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Papiers Découpés by Matisse
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or disturbing subject matter ... like a comforting influence, a mental balm - something like a good armchair in which one rests from physical fatigue. -Matisse

Jazz, Le Clown, Planche I (Jazz, The Clown, Plate I), 1943
Gouache-painted paper cut-outs .
© Succession H. Matisse

"The 'paper cut out', Matisse explained in 1951, "allows me to draw in colour. It is for me a matter of simplification. Instead of drawing the contour and filling in the colour--one modifying the other--I draw directly into the colour, which is all the more controlled in that it is not transposed."

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Biography focusing on the period the paper cut outs were created.
Images of Matisse's Jazz collection: Web Museum, Polynesia the Sea, and more: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Know the Artist- a Biography and links on the life and work of Matisse
Greg Kucera Museum- article focusing on technique and reasons Matisse created the Jazz prints.
Centre Pompidou- Site contains chronology of Matisse's life and work including paper cut outs such as La Tristesse du roi (Sorrows of the King), 1952
Examples of Matisse's paper cut out style completed by students
Spaightwood Galleries- a collection of prints produced under Matisse's supervision.

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Using Blogs in Education
" The writing style is often in the first person and informal; resembling natural speech. Students’ thoughts become visible and the student has to find ways of expressing and writing thoughts that are closely connected to their sense of themselves."
-from BLOGS AS ELECTRONIC LEARNING JOURNALS

What is a blog and how do I use it?
What's an edublog?
10 wasy to blog in classrooms
Blogs in libraries
Weblogs in the Classroom
Blogging basics- using blogs for student journals
Classroom blogs and wikis
Weblogged- in support of educational blogs in the classroom using edublogs
Support blogging, links to educational blogs
BLOGS AS ELECTRONIC LEARNING JOURNALS
Ethical considerations for bloggers
Sample blog rubric for teachers
Science Blog example
News report on blogging

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Wikis in Education

Using wikis in schools and universities
Classroom blogs and wikis
A case study, using wikis in schools
A wiki studying wikis! Tutorials available

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Espinoza's Links for the 2008 Election

How to use the links:
Here is a Del.icio.us page of best links on the web for information about the candidates, the election process, and more. You can choose "tags" about the links on the right of the Del.icio.us page (to see activists in the election process, click that tag)
To see the Statesman Contest rules click here, or visit their blog for comments on topics that may help you develop your submission. Good luck!
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Suggested Links for Research

Click here to listen to Winston read "The Reason for War"

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy- Macquarie University
Revelations from the Russian Archives- Library of Congress
Stalin Era Research and Archives Project- University of Toronto
Guide to Hitler Youth- The History Guide
Modern Russian History from Fordham University
Stalin’s Great Terror or Purge - Professor V. Rogovin
Totalitarianism Under Hitler and Stalin - The History Guide

Reference works online including ebooks.	Magazines, journals, and online reference sources.
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