If this email was forwarded to you, sign up for your own YES! newsletters. VIEW IN BROWSER    December 2011 :: The YES! Breakthrough 15 issue   Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, “I will try again tomorrow.”—Mary Anne Radmacher Dear Educator, Ah, the delight of winter break. Unhurried time for family and friends, and for thinking about people you admire and respect. Who are your and your students’ heroes? You’ll find inspiration in YES! Magazine’s Breakthrough 15 issue that celebrates 15 extraordinary people transforming the way we live. We also feature Americans Who Tell the Truth, painter Robert Shetterly’s collection of 150 portraits, quotes, and curriculum on people who have used their gifts to bring change to this country. Plus, resources on maps that stretch the mind and a project that uses poetry to help students transform ignorance into empathy. We’ve almost reached our goal of getting YES! Magazine into 2,000 additional classrooms by the end of 2011. You can help us get down the home stretch. Forward this free one-year subscription offer to teachers and school librarians who would appreciate YES!. Here’s to a fantastic 2012. Best, SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS Jing Fong Education Outreach Manager, YES! Magazine P.S. Include the Winter 2012 YES! National Student Writing Competition in this quarter’s plans. Details coming soon! YOUR STORIES   When You Tell Them My Story, Please Mention that I Like Flaming Hot Cheetos Rich, stuck up, crackheads, hippies. That’s how Charles Sanderson’s students in rural Oregon regard city life. Racist, trailer trash, guns, swamps is how Bryan Chu’s students view the country landscape. How do you bridge that divide? Read what happens when middle students from rural and urban Oregon take the risk of writing someone else’s life story—a stranger from another school—in poetry form. This is Charles’ story.    READ » YES! RECOMMENDS   Americans Who Tell the Truth Fannie Lou Hamer. Dr. Paul Farmer. Rachel Carson. Cesar Chavez. All four and 166 others in Robert Shetterly’s portrait collection, Americans Who Tell the Truth, have fought for all people’s rights with courage and dogged determination. YES! Recommends Americans Who Tell the Truth (AWTT) for the authentic way painter Robert Shetterly and educator Michele Hemenway use the portraits and accompanying quotes to help students not only understand their heritage, but also to stand up for what they believe in. AWTT lesson plans (grades 6-12) and activities span nine areas of social justice. One of these truth-tellers just might grab your students’ attention and awaken their desire to create a better world for all. MORE ABOUT AMERICANS WHO TELL THE TRUTH » YES! CLASSROOM TOOLS   The Page That Counts Were people age 18 and older more likely to be married in 1960 or in 2008? Who uses the phone to tell time? The answers and more brain-tickling statistics are in The Page That Counts!    MORE » YES! Breakthrough 15 Hero: Eboo Patel Eboo Patel decided never again to be silent about prejudice after a friend said he felt betrayed when Patel did nothing to protect him from anti-Semitic remarks. Patel wants to make interfaith cooperation a social norm, and believes youth is the force that can do it.    MORE » CURRICULUM & RESOURCES   Maps That Stretch Minds ODT’s innovative maps and materials—downloadable samples, quizzes, puzzles, and more—offer unique views of the world, and teach people a more inclusive perspective.    MORE » Civil Rights Curriculum: Fred Korematsu Institute In 1942, 23 year-old Fred Korematsu was convicted for refusing to go to the incarceration camps for Japanese Americans established under President Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066. Korematsu continued to speak up against injustice until his death in 2005. Check out the Korematsu Institute’s impressive civil rights curriculum kit of lessons, videos, and posters.    MORE » YES! WEBPICK   I Will Be a Hummingbird Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai tells the beautiful tale of a hummingbird determined to save its home from a destructive forest fire. She reminds us that insurmountable odds shouldn’t prevent us from trying our best. WATCH » WORDS THAT INSPIRE   “Because” Excerpt from Terry Tempest William’s poem, nominating Lily Yeh for a YES! Breakthrough 15 Hero. Because she is a builder of communities through art; Because she understands beauty is not optional, but is a strategy for survival; Because she takes that which is broken—a piece of tile, a village, a human heart, and listens to what it has to say and then begins the process of engagement; … Author and conservationist Terry Tempest Williams nominated Lily Yeh to be a YES! Magazine Breakthrough 15 Hero. Instead of a letter, Williams submitted a poem. In her tribute, “Because,” Williams eloquently shares the many reasons why Lily Yeh is worthy of consideration and celebration. Who are the people your students might be inspired to honor in such an endearing and authentic way? Read the complete poem, connect to a classroom activity, and learn more about Lily Yeh.    MORE » VISUAL LEARNING   To Dye For Ask these three questions about this photo so you and your students can understand the image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not): What do you notice, What are you wondering? And, after uncovering some facts, What’s next?    MORE » YES! Magazine  ::  www.yesmagazine.org 284 Madrona Way NE, Suite 116, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2870, USA CONTACT US VIA EMAIL  ::  Phone: 206-842-0216 / 1-800 937 4451 We never sell or share our email list. 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