symbols of social progress, books – learning and reading - have become targets for those who denigrate culture and education, who reject dialogue and tolerance. 

The 24th edition of World Book and Copyright Day will celebrate literature and reading while focusing particularly on the importance of enhancing and protecting Indigenous languages.

Indigenous Languages

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"This year we highlight this important dimension because 2019 marks the International Year of Indigenous Languages, to reaffirm the commitment of the international community in supporting indigenous peoples to preserve their cultures, knowledge and rights."

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

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via Reading programs

Education:

April is a month full of good things to celebrate about literature.

April 23 Shakespeare death and April 22 Cervantes death. It's a day when books are the centre of activities in schools and events all around the world. 

April 2nd is Christian Andersen's birthday and International Children's Book Day

With 175 million adolescents in the world - mostly girls and young women - unable to read a single sentence. By championing books and copyright, UNESCO stands up for creativity, diversity and equal access to knowledge, with the work across the board – from the Creative Cities of Literature network to promoting literacy and mobile learning and advancing

Books

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Reading a book is in our days a large concept. All formats are available for those who love to read.

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Activities:

You will find different ideas and some funny activities to motivate your students to read and to love books on this blog.

You can also organize different events at your school: 

• Give a little flower to every student who enter at the school library to get a book or e-book to read! 

• Relay readings of books and plays; 

• Distribution of bookmarks; 

• Reading contests. Announcement of the winners of school literary competitions.

• Take this opportunity to let your students discover something new from what they're used to read. Surprise them! ;

• Ask your students to leave a book on a park bench, metro  or bus seat with a note saying “Happy Book and Copyright Day!”;

• Find out how to send students old books to schools and libraries in countries facing a post-disaster situation. Mozambique for exemple. They love this activity;

• Educate students on books pirating: respect for copyright encourages the dissemination of knowledge and rewards their creators and publishers;

• Educate them never throw away their books, getting them or the school involved in local community or online book swapping and donation campaigns and initiatives.

• Plan local reading events in schools and libraries and invite a famous guest to read. Authors are welcome at school, always;

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I do love to read! My students love to read! But, most of all, I really believe that reading at school is a value to students' life and studies.

My usual readers knows I write so often on G-Souto's Blog about the importance of reading in school! I have a Master in Literature and Linguistics. So, humanities are my priority and I am a huge fan of books. No matter the format. However I prefer printed books. What can I say?

You will find so many posts about books, reading, literature in my blog! If you search you will find a great number of authors and books in English, French and Portuguese to different levels of education.

From Harry Potter to classical authors Leo Tolstoi, Lewis Carroll, Rimbaud, from science-fiction or comics. Teachesl find interesting resources.

And some good apps, animated films and games that involve students into learning the way they like. Using educational digital resources.

G-Souto

23.04.2019

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World Book & Copyright Day 2017

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"World Book and Copyright Day is an opportunity to highlight the power of books to promote our vision of knowledge societies that are inclusive, pluralistic, equitable, open and participatory for all citizens."

Irina Bokova, Former Director-General of UNESCO

23 April is a symbolic date for world literature. It is on this date in 1616 that Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors, such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.

It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those, who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity. 

Blind and the visually impaired children & people

credits: UNESCO

https://www.unesco.org/

This year the focus will be on the blind and the visually impaired for whom "there is difficulty accessing books and other printed materials, which constitutes an obstacle to their full and effective participation in society. "

To the World Blind Union (WBU), among the millions of books published worldwide each year, less than 10% are published in formats that are accessible to blind people. A rate that drops to 1% in developing countries.

It is said that how a society treats its most vulnerable is a measure of its humanity. When we apply this measure to the availability of books to those with visual impairments and those with learning or physical disabilities (with different causes), we are confronted with what can only be described as a ‘book famine’.

In accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNESCO advocates for the rights and needs of persons with disabilities and encourages the effective use of accessible, adaptive and affordable ICTs.

• Google Doodle St George's Day 2017

But let me introduce once more the legend of St George or St Jordi (Catalan language).

St. George's Day 2017

doodler: guest guest artist Marina Muun

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World Book Day and Copyright takes place today, with festivities such as the Catalan Sant Jordi – to mark Saint George's day, in honour of Catalonia's patron saint. 

This "day of the book and the rose" is a Valentine's day of sorts in which streets are packed with stalls, and couples demonstrate their love by exchanging roses and books – giving publishers a massive boost along the way.

Sant Jordi & the rose

cartoon : unknown

• Legend:

Legend has it that he rode to the town of Silene in Libya on a white horse, saved a princess from her untimely end, and slayed a dragon in one fell swoop. Today, that Roman soldier is remembered on St. George’s Day.

St George's Day in England remembers St George, England's patron saint. The anniversary of his death, which is on April 23, is seen as England's national day. According to legend, he was a soldier in the Roman army who killed a dragon and saved a princess.

Google Doodle captures the magic of St. George as he courageously crusades against the mighty dragon, surrounded by boughs of beautiful roses. 

Dyslexia

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Education:

"Poorly designed or inaccessible books also limit reading and comprehension of those who have learning disabilities." 

According to the International Dyslexia Association, 3-5 percent of the school population requires special accommodations and support.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Sustainable Development Goals mark a paradigm shift in recognizing the right of disabled people to access books, knowledge and cultural life on an equal basis as others.

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Literacy for all is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, without forgetting Braille language, play an essential role here. 

With 175 million adolescents in the world - mostly girls and young women - unable to read a single sentence, UNESCO is committed to harnessing information and communication technologies, especially mobile technology and adaptive and affordable ICTs to support literacy and reach the unreached with quality learning.

Illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo

via Slate/ Technology

However today is also the World Copyright Day, something important teachers must teach students to respect it. Here's a video that will help you to talk about copyright in the classroom.

Resources:

And some interesting suggestions: books, apps, animated films and games that involve students learning the way they like, using the new educational digital resources.

credits: UNESCO

@UNESCO

Activities:

You will find different ideas and some funny activities to motivate your students to read and to love books on my blog.

You can also organize different events at your school: relay readings of books and plays; the distribution of bookmarks; the announcement of the winners of school literary competitions. Here some suggestions:

• Take this time to discover some new book from what you're used to read and share it with your students;

• Share your passion for an author and offer his book to the best reader among your students;

• Write a note in a book saying “Happy Book Day!” drag one bookmark in it, and leave it on a park bench or a metro seat;

• Ask your students to give a book that they are no longer using to poor school libraries;

• Ask your students to read some lovely book to blind and the visually impaired classmate or a aged person in the family;

• Print out some Unesco campaign materials and organize a book fair at your school library. Students love this activity. And book stores will be glad to be invited;

• Plan local reading events in your school and visit the national library in your city or go to a bookstore with students;

• Encourage a famous guest writer to get involved in a workshop on creativity and writing with students. Students love to talk and share their thoughts with writers they have read.

• Finally, Register your celebration for World Book and Copyright Day 2017 and share your plans with the other students that might be interested in participating.

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By the way let me know which book are you reading now. Me? Well, I am reading Umberto Eco's The Book of Legendary Lands. 

The Book of Legendary Lands

Umberto Eco

https://www.amazon.com/

A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages. 

G-Souto

23.04.2017

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Is Shakespeare boring? No!

via The Guardian

I wrote a post, last April 17, about a very interesting project that I founded on Facebook : Bard's birthday celebration in schools. It was Fighting cyberbullying with Shakespeare.

The project explored social media as an educational tool and sent a powerful message about cyberbullying to today's plugged-in students. The project was a success! And many school's educators adapted the idea into their own classes.

Now for time school's out, here a video animation that might be a funny motivation to introduce Shakespeare to your students, next September. 

What are your plans for the first lessons about English Literature? Do you feel that your students will think that study Shakespeare is still boring after watching the vdeo? Well...

It's only a start for interesting thoughts of you for the next school season! I'm sure you already have very good ideas to motivate the students in the classroom!

For the moment, enjoy your holidays!


G-Souto

08.08.2011

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