Mending Wall
We'll be learning and talking about walls - why we build them and how they make us feel - before we write a demand piece about them.
First, let's look at some famous walls:
The Great Wall of China
The China Guide has a neat interactive of the Wall.
More information on the Great Wall from A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization.
National Geographic video on The Great Wall
Facts about the Great Wall from Science Kids.
The Berlin Wall
Pictures of the fall of the Berlin Wall from boston.com
Pictures of an art installation using lights marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and links to more information.
Pictures of the Berlin Wall throughout its history.
The Peace Walls, Belfast
News article about some of the peace walls coming down from the Belfast Telegraph.
Northern Ireland's Peace Walls from ABC news, Australia
Belfast, divided in the name of peace
A slideshow on the Peace Walls of Belfast
The Mexican-American border
Fencing the border map from the New York Times
New York Times slideshow of people living near the border fence
The Great Wall of America - a slideshow by Time magazine
Walled World - While we are celebrating walls coming down, new walls are going up. Here's a look at some of these walls.
Sometimes walls are as metaphorical as they are literal as shown in this infographic called Walled World.
Quotes about walls from:
Brainyquote and A Symposium About Walls
Mending Wall
