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From: sully_at_sully-writer.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:30:52 -0700
From what I've seen working as an elementary and middle school librarian in east Tennessee, teaching about& nbsp;the Civil Rights Movement in the classroom is limited to Rosa Par ks and a very abridged look at the career of MLK. Little or no attention is given to much else. Those parts of U.S. History were typically covered in 5th and 8th grades. Students know little or nothing about Jim Crow, Emmett Till, Brown vs. Board of Ed., or any of the other many significant events o r important people involved, which is tragic.
When I read Sounder and The Watsons Go to Birmingham with after school reading groups, we spent time looking at life under Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. I used a lot of excellent materials from the Southern Poverty Law Center and nonfiction bo oks for young people. Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian Author, The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb (Holiday House, 2007) Visit my web site, http:// www.sully-writer.com Visit my blog, Rogue Librarian: All About Books and Reading http://sullywrite r.wordpress.com Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/sullywriter
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Teaching Civil Rights From: Tony Abbott tonyabbott_at_sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, July 29 , 2011 7:38 am To: CCBC message posting ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
I'm interested in how the Civil Rights era is taught in American schools in all parts of the cou ntry. The large time period is roughly post-Civil War to the mid-sixti es, but I'm specifically interested in the years from 1920 on, the modern J im Crow era. First of all, is it covered? When does it emerge? (I remember my daughter learning about the Holocaust in 4th grade, so it presumably sta rts then, but perhaps sooner?) Does the topic come out in discussions of li terature (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963) and history (Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin) or one more than the other? Is it a special topic, not always addressed? Anything from anec dotal notes to curriculum information is great. Having visited middle schoo ls whose students of all races have never heard the term Jim Crow, I just w ant to get something of a handle on this. Thank you.
Ton y Abbott
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Received on Fri 29 Jul 2011 07:30:52 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:30:52 -0700
From what I've seen working as an elementary and middle school librarian in east Tennessee, teaching about& nbsp;the Civil Rights Movement in the classroom is limited to Rosa Par ks and a very abridged look at the career of MLK. Little or no attention is given to much else. Those parts of U.S. History were typically covered in 5th and 8th grades. Students know little or nothing about Jim Crow, Emmett Till, Brown vs. Board of Ed., or any of the other many significant events o r important people involved, which is tragic.
When I read Sounder and The Watsons Go to Birmingham with after school reading groups, we spent time looking at life under Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. I used a lot of excellent materials from the Southern Poverty Law Center and nonfiction bo oks for young people. Edward T. Sullivan, Rogue Librarian Author, The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb (Holiday House, 2007) Visit my web site, http:// www.sully-writer.com Visit my blog, Rogue Librarian: All About Books and Reading http://sullywrite r.wordpress.com Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/sullywriter
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject:
Teaching Civil Rights From: Tony Abbott tonyabbott_at_sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, July 29 , 2011 7:38 am To: CCBC message posting ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
I'm interested in how the Civil Rights era is taught in American schools in all parts of the cou ntry. The large time period is roughly post-Civil War to the mid-sixti es, but I'm specifically interested in the years from 1920 on, the modern J im Crow era. First of all, is it covered? When does it emerge? (I remember my daughter learning about the Holocaust in 4th grade, so it presumably sta rts then, but perhaps sooner?) Does the topic come out in discussions of li terature (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963) and history (Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin) or one more than the other? Is it a special topic, not always addressed? Anything from anec dotal notes to curriculum information is great. Having visited middle schoo ls whose students of all races have never heard the term Jim Crow, I just w ant to get something of a handle on this. Thank you.
Ton y Abbott
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