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From: Maia Cheli-Colando <maia>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:36:20 -0700
Richie,
I both agree and disagree with you about /Harvesting Hope/. I completely agree that it is a marvelous book (!), but I do think that it can be used well with young children, especially when introducing the role of unions and/or issues of immigration and racism in the West. For middle-high school ages, it could perhaps be married with Pete Seeger's
"Talking Union" for an interesting class discussion.
As for union concepts going over the heads of children, I suppose it depends on the class group with whom you are speaking. And I think that it is very important that we teach kids about unions, for that savvy will be important to them as they mature.
For Californian children in particular, the earlier they become aware of the dynamics surrounding immigration, and large-scale farming, the better. This is the world they will inherit, and have to fix as best they can. It's a mess here. E.g. it's a bummer that spinach is off the menu for now, but what worries me more are the families who are seeing their jobs ground into the ground because of the e coli outbreak.
Maia
BudNotBuddy at aol.com wrote:
> Finally, another one we regularly use with the eighth graders, and one that
> is a perfect example of a picture book for older readers is:
>
>
> Krull, Kathleen & Yuyi Morales. (2003). Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar
> Chavez. Harcourt.
>
> It is a mistake to think that many younger kids are going to comprehend such
> concepts in this book as union organizing. (Some review journals listed this
> for as young as 2nd grade.) Our own experience over the past 3 years is
> that even some of the eighth graders have difficulty thoroughly digesting all
> the information in this incredibly beautiful, important book, award-winning
> book. It certainly went right over the heads of a fourth grade class to whom I
> once read it. But talk about an outstanding trade book for use in the
> classroom with middle school kids studying American history!
>
Received on Tue 19 Sep 2006 02:36:20 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:36:20 -0700
Richie,
I both agree and disagree with you about /Harvesting Hope/. I completely agree that it is a marvelous book (!), but I do think that it can be used well with young children, especially when introducing the role of unions and/or issues of immigration and racism in the West. For middle-high school ages, it could perhaps be married with Pete Seeger's
"Talking Union" for an interesting class discussion.
As for union concepts going over the heads of children, I suppose it depends on the class group with whom you are speaking. And I think that it is very important that we teach kids about unions, for that savvy will be important to them as they mature.
For Californian children in particular, the earlier they become aware of the dynamics surrounding immigration, and large-scale farming, the better. This is the world they will inherit, and have to fix as best they can. It's a mess here. E.g. it's a bummer that spinach is off the menu for now, but what worries me more are the families who are seeing their jobs ground into the ground because of the e coli outbreak.
Maia
BudNotBuddy at aol.com wrote:
> Finally, another one we regularly use with the eighth graders, and one that
> is a perfect example of a picture book for older readers is:
>
>
> Krull, Kathleen & Yuyi Morales. (2003). Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar
> Chavez. Harcourt.
>
> It is a mistake to think that many younger kids are going to comprehend such
> concepts in this book as union organizing. (Some review journals listed this
> for as young as 2nd grade.) Our own experience over the past 3 years is
> that even some of the eighth graders have difficulty thoroughly digesting all
> the information in this incredibly beautiful, important book, award-winning
> book. It certainly went right over the heads of a fourth grade class to whom I
> once read it. But talk about an outstanding trade book for use in the
> classroom with middle school kids studying American history!
>
Received on Tue 19 Sep 2006 02:36:20 PM CDT
