You know you've found the right project when everything happening around you fits in seamlessly. We have spent the past two months really looking at ways to examine the way historical events have affected different people in different ways. As students learn to empathize with marginalized groups, and focus on issues of power, they have drawn powerful parallels between what has happened in the past and what is happening now.
It seems that our current events have lined up to provide the context for which to understand what has happened in our nation's history. As we talked about the American Dream, the campaign speeches from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump used this ideal to rally people to their sides. As Obama said his final farewell, we watched him reference the beginnings of this American Dream in the words, "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." As he said this, students' eyes lit up, and they said the words along with him.
Last week, our work led us to learn about the Turn of the Century and fight for Women's Rights. They listened to protest songs of the past, and labor union songs. It was followed this weekend by the largest demonstration in our history, the Women's March. Interestingly, the many different ethical issues we have been looking at throughout history were at the center of this event as well.
This week, as we talked about World War I and World War II, we spent some time looking at Japanese Internment. We listened to a song from the Broadway musical, Allegiance, about the experience of Japanese Americans at this time, and wrote about our own feelings. This musical was filmed and released as a one time showing in December. Today, I found out that they are re-releasing the movie for another one time showing on February 19th to mark the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which marked the beginning of the forced relocation and internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans in WWII.
The movie (which is a film of the live musical), will be shown at the following theaters at 12:;55 pm on Sunday, February 19th.
La Jolla Village 12
Mira Mesa Stadium 18
Mission Valley 20
Horton Plaza 8
If you are interested, you can read more about the play and get tickets here. What an interesting time we live in today. I am hopeful that our work with these citizens of the future will help them make the changes we need.
It seems that our current events have lined up to provide the context for which to understand what has happened in our nation's history. As we talked about the American Dream, the campaign speeches from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump used this ideal to rally people to their sides. As Obama said his final farewell, we watched him reference the beginnings of this American Dream in the words, "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." As he said this, students' eyes lit up, and they said the words along with him.
Last week, our work led us to learn about the Turn of the Century and fight for Women's Rights. They listened to protest songs of the past, and labor union songs. It was followed this weekend by the largest demonstration in our history, the Women's March. Interestingly, the many different ethical issues we have been looking at throughout history were at the center of this event as well.
This week, as we talked about World War I and World War II, we spent some time looking at Japanese Internment. We listened to a song from the Broadway musical, Allegiance, about the experience of Japanese Americans at this time, and wrote about our own feelings. This musical was filmed and released as a one time showing in December. Today, I found out that they are re-releasing the movie for another one time showing on February 19th to mark the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which marked the beginning of the forced relocation and internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans in WWII.
The movie (which is a film of the live musical), will be shown at the following theaters at 12:;55 pm on Sunday, February 19th.
La Jolla Village 12
Mira Mesa Stadium 18
Mission Valley 20
Horton Plaza 8
If you are interested, you can read more about the play and get tickets here. What an interesting time we live in today. I am hopeful that our work with these citizens of the future will help them make the changes we need.