Introduction to Unit on Intolerance - We will be thematically dealing with Intolerance, but also offering a chance to learn about Poetry.
Introduce our Unit with Magnetic Poetry!
Directions for Magnetic Poetry 4 Nouns (person, place, thing or emotion) 3 adjectives (words that describe nouns: colour, personality, size) 2 articles (the, a, an) 4 verbs (Action words) 2 conjunctions (don’t, shouldn’t can’t should’ve) 2 prepositions (anywhere a cat can go: through, at, over, up, around) 3 adverbs (words that describe verbs: slowly, quickly etc.) (play around with these numbers-the final result might be more like poetry and less like a sentence if you eliminated articles or conjunctions-I haven’t experimented much) |
1. Put students in groups of 3
2. Have students come up with words that fit in categories above 3. Encourage students to use creative, original, and imaginative words (and encourage them to use a dictionary as they will have to re-copy misspelled words) 4. Students write words on large pieces of paper (chop 11X17 paper into two or three strips-use coloured felts for better effect) 5. Have class pool their words. (All nouns in a pile, adjectives in a pile, etc.) 6. Students then must go in and remove the same amount of words they put into each pile but they cannot take out their own. (Note: the numbers will never work out perfectly-there is always a group that mixes up their parts of speech or that doesn’t put in the exact amount. If a group ends up with one less verb or noun the world won’t end.) 7. Students then take their new words and create a “Poem” which is really just a non-sensical sentence. They can change verb form/tense and add 2 or three of their own words and punctuate as they like. 8. Have groups give their “poem” a title. 9. Give students masking tape and have them display their poems on the classroom walls. One of our teachers had students neatly re-write words if they had changed the tense-so it didn’t look |
Examples of Our Poems!
Thematic Unit on Intolerance Starts in Earnest
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1. Hook: We will watch a part of an episode of WWYD.
2. Injustices of the past discussion. Have students experienced injustice? Profiling? Racism? Sexism? Any sort of prejudice. Share out? 3. Does Racism/Prejudice Still exist today free write and discussion. Unit will be framed around three types of discrimination/Privilege: Racism, Sexism, Sexual Orientation (lets look at the chart of rights and freedoms and see the other types of discrimination). 4. Look at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - what does it guarantee us? |
5. View Slideshow - Brief History of Racism in the USA - this will help us understand the Movie "Mississippi Burning."
6. Read "Dream Deferred" and answer questions about it.
6. Read "Dream Deferred" and answer questions about it.
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After reading the poem, we will have a class discussion where each student must ask a question or make a comment on the poem.
A. Can you identify 5 Similes
B. What is the dominant poetic device being used?
C. What is a "Dream Deferred"
D. What is the poem alluding to ? (What is an allusion?)
A. Can you identify 5 Similes
B. What is the dominant poetic device being used?
C. What is a "Dream Deferred"
D. What is the poem alluding to ? (What is an allusion?)
7. Watch Martin Luther King Video... what is his dream? What is powerful about his speech?
Alternative Poem
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Lesson 2
1. Start by showing "Chris Rock Explains Racism" - discuss as a class.
2. Definite "White Privilege"
"White privilege is a set of advantages and/or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others. White privilege can exist without white people's conscious knowledge of its presence and it helps to maintain the racial hierarchy in this country." - Mount Holyoke College.
2. Definite "White Privilege"
"White privilege is a set of advantages and/or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others. White privilege can exist without white people's conscious knowledge of its presence and it helps to maintain the racial hierarchy in this country." - Mount Holyoke College.
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4. Eddie Murphy Undercover as a white man (Example of White Privilege being made fun of):
http://www.snotr.com/video/422/Eddie_Murphy_goes_undercover -Class discussion 5. Activity. We will do one of the following and discuss: A. Privilege Walk: http://www.albany.edu/ssw/efc/pdf/Module%205_1_Privilege%20Walk%20Activity.pdf B. Paper Ball Activity: http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/this-teacher-taught-his-class-a-powerful-lesson-about-privil#.gg3RRA2m69 C. Privilege Chains http://www.life.arizona.edu/docs/social-justice/privilege-chains.pdf?sfvrsn=4 |
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6. Hand out Jim Crow laws and get each student to read 1-2. Or students may use their mobile devices to read on Jim Crow laws for 5 minutes then report back to class. Show clip from "A Time To Kill" to display virulent racism.
( https://urbanintellectuals.com/2016/10/08/17-examples-of-jim-crow-laws-in-the-united-states-of-america/2/ ) 7. Explain that “Southern Man” was written by Canadian Singer Neil Young in response to this history. Circle any allusions you notice 8. Sweet Home Alabama was written in response. Circle any allusions you notice in it. 9. Play “Changes” by Tupac and get students to identify the theme and any poetic devices that they can find. -will write a theme paragraph on changes tomorrow |
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6. Read Articles on Racism and Share out.
Students will learn how to summarize and will have to summarize key points, include a picture and draw one significant conclusion from the article they choose. Will do this on one of the class white boards.
Non-Fiction:
Article on the KKK Photocpied and in class
websites: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/white-supremacists-canada/
https://www.isr.umich.edu/home/diversity/resources/white-privilege.pdf - White backpack of Privilege
Macleans Article on racism
Non-Fiction:
Article on the KKK Photocpied and in class
websites: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/white-supremacists-canada/
https://www.isr.umich.edu/home/diversity/resources/white-privilege.pdf - White backpack of Privilege
Macleans Article on racism
News:
-Fergusson
-Brown case
Websites:
http://www.debwewin.ca/racism.htm - Racism in Canada
Songs about Racism/Discrimination: http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_about_racism_or_discrimination.php
Activities:
1. Privilege Walk: http://www.albany.edu/ssw/efc/pdf/Module%205_1_Privilege%20Walk%20Activity.pdf
2. Paper Ball Activity: http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/this-teacher-taught-his-class-a-powerful-lesson-about-privil#.gg3RRA2m69
3. Privilege Chains http://www.life.arizona.edu/docs/social-justice/privilege-chains.pdf?sfvrsn=4
4. Website with Multiple Resources: https://wiki.uiowa.edu/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=31756792
Songs:
Sweet Home alabama
Southern Man
Maclemore - same love
Changes - tupac
They don't really Care about us - Michael Jackson
Poem:
-Dream Deferred
-Emmet Till
-3 Foot Tall / Inner Ninja
Film/Video
- "16x9 - Brotherhood of Hate: White supremacy on the rise in Canada" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiGlyvIWMB4
-Martin Luther King Jr speech -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
-Mississipi Burning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4umFbbPWo
- Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeK759FF84s
-Chris Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3JtV5VnU-s
-Eddie Murphy Undercover as a white person: http://www.snotr.com/video/422/Eddie_Murphy_goes_undercover
Non-Fiction:
Article on the KKK Photocpied and in class
websites: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/white-supremacists-canada/
https://www.isr.umich.edu/home/diversity/resources/white-privilege.pdf - White backpack of Privilege
Macleans Article on racism
News:
-Fergusson
-Brown case
Websites:
http://www.debwewin.ca/racism.htm - Racism in Canada
Songs about Racism/Discrimination: http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_about_racism_or_discrimination.php
Activities:
1. Privilege Walk: http://www.albany.edu/ssw/efc/pdf/Module%205_1_Privilege%20Walk%20Activity.pdf
2. Paper Ball Activity: http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/this-teacher-taught-his-class-a-powerful-lesson-about-privil#.gg3RRA2m69
3. Privilege Chains http://www.life.arizona.edu/docs/social-justice/privilege-chains.pdf?sfvrsn=4
4. Website with Multiple Resources: https://wiki.uiowa.edu/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=31756792
Songs:
Sweet Home alabama
Southern Man
Maclemore - same love
Changes - tupac
They don't really Care about us - Michael Jackson
Poem:
-Dream Deferred
-Emmet Till
-3 Foot Tall / Inner Ninja
Film/Video
- "16x9 - Brotherhood of Hate: White supremacy on the rise in Canada" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiGlyvIWMB4
-Martin Luther King Jr speech -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE
-Mississipi Burning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4umFbbPWo
- Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeK759FF84s
-Chris Rock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3JtV5VnU-s
-Eddie Murphy Undercover as a white person: http://www.snotr.com/video/422/Eddie_Murphy_goes_undercover
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