Annual International Handcraft Sale:

Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 11-4 pm
Sun. Nov. 23, 2008 1-4 pm

Unique and beautiful handweavings, wood carvings, baskets, ponchos, scarves, toys, embroideries and more from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Ecuador with stories about the artists.

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•  All year round we sell Fair Trade both dark and milk Divine chocolate bars at $1.75 each or 2 for $3. See calendar of events.

•  Check the posters listed by theme and country or region with the K-12 Resources.

•  A 35 page curriculum for middle and high schools “Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attack” $3.00 covers printing and postage. or download a PDF copy -(512k) of the curriculum http://www2.edc.org/beyondblame/beyondblame.pdf.

Simulations involve people, put them in others' shoes, feeling global interdependence:

Starvation or Survival has four settings: Central America, Asia, Latin America, Africa or Women and Development in Africa. This activity is done in groups, each representing a rural subsistence village. Weather is determined by the throw of a die. Local and global impact cards give each village (and sometimes all the villages) one reality at a time. This ranges from crop pests to World Bank and the debt crisis. Malnutrition can lead to disease. The third year the villages have choice cards which are real choices that subsistence farmers have made in poor countries. These ususally lead to positive outcomes. People remember this experience for years.

• Time needed: 90 minutes can take you through the first and third year.
• Responses after the first and third year to ″how do you feel and what would you do″ differ remarkably.
• Who would enjoy: fifth grade – adults.
• $25 cost.
  
  

•  Don't forget we also have a video of Paul Robeson singing ″Ballad For Americans″. $10 donation.

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