MidLink Magazine Call for Participation: 2000-2001
We're Remodeling for a NEW Year!  

            Change is in the air as MidLink Magazine enters its 7th exciting year.  As always, MidLink accepts work by students aged 8 - 18.  We prefer classroom projects, sponsored by a classroom teacher, but this year we are awarding 5 Teacher-Editorships to exemplary classroom teachers. Our new editors will implement their original project ideas and mentor other teachers and projects in math, science, social studies, or English.  Look for the announcement about our new editors, their schools, and their new ideas in mid-October.  

            In the meantime, you can plan ahead to include MidLink Magazine projects this year by looking at some of the new guidelines...and stay tuned for even more new ideas in the next month!  All participating schools will receive an award graphic, a certificate, and may find themselves featured in educational journals or international publications. Join the fun, address your curriculum standards, AND get recognition for your school!

MidLink Magazine Calendar  

October/November	December/January
February/April	May/September
Submission Guidelines

  October/November

• The 7th Annual Virtual Haunted House – Curl up by the fireplace with your black cat, and get ready for a haunting experience!  You are invited to create imaginary rooms, retell regional myths and legends, or write scary stories for our spectacular haunted house. We will link to your rooms from the "main house" at MidLink Magazine. (Caution:  We do not accept stories or graphics with excessive violence.  This house is rated "G.") Register your project by October 7.  The House Opens on October 15.

• Haunted House Ideas and Examples:
  • Myths and Legends - Irish legends from Limerick!  "Gaelscoil Ó Doghair, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, Ireland, an all-gaelic elementary school/ Primary school, ages 10 to 13 years will participate in the 'Haunted House' project. In the meantime, enjoy our regional stories.  Just click on "Myths and Legends" button on the left hand side of our web. 
    Project Coordinator: Daithí Ó Murchú, Gaelscoil Ó Doghair, Limerick, Ireland.
  • Ghosts Across the Carolinas - Join this exciting project created at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT).  Includes guidelines, objectives, and lesson plans and activities.  Enjoy and contribute to the ghost stories, Halloween legends, and folklore. 
    NEW!  See Regional Tales from Diana Todd's 4th graders at Bogue Sound Elementary.
    Project Coordinators: - Carrie Kirby, Translyvania County Schools; Joe Poletti,Carteret County Schools; Ruby Jones, Chatham County Schools. (Curriculum Connection:  Language arts/visual arts, writing)

• I'm Leading.  Is Anyone Following?  How would you define good leadership?  Schools around the world are invited to participate in identifying their most effective leaders.  Join us by  profiling your choice of leaders from history, the recent past, or the present- leaders who positively shaped the times in which they lived.  Don't miss the Leadership Kaleidoscope of student writing and displays.  It will inspire you!
  Project Coordinator:  Brenda Dyck, Masters Academy and College, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Who Should Be President?  CongressLink's lesson plan could be a timely addition to any classroom this fall.  Examples of learning outcomes coming soon!

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December/January (Deadline, December 10)

• It’s Monu-MENTAL Select a regional historical monument, building, park, or landmark and research its  history.  Study the design of the structure and its architectural features in math or art class.  Study its historical significance in social studies.  Write about it in language arts. Register your project by December 10. Monu-MENTAL is a MEGA Project. (Curriculum Connections: interdisciplinary, history/social studies, language arts, math, science)
• The Voices of Youth Discuss Peace and Conflicts:  Unicef invites students of any age to share their ideas about peace. Send a message of peace or read those written by international students (in French or Spanish) as they consider world conflicts and how we can end them. This site provides a unique view of what students in other countries think of conflict. You may submit art or writing and see the work of students in other countries.
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February/April  

• International Poetry Exchange:  Read, write, and exchange poetry with students in Italy, the US, and other schools around the world.  For inspiration, visit the Poetry Page created by students at Alfred Oriani Middle School, Casolo Valsenio, Italy. Poems may be submitted until June 5.

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May/September (Submission Deadline-May15) 

• MidLink Magazine Showcase:  Nominate your favorite project for inclusion in what promises to be an exciting array of interdisciplinary web projects from schools all over the world. The subject and content are up to you, but projects must be related to a standard curriculum. We encourage you to include a link to rubrics, tools, lesson plans, and resources  used in creating the project. Even if you can’t participate, don’t miss viewing this exciting virtual brainstorm!
  • Explore the '99 MidLink Magazine Showcase!
     (Curriculum Connections? You decide!)
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