Malcolm X: How much do know about him?
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Thanks for the link...phenomenal discussion...
I had always heard the name in various avenues like Youtube videos and Malcolm's own biography, lectures.....and especially when your girlfriend on here got a long quote by him in her sig
But this is the first I've heard his own thoughts in speaking form
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The "Assatta" book is really good, talks a lot about her younger days and her struggles. It goes back and forth between her early days and while she was locked up during her trial. I highly recommend it!
Malcom X is that dude. I'm Eritrean and every time I go back home, him and Bob Marley are the only two people that are painted on murals and talked about all over the country like they were from there. I even remember seeing a Malcom X documentary over there. One of the realest revolutionaries of all time, hands down.
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If that book isn't highlighting the arab dominance in Iberia at the time, throw it in the bushes
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What citys are you guys from?crazy to know they teach X in schools
I actually don't teach in a city. I teach in a small cow-town (mostly white students), but I do teach history so I can speak to it..
Malcom X is taught in the "Civil Rights Movement" Unit. Now, we only spend two weeks on this unit, but we only spend two weeks on every unit. World War 2 is really the only time we go a little longer. This isn't by choice, but by government curriculum mandates. Anyway, as far as the Civil Rights Movement I split it up into "Civil Disobedience" and "Militant Disobedience". The first half of the unit traces the major turning points in race relations in US history (reconstruction, nadir of the 1890's, World War 1/Great Migration/NAACP, World War 2), and then slows down to focus on Emit Till, Rosa Parks, NAACP. When looking at Martin Luther King the big themes are civil disobedience (Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Protests, James Meredith/The Freedom Riders, the Sit Ins, Brown v Board of Ed) and public speaking (analyzing several of his speeches). We then see the failure of the American government to respond, the slow shift in King's approach (Letter from a Birmingham Jail), and ultimately an increase in anger/loss of patience in the movement. This leads to the Watts Riots, the Chicago Movement, the Black Power Movement, the 1968 Olympics, and the Nation of Islam.
As for Malcolm X specifically, the general theme is militant disobedience. We analyze where he disagreed with King's approach and why, his views on segregation, etc. Last, his pilgrimage to Mecca, change in philosophy, and resulting assassination.
The assassinations of King and Malcolm X end the unit, at which point we move on to Vietnam, and continue to analyze the progression of the Civil Rights Movement through that time.
I decided to type all that out because I'd like feedback if anyone's willing to offer it. I'm far from an authority on the topic and if anyone has criticism/suggestions I'm interested.
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You seem like you're doing a good job with what time/curriculum you have to work with.
Beyond that it would be up to the parents to educate further on specific subjects...
The fact that Emit til and Malcolm even come up places you ahead of many schools.
Not that wellhow do you do all that in 2 weeks?
Have moved away from PPT/teacher driven instruction in recent years. If you're serious pm me your email address and I'll send you what I can.lemme get them power points
What style you using ?
In CT we're legally bound to the Common Core, and being that the SAT has also realigned to them, our students' preparation relies on it. Ultimately, the standards emphasize literacy skills over content knowledge. The hope is to provide them with the sources (speeches, transcripts, etc.), and allow them to develop informed opinions of there own. That's the theory, at least. In practice students have been accustomed to traditional content-based instruction for so long that they resist any prompting to actually develop thoughts of their own. Maybe this will change over time, as teachers become more effective teachers of this style, and students become more accustomed to learning in this style, but at the present it's a work in progress. Odds are that right around when we start to figure this thing out politicians will change the standards again and we'll be back to square one.
Anyway, I'll send you what I have in the morning.
In general...no. Difficult to say why, though. Most teachers are only half-assed embracing it, some completely, some not at all...so the kids are left in a shytty position with inconsistent expectations. The apathetic students would rather just be told what they have to memorize for a test and keep it moving.Thanks
Do your students like this teaching style?
Like I said, we won't really know if these standards are worth a damn until teachers have had long enough to develop their approach, and students have had long enough to acclimate to them. Thing is, standards will change long before that happens...which is why most older teachers look at the Common Core like
waiting for the next education-saving reform.
In general...no. Difficult to say why, though. Most teachers are only half-assed embracing it, some completely, some not at all...so the kids are left in a shytty position with inconsistent expectations. The apathetic students would rather just be told what they have to memorize for a test and keep it moving.
Like I said, we won't really know if these standards are worth a damn until teachers have had long enough to develop their approach, and students have had long enough to acclimate to them. Thing is, standards will change long before that happens...which is why most older teachers look at the Common Core like
sounds like a mess