https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3 en-us 2020-01-07 22:18:58 UTC 2025-10-20 17:22:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/428737483 This is a article about a Turkish artist named Garip Ay who gained worldwide fame by adopting Ebru, which is a painting technique that allows him to do amazing paintings on water. This relates to my lesson in the way that artists are showcasing their talent in many different ways just like in the Philadelphia Art Museum ]]> 2020-01-08 01:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/428737483 maddy_gilligan https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429208020 People in Cuba voted on the ratification of a new constitution in February 2019. The new constitution makes significant changes to the country's political, social, and economic order, just like our U.S. Constitution that was signed in 1787!]]> 2020-01-08 21:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429208020 rcapozzoli1 https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429226521 The City Hall in London, England has resumed talks for the cities budget for 2020 through 2023. City Council will discuss and finalize a version of the budget document set to be released in early march. City staff project the upcoming multi-year budget will bring an average annual tax hike of at least 3.2 per cent for Londoners between 2020 and 2023.]]> 2020-01-08 22:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429226521 sb865402 https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429227240 This article is about the United Kingdom exiting from European Union. By leaving the EU, the UK can now sign and implement their own trade agreements with countries around the world. 

Brexit relates to the Liberty Bell, because the UK is getting freedom, which the Liberty Bell is symbolic for. The Liberty Bell was used to summon the people of Philadelphia to hear announcements, one being the Declaration of Independence, which gave the USA freedom.]]> 2020-01-08 22:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429227240 tm807654 https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429227948 A french inventor, Franky Zapata, successfully crossed the English Channel on a hoverboard that he made. (2019) He had a failed attempt in 2016. This connects to the Benjamin Franklin lesson because it shows that there are inventors who have an impact in other countries as well as in America!]]> 2020-01-08 22:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429227948 alexis_neri7 https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429245715 This current event is about Catalonia trying to become an independent from Spain. Spain does not want this separation because Catalonia is considered one of Spain's wealthiest and most productive regions 
This current event relates to the Betsy Ross House lesson and the American Flag because if Catalonia does separate they would be creating their own nation with rules, symbols, and a flag. This new development would be similar to when United States became their own nation. ]]> 2020-01-08 23:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429245715 https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429762324 This article highlights the best of several Chinatowns around the world. I've selected Chinatown, London because it's likely to be the most familiar to elementary aged students. Were I to teach using this international example in an actual classroom, I'd point out that the need for a cultural phenomenon and a sense of community found in Chinatown was so great that its necessity is recognized all over the world.]]> 2020-01-09 22:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/maddy_gilligan/5hj2lvb1c1l3/wish/429762324