Part of the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The inscription at the base of this monument reads "From the Civil War to Civil Rights and Beyond." Photo taken in 2010.
Hi everyone,
We continued learning about the history of the Civil Rights movement in the United States and what happened after our initial look at Plessy v. Ferguson. It was more of a reading and work day after all of the fun last time - back to business! Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Behavior LT 2: I can manage my responsibilities as a student.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the role and impacts of social hierarchies.
Soundtrack: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye. Selected for today because it is a song about the struggle for peace, especially as a part of the Civil Rights Movement. Lyrics here.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the role and impacts of social hierarchies.
Soundtrack: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye. Selected for today because it is a song about the struggle for peace, especially as a part of the Civil Rights Movement. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/15/18:
News Brief - Zion
Courageous Conversations
Jim Crow
Early Struggles
The next news brief is assigned to: Rachel.
We also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class over the weekend.
Rachel was selected to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Courageous Conversations: Before asking the class if there was anyone who wanted to share their Writing for Justice narrative with everyone, I went over the Courageous Conversations agreements and protocols, which is something the staff at Westview uses in our own work, and I used last year in Diversity and Social Justice a lot. Here's the compass:
With this in mind, I asked if there were any student that felt like they wanted to share their narratives with the class. Thank you for respecting this process, everyone! I am very much looking forward to reading all of these, and I am grateful for your willingness to engage with what some students described as a challenging assignment.
With this in mind, I asked if there were any student that felt like they wanted to share their narratives with the class. Thank you for respecting this process, everyone! I am very much looking forward to reading all of these, and I am grateful for your willingness to engage with what some students described as a challenging assignment.
Jim Crow: Next, I showed this video of an overview of the Jim Crow laws (especially in the South of the United States, but also prevalent in Oregon, which we will learn more about soon):
This was to remind students about the laws that made segregation and lack of civil rights a fact. A few classes ago, we analyzed the United States Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson, which helped to implement these laws.
Early Struggles: Next, we defined the term hierarchy as a class, as: a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Then, I passed out a class set of a reading called "Early Struggles" from a book called Free At Last. Here is the reading if anyone needs an electronic copy to access:
This was to remind students about the laws that made segregation and lack of civil rights a fact. A few classes ago, we analyzed the United States Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson, which helped to implement these laws.
Early Struggles: Next, we defined the term hierarchy as a class, as: a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Then, I passed out a class set of a reading called "Early Struggles" from a book called Free At Last. Here is the reading if anyone needs an electronic copy to access:
As a part of understanding the reading, we continued to talk about the idea of a "hierarchy" in society, in terms of different levels. The assessment that goes along with the reading can be found here:
The rest of class was devoted to work time in reading the chapter, understanding it, and writing responses. If we had time in class, we went over the responses together, before turning them in.
Have a great weekend - see you next Monday for our only class of the week, due to Thanksgiving!
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