DOCUMENT RESUME ED 229 209 RC 014 046 .AUTHOR Toro, Leonor; And Others TITLE What's Happening in May? A Salute toW4:inenEducators in Connecticut. INSTITUTION Connecticut State Migratory Childrem's Program, New Haven.; Hamden-New Haven CooperativeEducatCon Center, Conn. SPONS AGENCY Office of Elementaryand'Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Migrant Education Programs. PUB DATI" May 83 NOTE 107p.; For relate4 document, see ED 1215 827. Best copy available. AVAILABLE FROMEthnic/Arts Migrsant Project, Hatden-New Haven Cooperative Education Center, 1450 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06517-2497. PB TYPE' Guides - Classroom Use Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05'Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS ' *Black Achievement; Black History; *Cultural" Activities; Cult.tral Awareness; Cultural Education; Elementary Education; Females; *Leaders; *Learning Activiiies; *Migrant Education; Poetry; Poets; Politics; *Puerto Ricans; Slavery IDENTIFIERS Holidays ABSTRACT Brief information is.given on May events celebrated by Puerto Ricans: May Day; Mother's Day; WorldRed Cross Day; Armed Forces Day; Memorial Day; and thebirthdays af Horace Mann ("Father of the Common Schools"), Harry S. Truman,Luis Llorens Torres (poet), Ralph Waldo Emerson (poet), and Patrick Henry(stateman and orator). Designed as a teicher resource, the bookletTrovides brief information on, the contributions of 14 famousSlick women to American- history: Lorraine Hansherry,. playwright; Florence,Mills, actress; Mary Church Terrell, fighter for equalrights for Women and Blacks; Billie Holiday end Sissinetta Jones;singers;-Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman, leaders against slavery;. Mary E.P.Mahoney, first -professional Black nurse; Maggie L. Walker; AugustaSavage,:.among the first professional Black sculptors; Laura WheelingWaring, painter; Mary McLeod Bethune, advisor toPresident Roosevelt in the 1930's and 1940's; Shirley Chisholm, firstjBlack womanin .4-nigtess; and Phillis Wheatley, poet. Other famous womendiscussed include Felisa Rincon de Gautier (Mayoress of San Juan, 1946-1968), LolaRodriguez de Tio (writer), Antonia Bonilla (SisterCarmelita--ciVic-religious leader), and Clara Barton (founder of the American RedCross). The booklet includes a list of 29 historical May happenings,Several Mother',s Day poems, instructions formaking 8 gifts and 3 cardi for mom', a short essay on kite flyingincludinginstructions for making an octagonal kite, and several word-gaMe and mathactivities. 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' 't ` f,"`0 .1 ,s 14;4 -17 'b....4 N \,t 44'4E4/ .L-- ClIjercZker., . #/c -t-N .., ..":--s---LI-_,,,,\ ------;-, Anre4- , -t I -,, 1 t`a4'i?)fei . '..-s, ,," ; -" .C.r4'.*Z. ' "A Saute to Women EttUa,art0/6_ el-kt cQnne., ,;JrinECTICUT PAR'IMENT 'OF EOU,GATION - CONNECTICUT mignAtoky -ROUECT- CONNECTICUT MIGRATORYCHILDREN'S PROGRAM' ETHNIC/ARTS COMPONENT WHAT'SHAPPENING IN MAY? Materials Prepared By: .1 .Roberel. Moore, Teacher ofEnglish,;, .Leonor Toro, Coordinator Hamden-New Haven Cooperative Migratory, Ethnic/ArtsComponent :-Education Center .Ron Weissman .Leroy Dupee, Math Director Curriculum Specialist Bridgeport, Connecticut .Lottie Miles, Curriculum,Specialist Bridgeport BOArd of Education Illustrated.By: Justo.Ortiz "Tito" Curriculum Assistant: Roberta Hanson Funds for this, project wererirovided by the Federal Migrant Program Grant to the Hamden-NewHaven,\ under a special Stateaultural Awareness Component CooperatiYe'Education Center, Dr.Robert S. Avery, Director. CopiCs'can be obtadned fromthe\Ethnic/Arts Migradt.,Program, locata Center,*1450'Whitney Avenue, Hamden, at the Hamden-NewHaven CooperativeEducatign Connecticut 06517-2497. 4t- ESEA State Title-I A Special thanks are given toDr. Patrick Proctor, Children's Program*, ConnecticutState Department:ofEdpcation Director, Migratory Stafe Department Reinaldo Matos, State MigrantConsultant, Connecticut bringing this booklet fromAn ,Aof Education,,, for theireffoits and assistance in idea to the present stageof iis development. May,,1983_. ft isdes'igneeas. a resource forteachers' aseonly.' "What's .Happening?" j t V ft TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE' What's Happening in Maf? May 3 y Day-Mayl 4 Horace -*Tin 5 Mother's"Day 6 'Aecorfd Sunday in May) Felisa RincOn de Gautier 7 Lola Rodriguez de Ti6 8 Antonia Bonilla (Sister Catmelita) Notable Black Women'and Their Contributions to Aniel-icanHistory 10 Mlother's,Da)i Poems and Gifts to Make F6r Mom 18 Harry S. Truman 25 Luis Llorens Torx,es 27, ."1 C. Clara Barton 28 .The Red Cross 29. Armed Forces Day 31 Rglph Waldo Emerson ,32 1,trick Henry 33 Memorial Day-May 30 .t 35 ."Spring:/ Kite Flying'Time. 37 Math Coiner ,41* 42 ; Mother's Day Cards 4 4 .4, As 50 .0 A What's Happening in May? I May Day- traditionAl spring hOliday. , Benjamin pock, famous-baby doctor, born 1903, New Haven, Connecticat. RhodeIsland deClared its independence from GTeat Britain (1776).4 ffducator Horace gann, born 1796. * Rog.er Bannister became first man to run mile in under four.minuteS (3:59:4), 1954. Nazi,s surxeridered to General Eisenhower (effeceive the next day), marking end of 19r1d.War II in Europe 1945. 8 World Red Cross Day. 'MOther's Day: Jiatret Tubman, Phyllis Wheatley, Maw McLeod Bethune, ,ShirleyChisholm, Lorraine . Hansberry, Florence 1411s, Augusta Savage, Laura Wheeling Waring, Sissiretta Jortes, Maggke L. Walker, ,Sojourner Truth, Mary E.P. Mahoney,,Mary Church Terrell, Billie ' Holiday, Lola Rodriguez de Ti6,, Antonia Bonilla-(Sister Carmelita), Felisa RincOn de Gautier.' Mississippi River discovered,by Hernandol.de Soto 1541. President Harry.Truman, born 1884. 41 9 Abolitionist John Brown, born 1800 Torrington, annecticut. 10 J. Edgar Hoover became head of F.B.I. 1923. 11. Minnesota became '32nd state 1858. Irving Berlin, popular Americamsongwriter', bOrn 1888. , 12. Florence Nightingale, founder of modern`nursing, bor'n 182.0. 13 Boxer Joe Louis, born 1914. , 14 Luis Llorens TdrreS, borri 1876. \ 16 By only one'vote, Senate failed to impeach President Andrew Jackson -1868. 17 New York_SpckExchange founded -1792. , U.S. Supreme'Court declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional - 1954. 41, 9 20 Charles A. Lindbergh began first sOlo flight acrossAilantic 1927. 21 AmercAnjational Red Cross founded by Clara Barton 1881. 24 el F.B. Morse sent first telegraph 'message from WashingOn toBaltimore 1844., 24 Poet Ralph Wal,do Emerson, born'1803. 29 Wiscpnsin became 30th state 1848%, Patrick HenrxjAorn1736. President John. F. ,Kennedy, born.1917. 40. Memorial Day.,, 31 Poet Walt Whitman, born 1819. 1 ILi MAY . "...the merry month of 14' . -from Richard BarnUe1d's "Ode to the Nightingale" (1958)_ In many p'arts of the.Unite& States, May is truly the "merry" month. -By now, . spring is inlullswing. The. winter 'snows have melted. The temperature i, s com- fortably warm (especially when compared to the intense heat of,the summersun still to come). The trees are blooming. 'The gras is green. The first crolis have-started to grow. Many animals are busy finding mates. ,And the birds ate...building their nests. Appropriately, May, the fifth modth gof the year, was probably named for Maia, Ithe ahcient Roman goddess of spring and*fertility. The,early Romans made frequent s'acrifices'to the goddess to ivarantee a good harvest. Interesting quotes'for thought from this month come froletwo ex-presidents. On May 27,1'788, ;Thomas Jefferson said, "The natural progress of things is for liberty -to yield_and gbvernment to gain ground." Similarly, on, May, 9, 1912, Woodrow Wilson said, "The history of liberty is a history of the limitations of governmental powet; not the increase of it." May's birthstone Is the emerald. The flowers of. the month are the hawthorn and the lily of the valley. Sources: .Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier, Inc., 1982 .*The World Book'ETclopedia *The "Instant Alma ac of Events, Anniversaries Observances, Quotations, and Birthdays for Every Day orthe Year" . by Leonard and Thelma Spinrad : Parker. Publishing CoInc. 1972 1 3 0-. Ni). Day May 1 1 y On the first day of May, many People around theworld celebrate the return of spring. This celebration is known as May Day. Experts believe May Day has its roots in the early RomanFloralia (about 258 B.C.). Thts festival honored Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring. Traditional May,Day feStivitiesInclude setting up a Maypole and decorating . it with wreaths, garlands, and ribbons. Dances around the Maypole to celebrate spririg's return are customary. Frequently, May Day Queens are'picked from the fairest yqung girls present. In another popular custom, children hang baskets filld with flowers or small gifts on