4T - Freedom Writers

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• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

Freedom Writers - Task 2 t/m 7

Lesson 1

- Your opinions about the film (so far)

- Quotes in the film.

- Start with Task 2 in your Notebook

First reactions?

A few facts...

All 150 "Freedom Writers" Graduated. Many of them attended college.

The Holocaust survivors in the movie, who eat dinner with the students at the Marriot, are the actual survivors who dined with the real Freedom Writers. These individuals include Renee Firestone, Eddie Ilam, Elisabeth Mann, and Gloria Ungar.

Erin Gruwell and her husband did divorce for reasons similar to those presented in the film

Want to know which events happened in real life? Check this website.

A few facts...

All 150 "Freedom Writers" Graduated. Many of them attended college.

The Holocaust survivors in the movie, who eat dinner with the students at the Marriot, are the actual survivors who dined with the real Freedom Writers. These individuals include Renee Firestone, Eddie Ilam, Elisabeth Mann, and Gloria Ungar.

Erin Gruwell and her husband did divorce for reasons similar to those presented in the film

Want to know which events happened in real life? Check this website.

Let me introduce you to "the real Erin Gruwell".

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Lesson 2

Start with Task 3

- Slavernij

- Segregation in the US

- Rosa Parks

Opdracht: Freedom Riders

Start with Task 3

Slavernij

In de zuidelijke staten bestond nog slavernij

In 1865 wordt de slavernij afgeschaft, maar daarmee is de ongelijkheid niet verdwenen...

Jim Crow wetten

In de zuidelijk staten werden wetten doorgevoerd om de witte en de zwarte bevolking te scheiden. (segregatie)

A poster announcing a show of a white artist performing as a black person in 1900. The act usually consisted of funny dances.

Veel vluchten naar de Noordelijke staten. Daar ontstaan al snel achterstandsbuurten in de grote steden. 

Segregatie

"Gescheiden maar gelijk"

The three Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference. From left to right: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. 9th February 1945.

pro- and anti segregation protests, 1954.

Segregation in the bus: white people in the front , black people in the back.

If the front of the bus was crowded, black people had to give up their seats for white passengers

During the Bus Boycott, black people refused to take the bus, to force the bus company to lift the racist rules.

This was successful. The bus company almost went bankrupt and eventually changed the rules, allowing free choice of seats for everybody.

Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger in the bus.

Toen & nu

Freedom Riders

Who were the Freedom Riders? 

That's up to you to find out! 

Start with Task 3 of your notebook.

Lesson 3

- Task 3: Freedom Riders

- Task 4: Music - Tupac

What's he singing about?

- Task 5: Guns in the USA

School Shootings

What's your opinion?

Come on, come on

I see no changes, wake up in the morning, and I ask myself

Is life worth living, should I blast myself?

I'm tired of bein' poor, and even worse I'm black

My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch

Cops give a damn about a negro

Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero

Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares

One less hungry mouth on the welfare

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces

Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races

We under, I wonder what it takes to make this

One better place, let's erase the wasted

And although it seems heaven sent

We ain't ready, to see a black President

It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact

The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks

What do you think about this topic?

Had dit voorkomen kunnen worden denk je? Leg uit waarom wel/niet.

Zou je iemand kunnen herkennen die een "school shooter" wordt?

Geef docenten een wapen zodat ze zichzelf kunnen verdelen.

Agree

Disagree

Verbied media uit te zenden over school shooting zodat mensen niet op ideeën komen.

Agree

Disagree

Zorg voor goede veiligheidsmaatregelen op school, net zoals op een vliegveld bijvoorbeeld.

Agree

Disagree

Wapenbezit met verboden worden in Amerika.

Agree

Disagree

Lesson 3

Form your own opinion about guns and violence in the US. Write this down and make sure to back up (onderbouwen!) your answer! 

Work on task 4 + 5.

Lesson 4

Taks 5 Poetry

- Langston Hughes

- Links to the film

Finish your Freedom Writers Notebook

Poetry - Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was an African 

American writer whose poems, 

columns, novels and plays made 

him a leading figure in the 

Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

1865 - end of slavery

1967 - end of the final law "against" colouredAmericans

What's the link between the poem and the film? Try to explain or use key words.

What's the link between the poem and the film? Try to explain or use key words.

What's next?

- Finish your Note Book

- Check whether it's complete and neat.

- Are your answers the required length? 

- Hand in your document in Teams on Friday. 

Done?

Start with Theme 4

Ex. 1 - 4 (= homework)