3/15 - Class Recap

Photo posted to the Westview High School Facebook account yesterday, March 14. Taken during the student walkout against gun violence.

Dear class,

Thanks for visiting the blog! Here's what happened today in class today:

Learning Targets Addressed:

Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Explains the process of change and continuity in a society, place or region.

Soundtrack: “Me Against the World" by 2Pac. Selected for today because of Ms. Labossiere's article in class. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/15/18:
Check In/Review of Four Agreements & Six Conditions
Questions about 13TH
Book/Article Reading
Discussion

Homework: Read the blog! Turn in your Writing for Justice narrative if you have not yet.

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Check In/Review of Four Agreements & Six Conditions: Here are the Courageous Conversations Agreements. We will always review this at the beginning of class, as it sets the foundation for how we want class to approach the issues we are studying.

In particular, students talked today about the racist language in the bathroom and the walkout from school yesterday and the impact it had on them. Thanks for your thoughts, everyone.

Questions about 13TH: At the end of last class, we asked students to bring in any questions that came out of our screening of 13TH and the discussion we had. This will be a continuing conversation.

Book/Article Reading: Next, Ms. Labossiere read from her recently published article in Rethinking Schools (so awesome!):

RethinkingSchools.org - Who Do I Belong To?: A Black Teacher's Dilemma

Students were asked to listen and again, write down what they were thinking and any questions that they had.

We then showed this video of Ta-Nehisi Coates talking about why white people should not use the 'n' word (stemming from a conversation we had last class):

Twitter.com - Ta-Nehisi Coates on the N word

Discussion: After the readings and video was over, we had a conversation in class about the 'n' word and its use. We appreciate conversation and continued engagement with us on these issues!

That was it for the day.

Have a great weekend and see you next week for our last before Spring Break!