Reading, Writing,and Rising Up Teaching about social justice and the power of written word

Students as Activists
"One year our students responded to a negative newspaper article, about how parents feared to send their children to our school, by organzing a march and rally to "tell the truth about Jefferson to the press." (p.8)
Students in Literature and U.S. History write children's books about Abolitionists, the Nez Perce, Chief Jospeh, and others. They brainstorm postive values they want in children's books, critique the stories, and write their own. They develop lesson plans to go with their books. For example, before Bev read her book about John Brown she asked, "Has anyone here ever tried to change something they thought was wrong?" (p.9)
By creating a way for the students a way to express themselves to gather the information and make it work. The school children will be able to create things and to be sure to own the experience out right.
Be sure that the students create this for the right reasons and make it a project that will able them to change a person's view.
The students create their point of view or input on their view of history. And the difference of the students caring about History.