Drum's Karen Language Quarterly Newsletter For Kids!
The Best Of Drum Kid's Collection
: A collection of over 50 of the most popular articles
from the Drum Kid's Newsletter.
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Additional Resources Available
Digitized versions of some of Rev. Jonathan Wade's English - Sgaw Karen language materials which were first published in the mid-19th century have recently become available.
Thesaurus of Karen knowledge : Comprising traditions, legends or fables, poetry, customs, superstitions, demonology, therapeutics, etc., alphabetically arranged and forming a complete native Karen dictionary, with definitions and examples, illustrating the usages of every word. By J Wade, Sau Kau-Too, 1850.
Hard copies may also be purchase on-line here
Swedish - Sgaw Karen Dictionary : Developed by the Karen Swedish Community
Karen Teacher's Newsletter : Download the Karen Teacher's Newsletter written in Sgaw Karen and English from the good people at the Karen Teacher's Working Group, (KTWG).
Pwo Karen (western) reference materials
Links to on-line Bible resources in many of the ethnic languages of Burma.
English and Burmese language teaching materials for senior secondary (post 10) students available from The Curriculum Project
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Additional reading material in English language for those interested in learning more about the history and culture of the Karen people
The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology The classic 1922 study of the Karen People in English language (View on-line here)
Burma and the Karens: Dr. San C. Po C.B.E. 1928 (View on-line here)
The Loyal Karens of Burma: Donald Mackenzie Smeaton 1920
The Karens of the Golden Chersonese: Lieut-Colonel A R McMahon 1876
The Karen Apostle: or, Memoir of Ko Thah-byu : Francis Mason 1843 (View on-line here)
Soo Thah: A Tale of the Making of the Karen Nation: Alonzo Bunker 1902 (View on-line here)
Memoirs of the Four-Foot Colonel: By General Smith Dun: 1980
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Early Childhood Development Materials
Additional Sgaw Karen Early Childhood Development Materials produced by the Taipei Overseas Peace Service (TOPS), the Karen Women's Organization (KWO) and the Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA)
Sgaw Karen Literacy Materials for young learners published by the Thai Karen Baptist Convention (TKBC)
Sgaw Karen Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Curriculum Student's and Teacher's books published by the Christian Education Department of the Karen Baptist Convention (KBC)
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Additional health related materials in Karen language available from USCRI
Health Information in Sgaw Karen available from Medline Plus: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health.
These include multimedia files on topics from
Diabetes to
Dealing with Pain.
Community Service Documents to Assist the Recently Resettled Now Available
Here
Additional resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees are available to download from our links page here.
