FALLEN ANGELS: Walter Dean Myers

Author:		James Harris
Posted:		2/10/2005; 8:59:48 AM
Topic:		FALLEN ANGELS: Walter Dean Myers
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In addition to the packet of printed material provided by the presenter, this page provides links to electronic resources. Click on any topic from the list below to jump to the named resources. Note that there is an online copy of the packet at the Resources provided by Fallen Angels presenter link.

This page, hosted by UC Berkeley's Interactive University Project, will remain available online for several weeks, and may be expanded or edited during that time. All information at this site will be turned over to Oakland Unified School District toward the end of the Spring Semester.

Newly posted: Notes from group discussion following March 5 presentation, here.

• OUSD's previously archived Fallen Angels resources
• Resources provided by Fallen Angels presenter
• Bibliography, Biography and Interviews of Walter Dean Myers
• Memorial, library and museum sites with historical background information
• K-12 teacher and curriculum sites
• Commercial sites offering lesson plans
• Video and audio archives of pertinent information

OUSD's previously archived Fallen Angels resources

• Urban Dreams Project's Fallen Angels page:
  http://urbandreams.ousd.k12.ca.us/language_arts/core/09/myers/index.html

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Resources provided by Fallen Angels presenter

• Electronic version of presenter's packet of materials:
  http://iu.berkeley.edu/ousd/Filer/filetree/angels/elaypacket.pdf
  
  
• A page of Internet Resources -- Word document with URLs and summaries:
  http://iu.berkeley.edu/ousd/Filer/filetree/angels/e_lay_internet_sources.doc

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Bibliography, Biography and Interviews of Walter Dean Myers

• From site at Rutgers University:
  http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/myers.html
  
  
• Walter Dean Myers Interviews and Biography:
  http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/myers.html

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Memorial, library and museum sites with historical background information

• The Wars for Vietnam 1945 to 1975: (Vassar College site)
   http://vietnam.vassar.edu/index.html
  
  
• Vietnam Overview: (Vassar site)
  http://vietnam.vassar.edu/overview.html
  
  
• Other Vietnam Links: great page of links from Vassar site:
  http://vietnam.vassar.edu/vietnamlinks.html
  
  
• Vietnam Veterans Against the War:
  http://www.vvaw.org/
  
  
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial:
  http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial.html
  
  
• American Museum of Natural History: Vietnam:
  http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vietnam/
  
  
• Vietnam Veterans of America: about the war:
  http://www.vva.org/about_the_war.htm
  
  
• UC Berkeley's site on Black Panthers -- To Serve the People:
  http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/calheritage/panthers/

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K-12 teacher and curriculum sites

• Instructional activities for Fallen Angels, from Eastern Kentucky University:
  http://www.education.eku.edu/Faculty_Staff/resorc/FallenAngels.htm
  
  
• Web English Teacher, lesson plans for Fallen Angels:
  http://www.webenglishteacher.com/myers.html

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Commercial sites producing lesson plans

• Class Zone Novel Guide for Fallen Angels: (ClassZone.com)
  http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/fallen/guide.cfm
  
  
• SparkNote site for Fallen Angels: (SparkNotes.com)
  http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/fallenangels/
  
  
• Book Rags, commercial site with Fallen Angels study guide: (BookRags.com)
  http://www.bookrags.com/short/fallen_angels/overview.html

Video and audio

• Entry to ThinkQuest with audio and visual presentation of Vietnam era images: (click on Flash Introduction)
  http://www.galileo.org/schools/strathmore/english/english_33/

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