Words for the World

Project Co-ordinator: Susan van Gelder
E-Mail: van-gelder@stgeorges.qc.ca
School Name: St. George's School
School Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Project for age groups: all ages

Curriculum Areas: Language Arts, Social Studies

Greetings!
Earth Day is coming to St. George's (we celebrate on May 16). Join us in our celebration. Help us find Words for the World which we will send around the world.

At St. George's Elementary School we were inspired by a bird who lived in a story entitled "Le mot sans lequel rien n'existe" (The word without which nothing exists) by Claude Clement and Sylvie Montmoulineux. This imaginary bird found words in a book which it picked out and spread around the world to help the ailments of this planet. He discovered that a word without which the world cannot exist was LOVE. Do you know some other words that have such power? We want to hear from you before May 10, 2002.

Every day is Earth Day at St. George's and we celebrate our accomplishments and our oneness with the Earth. This has been a difficult year for the planet so as part of our Earth Day celebrations we are collecting your words to create postcards which we want to send around the world to spread your Words for the World. The words will also be shared on our website

Share with us five words without which the world could not exist...
...one for the planet
...one for humankind
...one for your community
...one for your school
...one for yourself.

Tell us why you chose each of your words as well as the following information:
Your name
Name of your school (if applicable)
Your city
Your country
All submissions will be posted on our website: http://www.stgeorges.qc.ca/words/wftw.html

We'll be sharing our postcards on the site some time in June. Please share with us how you spread the words around the world.
The students at St. George's School

Please pass this message along to your friends around the world. We would love to get
submissions from 6 continents.

Send your e-mail to van-gelder@stgeorges.qc.ca or go to our website
http://www.stgeorges.qc.ca/subjectlinks/webhome.html
Click on Words for the World

Schedule:
Contributions due - May 10. We will be making our postcards May 16

Project URL: http://www.stgeorges.qc.ca/subjectlinks/words.html