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Dreaming Again Discussion Guide

Dreaming Again is an original play commissioned by the Humanities Council as
the culminating event of the three year initiative Fences and Neighbors: New Hampshire's Immigration Stories. Written by Genevieve Aichele, Director of the New Hampshire
Theatre Project, Dreaming Again is based
on the stories of Granite State immigrants
past and present. This Discussion Guide
for Teachers of English for Speakers of
Other Languages (ESOL) can be used either
as a free-standing discussion of immigration
in New Hampshire or as preparation for
seeing the production in one of eight communities during April, 2012.

Learn more about dates and venues for Dreaming Again here.

 

Connections is made possible
in part by the generous support of:

 

Granite State Reads,
a program of the Center for the Book
at the NH State Library

 

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Birkha Rai serves as a model for a Nepali folktale illustration with a tool to blend lentils. Al Audet, Connections at Second Start, Concord Ambika Sharma shows how to wrap a sari. Derry teachers Kathy Mercer and Dina Kotlyarenko with students at the Humanities Council's Evening with Katherine Paterson.

Connections is a book discussion program offered in partnership with adult basic education and ESOL classes, the prisons, and refugee resettlement organizations. Participants are both native speakers and new Americans. The program uses the best of children’s literature and NHHC-trained facilitators to promote English language skills, promote a culture of reading, nurture conversation in which readers contribute their own ideas and stories, and reinforce family literacy.  From our thematic reading lists teachers can select  books and themes that enhance the curriculum and connect to learners’ goals and interests. Participants keep copies of their books to read again and share with their families.