Inside the Dragonfly Coffee House on NW Thurman in Portland. Photo taken in 2019.
Dear class,
We continued our Civil Rights unit in class today by doing some writing about situations involving social hierarchies in our lives. Here's what we did today in class:
We continued our Civil Rights unit in class today by doing some writing about situations involving social hierarchies in our lives. 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: "Glory" by Common and John Legend. Selected for today because of the connection with our civil rights unit (this song was created for the movie "Selma"). 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: "Glory" by Common and John Legend. Selected for today because of the connection with our civil rights unit (this song was created for the movie "Selma"). Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/14/19:
News Brief -
Brainstorm
Writing for Justice
Work Time
The next news brief is assigned to: Aiden.
We also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class over the weekend.
Aiden 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):
Brainstorm: At the end of last class, we did an activity of identifying the roles of Ally, Bystander, Perpetrator, and Victim in a story. The stories that we analyzed are here:
The first page in the linked document is what students were filling out as we read the stories and thought about times in their own lives that they had been one of the roles in the stories. Here was the assignment that we ended class with and students were working on in class today (this is also posted in Google Classroom):
To start with this, we brainstormed as a class possible situations involving various aspects of Ally/Perpetrator/Victim/Bystander. I know that it frequently is difficult for students to come up with a topic or story, and my guess is, there are a lot of possibilities out there once you think of hierarchies in society. Here's what the class came up with:
• Bullying in general
• Racism
• Ageism – younger over older, or vice versa
• Homophobia
• Walkouts (against sexual assault, sit in against racism, walkout about school shootings, Climate Change)
• Health in general
• Family issues (especially with family gatherings)
• Political issues
• Peer pressure
• Sports (playing vs. not, coach’s pet, hazing, etc)
• Parental power over kids
• Religion (and no religion)
Writing for Justice/Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to quiet work time on this assignment, which will be due at the start of next class for peer review - so heads up that someone in class will read it, though you will not be asked to share it with the class as a whole. I am looking forward to continuing to work on these with you all!
• Bullying in general
• Racism
• Ageism – younger over older, or vice versa
• Homophobia
• Walkouts (against sexual assault, sit in against racism, walkout about school shootings, Climate Change)
• Health in general
• Family issues (especially with family gatherings)
• Political issues
• Peer pressure
• Sports (playing vs. not, coach’s pet, hazing, etc)
• Parental power over kids
• Religion (and no religion)
Writing for Justice/Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to quiet work time on this assignment, which will be due at the start of next class for peer review - so heads up that someone in class will read it, though you will not be asked to share it with the class as a whole. I am looking forward to continuing to work on these with you all!
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