tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post8915867936834782734..comments2024-01-14T23:07:20.775-06:00Comments on dcat: Keele Diary #3dcathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-26782285257611171022009-05-09T10:35:00.000-05:002009-05-09T10:35:00.000-05:00They are using the Houghton Mifflin Major Problems...They are using the Houghton Mifflin Major Problems series book on the American South which includes essays and primary documents. Among the documents they read were Brown v. Board, the Southern Manifesto, SNCC's women's committee statement, the letter from Birmingham's religious figures followed by MLK's Letter From a Birmingham Jail, and a few others. The essyas included sections from David Chappell's "Inside Agitators" and something form one of Jim Cobb's books. <br /> <br />I think they really liked Eyes on the Prize. Students always do. These students are probably not less informed on US history than your average American student -- indeed there is one young woman who is a study abroad student from Southern Mississippi and another from Canada. They had pretty good comments -- they noted how the documentary footage brings Jim Crow and the CRM home in a way that reading a book does not do. It was interesting to partake in the class and I look forward to returning Tuesday.<br /><br />dcatdcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-6319679700325901032009-05-08T21:26:00.000-05:002009-05-08T21:26:00.000-05:00I'm interested in the students response to Eyes on...I'm interested in the students response to Eyes on the Prize and the Civil Rights movement. What did you notice about their reactions and how they used the primary sources? What books do they used, I know questions...<br />tramaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com