Haiti Behind the Headlines
Resources Provided by Kate Schuenke
PowerPoint Presentation from October 18, 2010
Books
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Paul Farmer, a Man who would Cure the World
Tracy Kidder
The Uses of Haiti
Paul Farmer
On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti
Maragert Trost
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
C. L. R. James
All Souls' Rising: A Novel of Haiti; Master of the Crossroads
The Stone that the Builder Refused
Touissant L'Ouverture, A Biography
Madison Smartt Bell
Websites/Electronic Articles
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/haiti.html
This is a website put together by Bob Corbett who has been involved with Haiti for many years.
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/34.1/thomson.html
This link takes you to an article entitled “The Haitian Revolution and Forging of America,” by Jim Thomson.
Additional Resources from Kellogg Outreach
General Information
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107612.html
Infoplease provides a basic fact sheet on countries’ statistics, government and geography.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107612.html
Fact Monster is a kid-friendly site that has many of the basics about Haiti.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/httoc.html
The Library of Congress has an extensive page on many Haitian details.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
The CIA provides basic facts about every country.
http://www.haiti.org/
This is the official website of the Haitian embassy in Washington, DC.
http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Germany-to-Jamaica/Haitians.html
A summary of Haitian culture is available at this website.
http://www.haitian-culture.com/
Photos, music, singers, news, and recipes are just some of the things that are available at this website.
http://www.roadtofondwa.org/
The documentary, Road to Fondwa, shows aspects of Haiti not seen on nightly TV, from the beauty of the countryside to the trash in the city. It begins by giving the viewer a feel for life in Haiti and then works through development issues as they have occurred in one rural town called Fondwa. Subtitles and brief scenes of nudity make it more appropriate for older grades.
Haiti after the Earthquake
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/haiti/view/
Frontline’s “The Quake,” can be seen online. This one-hour program is divided into four sections. Some of the content might be disturbing for younger viewers.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/july-dec10/haiti_07-15.html
PBS’s Newhour has a five-minute report on the mental health concerns for quake survivors six months after the earthquake.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather/jan-june10/haiti_04-23.html
PBS has a seven-minute report on Haiti one hundred days after the earthquake.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/haiti/view/economy_tent_city.html
This video from NPR’s Planet Money explores the new economies emerging in the tent-cities of Port-au-Prince.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/17/world/americas/haiti-earthquake-multimedia.html?ref=haiti
The New York Times has a multimedia photo gallery containing videos, photographs, and interactive features documenting the earthquake.
Lesson Plans on Haiti
http://earthyfamily.com/H-travel.htm
This site is packed with information about Haiti’s culture, history, geography, language, music, and food. Many activities are suggested.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/haiti_long_3-10.html
Reviewing the events of February 2004, this three-day lesson plan from PBS examines the role the U.S. should play in foreign governments. It contains links to PBS reports.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/resources-for-teaching-and-learning-about-the-earthquake-in-haiti/
The New York Times offers The Learning Network for teachers, linking to all of their past articles and lesson plans on Haiti.
http://www.unicef.org/voy/media/GlobalKidsAyitiLessonPlan2.pdf
UNICEF developed this lesson plan in 2006. The main activity involves students taking on the roles of community advocates who are concerned about the areas of security, health, education, poverty, and unemployment in Haiti. Several supportive documents and resources are provided.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7548/preview/
PBS provides educational resources for exploring the earthquake in Haiti for grades 7-12.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/northamerica/haiti/flag/
You don’t have to be a subscriber to Enchanted Learning to get some basic printouts such as a flag and map of Haiti. A brief history and some simple activities are also included.
http://www.teachingforchange.org/publications/haiti
Teaching for Change is an award-winning website that provides teachers and parents resources to promote justice in the world. They provide a 43-page PDF of the book Teaching about Haiti along with other resources.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/5-ways-to-teach-about-haiti-right-now/
The New York Times offers five suggestions for teaching about current events in Haiti.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7548/preview/
PBS offers links and stories about Haiti’s earthquake with ideas about how to use them.
http://www.neahin.org/crisisguide/haiti/index.html
The National Education Association offers a “School Crisis Guide” with ideas about how to teach about the Haitian earthquake with “facts not fear.”
http://wowlit.org/blog/2010/01/22/windows-to-the-world-a-quick-look-at-haiti/
The University of Arizona offers a list of books on Haiti and links to helpful websites.
Haitian Music
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=haitian+music&x=0&y=0
Find a large selection of Haitian music for preview or purchase.
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/country/content.country/haiti_284/en_US
National Geographic has musical selections categorized by artist, genre, and region.
http://haiti.fm/video/video/show?id=6300737%3AVideo%3A728
Haiti(dot)FM is a Haitian social network site for arts and culture that includes music, videos, books and more.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/culture/video-haitis-lost-music/3147/
This article and six-minute video tells the story of how a treasure trove of Haitian music recorded in the 1930’s was brought back to Haiti after the earthquake. It includes information about America’s historical relationship with Haiti.
Haitian Cooking
http://www.whats4eats.com/caribbean/haiti-cuisine
http://www.islandflave.com/recipes/65-haitian-recipes
http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/recipes/countryrecipe.asp?country=Haiti
http://recipeisland.com/blog1/category/recipe-island/haiti-recipes/
Notre Dame Faculty Resources
Tamo Chattopadhay
(EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University)
Assistant Professor of Practice; Director of International Educational Development
Institute for Educational Initiatives
Campus address: 154 IEI Building
Phone: 574-631-2648
E-mail: tchattop@nd.edu
Geographic focus: India & Bangladesh, Brazil, Uganda, Haiti, US
Thematic interests: Education and globalization, youth entrepreneurship education, schools and adolescent social capital; politics and policies of international actors in educational development
Karen Richman (PhD, University of Virginia, 1992)
Director, Center for Migration and Border Studies
Institute for Latino Studies
230 McKenna Hall
574-631-8146
Email: krichman@nd.edu
Geographic focus: Mexico, the Caribbean (Haiti), and the United States.
Thematic interests: Religion, migration, transnationalism, performance, gender, production and consumption.
