Frequently Asked Questions
About Our Company
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What does C.O.-O.P. in your company name stand
for?
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Do you accept other business's purchase orders?
About Our Books...
About "Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad?"
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What age group is appropriate for "Grandpa,
Is Everything Black Bad?"
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I am a teacher. How can I use "Grandpa, Is
Everything Black Bad" in my classroom?
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When are you going to do a book about a grandma?
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Is the grandpa character in the book fashioned
after the author's own grandfather?
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What is the origin of the name, "Montsho"?
About "We All Have A Heritage"
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Why isn't my country's flag in "We All Have
A Heritage"?
About our Logo...
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What do the words "Many Colors, One Race" mean?
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What do the 5 colors in the rainbow represent?
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Is there any reason to the order of the colors
in the rainbow?
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Why are the faces facing east?
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Why is the rainbow of colors coming out of the
continent of Africa?
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Does the position of the star in Africa represent
anything?
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May I use your logo on some of my own work?
About Our Company
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What does C.O.-O.P. in your company name
stand for?
C.O.-O.P. is an acronym for Caring, Optimistic,
Open-minded, People.
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Do you accept other
business's purchase orders?
Yes. Just mail your purchase orders to The
Culture C.O.-O.P., P.O. Box 463, Davis, CA. 95616. Because accepting a
purchase order is equivalent to extending you credit, we may require you
to provide credit references and additional information before filling
the first purchase order we receive from you. Once you have established
an account with us, you can mail, fax (530-753-8511) or email (orders@CultureCo-Op.com)
purchase orders.
About "Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad?"
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What age group is appropriate for
"Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad?"
The author has used the book in classrooms
from kindergarten through college. When the author reads the book to younger
readers (K-1), she often reads the first half word for word and then paraphrases
key parts of the second half.
This book has also been used in college courses
addressing diversity and reading skills.
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I am a teacher. How can I use "Grandpa,
Is Everything Black Bad" in my classroom?
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Have children ask their parents about their heritage
and then have the children share something simple about their heritage
with the class.
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Talk about how children can learn a lot from seniors
like Montsho does from his grandfather in the story. Invite a senior citizen
to come speak to your class and share some local history.
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Ask children about the main character, Montsho,
and how he felt? Ask have they ever felt like Montsho does in the story?
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Show your students a map of Africa and/or the
world have them each chose a country or continent to write about.
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Have older students finish the statement, “The
part of the story I liked best...”
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Have younger students draw a picture that illustrates
their favorite part of the story.
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Have your students make drums out of old coffee
cans. They can decorate them with African prints, pictures of Africa from
magazines, etc.
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Play a tape of a drum (or play a drum yourself)
while reading the drum sequence of the story.
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Show children a video tape about Africa or some
other part of the world.
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Play multi-cultural music from other parts of
the world. Share with children how all countries have some sort of musical
traditions.
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Have students read the story and create a skit
based on the story for the class.
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Have students make-up their own story to get them
familiar with the process of making a book.
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Be creative and do whatever your imagination dictates.
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When are you going to do a book about
a grandma?
The author has a new book, due out Dec, 2004,
entitled "Grandma Says Our Hair Has Flair"
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Is the Grandpa character in the book
fashioned after the author's own Grandfather?
Yes. The artist was asked to draw the Grandfather
character so that it looked a good deal like the author's real Grandfather.
We think she did a marvelous job!
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What is the origin of the name, "Montsho"?
"Montsho" is Swahilli for "black".
About "We All Have A Heritage"
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Why isn't my country's flag in "We
All Have A Heritage"?
Although we would have liked to put every
country's flag in this book, there simply isn't enough space on the page
showing the various flags. We tried to pick a flag from a country in each
of the continents. We hope readers will connect with the spirit of the
"flags" picture in that the intent is to represent all by showing many.
About Our Logo
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What do the words "Many Colors, One Race"
mean?
These words are meant to acknowledge that
while we might all look different, we are really all part of one, common
group, a human race. In fact, we do not acknowledge the concept of race
as it has been invented and used, primarily by scholars of industrialized
nations, to classify (divide) people.
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What do the 5 colors in the rainbow represent?
The 5 colors represent the skin colors often
associated with different people and cultures from the inhabited continents
of the world.
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Why are the faces facing east?
East is the direction of the sunrise, representing
the beginning of a new day. We learn this form the ancient Egyptians. In
Ancient Egypt, one of the earliest known human civilization, all the temples
were constructed on the Eastern bank of the Nile river because it is in
the direction of the sunrise, and all the burial sites were constructed
on the Western bank.
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Why is the rainbow of colors coming out
of the continent of Africa?
Anthropological and sceintific research supports
the theory that Africa is the mother of all human civilization. The fact
that all human beings began in Africa and migrated outwards from there
is the prevailing current thought drawn from known archeological evidence.
For example, Africa is the only continent in which all major humanoid
skeletal remains have been found, the earliest from about 2.5 million years
or slightly longer ago.
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Does the position of the star in Africa represent
anything?
Yes. It is located roughly at lake Victoria,
the source of the Nile and believed to be at or near the birthplace of
humanoids.
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May I use your logo on some of my own materials?
No. Like all logos, ours is intended to represent
and be associated with the high quality products and services our customers
have come to expect form The Culture C.O.-O.P. It is our registered trademark.
If you are interested in obtaining some materials with our logo on it,
please contact us.