A Musing on the Museum
This, from Neil Postman’s The End of Education, might make for an interesting discussion, activity, or research assignment. (Postman’s language is quoted; mine is italicized.) “I recommend a subject that, […]
“When it comes to free speech, journalists should be activists”
Dan Gillmor writes an interesting piece on issues pertaining to Forbidden Voices in an article you can find here:Т https://medium.com/backchannel/when-journalists-must-not-be-objective-fad5aadd8cb3 He starts by discussing how The New York Times recently took […]
Human Rights and Free Speech: Integrating ‘Forbidden Voices’
Human Rights and Free Speech: Relating your Curriculum to Forbidden Voices Many of you are doing great work integrating the PAGES media arts experience, the documentary film ‘Forbidden Voices’.Т Listed below […]
Forbidden Voices (Class Word Cloud)
After viewing the documentaryТ ForbiddenТ VoicesТ (and returning to an empty school without electricity!) we created Т class word clouds using wordle.net. We wanted to share them. (We copied down words that came to […]
“Celebrate Social Justice & Peace” in Writing
Antioch is in Yellowsprings, Ohio, about 45-60 minutes away, just outside of the Dayton area. This could be a good extra credit or additional learning assignment for some of your […]
Is Offense the New Threat to Free Speech?
The article “No Offense: The New Threats to Free Speech” isТ from John O’Sullivan at The Wall Street Journal. See:Т http://m.wsj.com/articles/no-offense-the-new-threats-to-free-speech-1414783663?mobile=yТ O’Sullivan writes the following curious points in quotation marks. I occasionally […]
“Extended Looking” – Close Observation of a Text
In our recent classroom visits, we talked about how art can document history, place, the evolution of culture or community. New York City, as with many US cities, is in […]
First Amendment Cases: From the Courtroom to the Classroom
As a Government teacher, I am in the midst of teaching the Freedom of Speech aspect of the First Amendment. I have a number of courts cases that might be […]
How to Write a (Barely) Passing Paper
I came across the blog post belowТ and thought it a curious path to writing a decent academic paper: “How to Write a (Barely) Passing Paper I wrote this when I […]
What will your art do?
What will your art do? Below are a variety of artists creating art as a catalyst for social change. TheirТ work reflects contemporary social justice issues, coming from a place of […]
Need Ideas, We’ve Got ‘Em
50 Ways to Teach With Current Events is a mega idea list compiled by the New York Times to engage students in literacy and writing using current events. The news […]
A Teacher’s Guide to Blog Posts
In the blogging world, it is hard to determine what your online audience wants. Here is a great article that outlines the appropriate length of a blog post based […]
Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah on Hunger Strike
Egpytian blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah was sentenced to fifteen years in prison this June for “for spurious accusations made in connection with his longstanding and influential activism.” I’ve been […]
Vocab Gal is a great site, even if it is mine :)
Not to be grandiose, bombastic or a megalomaniac, but my pseudonym is Vocab Gal, and Iтm a little bit famous. (“Vocab Gal,” 29 July 2014, http://www.vocabgal.com) So in my blog, […]
The Pages Program (Wexner Center for the Arts) 