GOM4 - Freedom Writers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

Freedom Writers - After the movie

Today's class

- Your opinion about the film (so far)

- Quotes from the film.

- Background information

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.

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

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Background information

- Slavernij

- Segregation in the US

- Rosa Parks

- Rodney King

- LA Riots

Slavernij

In de zuidelijke staten bestond nog slavernij

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

Jim Crow wetten

1880-1965

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

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Some QUESTIONS

What can you tell about the “Freedom riders” ?

Why do you think the freedom writers are considered to be modern Freedom riders?

Can you describe the link between Rodney King, the Los Angeles Riot and the movie the Freedom writers?

What's next?

- Make sure you have answered all questions about the     Freedom writers om paper

- Check your answers!

- Add it to your portfolio

Done?

 Continue with your Personal profile / News article

Freedom Writers
Do you understand the story and background?

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