Class Discussion on Race/Racism/Privilege

1. Get out a piece of paper and a writing implement
2. Reflection: Please take 5 minutes to write down answers to the following questions (these will not be shared!):
1. How do you define race?
2. How comfortable are you talking about race/racism?
3. What makes you uncomfortable?
4. When do you notice race?
5. How often do you think about it?
6. On a scale of 1-10, what impact has it had on your life?
3. View Aamer Rahman’s “Reverse Racism” video
4. Read the Handout
5. Discussion following the Making Meaning Protocol

Media Presentations Take 3

The following students will be presenting:

Block B
Annabelle
Ethan, Demetre, and Caedan
Ashwini, Jen, Arianna

Block C
Jake and Scott
Marc, Nicholas, Benjaman

Media Presentations

Present and evaluate media project

Block B

Block C

Sarah, Mia, John, and Lindsey

Kelsey and Nica
Nick Folster

Block D
Gracelyn, Eddie, Jacob, and Riley
Julia and Faduma
Sarah
Alec, Michaela, Savannah, etc.

1. Review annotated Bib
2. Reminder about Friday's concert.

Media Presentations

Monday, February 23, 2015

1. Review rubric
2. Present media projects
3. Evaluate

Block B
Ross

Block C
Sylvie, Mae, Abbie

Block D

Aidan

Announcements: Concert this Friday!

The Great Migration Project Workshop

Agenda:

1. Fill out this BOOK SELECTION FORM if you have returned your signed form.

2. Project workshop!

Chrome Utilities and Apps

Lovely Charts: Might be useful for character maps

deviantART Muro: Kind of cool art tool. Might be useful for kids who want to create didgital art work for project.

Screencastify: My fave! I would encourage you to have them create their slides and then voice over the slides using screencastify -- in the long run it is a way more sophisticated approach than Adobe Voice. They should save the presentations in Drive.

Not Chrome but...

PowToon: Not as slick as Adobe Voice but still kind of fun for a kid who is willing to force fit some information. You need to create an account but it is free.

Check them out!

Also, this online archive from the University of Illinois at Chicago is SUPER helpful, even if some of the links are dead.