Books for Children

Students in a town with a Central American sister city wanted to learn more about their counterparts. A volunteer from the Sister City Project spoke to the class, showing slides of the Central American community. When the speaker told the students about "Libros para Ninos" (Books for Children), a program providing books for Central American children, the students decided to make and donate handcrafted books. The youths studied simple Spanish vocabulary to write the books, and wrote essays about themselves to accompany the donation.

Throughout the semester, students evaluated the project via class discussions. The teachers and the students graded the books based on language content and creativity. The youths shared the completed books with each other and with visitors from the state's Department of Education. At the project's close, the books were sent to preschoolers in the sister city.