1. Equality in the promised land
Opportunities found vs Opportunities lost
1. Abdurahim Vohidov (Tajikistan)
2. Uyanga Enkhtaivan ( Mongolia)
3. Bayron Giovanny (Nicaragua).
4. Evangelia Karagianni (Greece)
2. Objectives
We would like our students to be able to:
• understand similarities/differences in various authors’
perspective of equality in short texts and poems
– if or how it evolved through time and
– its impact on education.
• analyze how this issue is handled in the media
• find out how music promoted racial justice and social
equality in the past decades.
• express his/her point of view about the difference of
Frederick Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. 1892-1930
3. Critical Questions
• What were the prevalent social conditions in
Virginia in the 1670s?
• How did the life of the natives change?
• How did literary texts shape the notion of
equality in the education system?
• In what ways do these two people ( Abraham
Lincoln and Frederick Jackson) practice
equality? Did they practice equality 19 90s? If
so, how?
4. Our students will travel
In ...
• 1670s
• 18th century
• 19th century
• 20th century
• Today…
In …
• Virginia
• New York
• Texas
• Washington
Overarching Thematic Question: What challenges did native
Americans face when immigrants came in the USA?
5. The adventure quest narrative
• Yiannis, a boy from Greece is visiting a museum in NYC. The
moment he enters, the exterior and interior doors lock and he can’t
get out.
• A sign lights up on the wall and gives him the first clue “Visit every
room in the building, answer the questions and find your way out…
6. Literature-Artifact I
• Columbus’ ship log (Zinn, 2009: 1)
They…brought us parrots and balls of cotton and many
other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and
hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they
owned…They were well built, with good bodies and
handsome features…They do not bear arms, and do not
know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the
edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They had no
iron. Their spears are made of cane…they would make fine
servants. With fifty men we could subjugate them and
make them do whatever we want.
What differences are there between Columbus’ men and
native Americans? Is there equality?
8. Abraham Lincoln vs.
Frederick Tuner.
Frederick Jackson Turner,
(born November14th,
1861,Portage, Wiscosin,
U.S- died March 14th,
1932
9.
10. Abraham Lincoln vs.
Frederick Tuner.
“Let no man at the East quiet
himself and dream of liberty,
whatever may become of the
West.... Her destiny is our
destiny”.
13. Critical Questions
•In what ways do these movies appear similar
or different ?
•How are gender equality and inequality
depicted in each video?
•What questions do the videos raise?
14. Music
I had a dream.. (Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1963)
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true
meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
are created equal.“ I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia,
the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able
to sit down together at the table of brotherhood…
…I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content
of their character. …
…I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill
and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and
the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed and all flesh shall see it together."
15. Critical Questions
•What are some ideas to include in a 5-sentence
paragraph about politics in the 1960s, especially
focusing on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most important
actions?
•What sort of discrimination did M.L. King fight
against?
•Why did he mention many different places, religions,
types of people in his speech?
•How can we identify and compare the social justice,
and gender equality/inequality of the 20th century with
21st century?
