Mingh Whitfield's blog

The entire student body of LFS spends the better part of a month on an in depth study of one topic. Each grade spends class time focusing on the topic in a developmentally appropriate way. We also meet, share, and learn together as a school. The experience is called the "All School Theme". This year's topic is the Middle East.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Middle-east_Geography.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Middle-east_Geography.htm

has various middle eastern maps

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Animals/Animals.html

pictures and information about middle eastern animals- camels, horses, donkeys, sheep, goats 

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Animals/Animals_in_the_Middle_Ages.html

more animals - pictures have arabic writing and animals' role in storytelling is outlined (middle ages)

http://home.cfl.rr.com/crossland/AncientCivilizations/Middle_East_Civilizations/Sumerians/sumerians.html

Has pictures and histoical information about persia, babylon, assyria, sumer, hitties-very useful

http://www.pcusa.org/worldwide/weekofprayer/youth_study_resources.pdf

http://socialscience.tyler.cc.tx.us/mkho/MEOC/middle_east_book_award.htm

great books-mystery bottle, storytellers, lebenon a-b-c:a middle eastern mosaic, illustrator's notebook, the bread winner

Has pictures of children/parents in middle east

All About Me

I'm Mingh Whitfield.  I teach Pre-K/K at Lansdowne Friends School.  To see a picture of my school, go to http://www.lansdownefriendsschool.org/photo_album/LFSPhotoAlbum/images/01_group.jpg

I graduated from Community College of Philadelphia and Saint Joseph's University.  So, I have degrees in early childhood education and liberal arts-concentrating in english, theology, and history.