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1. A container with a handful of black soil from Ukraine 2. Ceramics decorated with the Tripyllian de sign which attest to 3000 years of culture in Ukraine. 3. Embroidery patterns from the various re gions of Ukraine as well as the different styles of stitching. 4. Finished embroideries such as ritual votive cloths for icons, a ritual cover for an Easter basket with XB (Khrystos Voskres) and samples of pillow covers. 5. Pysanky, ritual Easter eggs. 6. Models of traditional wedding breads or "Korovaj," made of baker's dough (salt dough) as well as other ritual ceremonial breads and wedding guest favors. 7. A collection of wood carvings as well as wood inlays with pearls and mother of pearl. Dictionaries, encyclopedias and books in Ukrainian cover most of the shelves but one wall is reserved for audio-cassettes and videos. On the floor are several toddler sized bins filled with children's books, magazines such a Veselka, and children's games. Children check out a book every week. Chairs, benches and tables provide ample space for children to sit down and there are story hours scheduled in the library. A visit to the classrooms reveals a similar ef fort to create a very uniquely Ukrainian environment. For instance, a large scale Cyrillic alphabet tops the blackboard in the First Grade room. In another room famous illustrations depicting scenes from Ukrainian history have been framed: "Bohdan Khmelnytskyj entering Kyiv," "The Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine," a series of reproductions of icons, posters of Scythian art as well as of Ukrainian Easter eggs. In one classroom, there is a wall size map of Ukraine made in a sheet of pressed wood with each region of Ukraine "in relief' so that a child's finger can actually trace the contour of each region and follow the course of the main rivers. The eleventh grade (the senior class) meets in a room dedicated to the Ukrainian Genocide of the Man-Made Famine of 1933. There, three walls are covered with reproduction of pictures and newspaper articles documenting the event. This documentation is skillfully mounted on panels which can be removed from the walls and packed for a travel exhibit. Teachers in grades one through seven use two different programs. First, the Maria Deyko's series of children's readers has been used extensively in Ukrainian schools and is a classic. More recently, the TUT I TAM (Here and There) reading series, a rec ommended basic resource in the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in Alberta, Canada, has also been adopted by Ukrainian schools. This series includes seven color fully illustrated readers for elementary Ukrainian lan guage programs and each reader has a matching work book and flash cards. Students proceed from TUT I TAM to DRUZI (Friends), SHKOLA (School), PRYHODY (Adventures), KAZKY (Stories), KHODIT' ZI MNOYU (Come with me), NASHI SKARBY (Our Treasures). The workbooks build on vocabulary used in readers and have a wide variety of exercises for sequencing, crosswords, and comprehen sion. More recently, another program, NOVA #1 and NOVA #2, offers an interesting and innovative ap proach to teaching Ukrainian in both school and at home. It is extensively illustrated and contains stories about children and their world. It provides an Action Song Book to enrich vocabulary and cultural knowl edge. Many dictionaries are available, especially the Heritage Picture Dictionary which, along with its Dic tionary Skills Workbook, provides fun and challenging activities children can do on their own. Another popu lar resource is the "cassette and storybook set." Usu ally the book contains 28 pages of color illustrations, a bilingual cassette (Ukrainian-English), and a music sheet for piano accompaniment. In that series are The Enchanted Christmas Tree, Snow Folks, Spring Sere nade and Mosquito's Wedding. Music and dance play a vital role in the cur riculum and there has been an increase in the number of hours devoted to singing. From 9:00 -11:00 A.M., students work in their respective classrooms. One class is reserved for instruction for English-speaking only students. Children of all ages attend this special class, “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2000 11 Worksheet from Ukrainian primer
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