Rod, first, these are bits and pieces of one community presentation from
the Reconstruction chapters. It is not atypical.
There once was a slave cat in a hat
on the plantation he did this and that.
Because he was black.
Everyone thought he was slack
and to be a citizen he had no knack.
The government declared him free,
but truly free the cat would not be
'cuz education and power he did lack....
Soon the cat was in fear
when he heard the KKK was near
the klan killed cats left and right
they left many towns with such a frignt....
Dubois and Washington cats spoke about race
each had ideas and arguments to face
Dubois thought political action was key
Washington believed an economic base would show they were free.
Out of these ideas came the NAACP
The rules for the Seuss project are simple:
(1) as a community the students have to read the assigned chapters in the
textbook. Yes, I do use the text as a core to the course. But, then, I
don't lecture;
(2) then, each community has to decide and select what it considers to be
the most important issue and/or theme in the material and prepare a
written defense of that decision and selection
(3) next, each community has to teach the class about this issue or
theme or whatever in the form of a 16 page (cover included), poster-size,
illustrated "Dr Seuss" book,
Other projects may be an abstract painting of the Salvador Dali Project, a
six minute "stage production" of the Broadway Project, a three minute
song, with original lyrics, in the Bruce Springsteen Project, a sculpture
for the Rodin Project, a two minute interpretive dance in the Nureyev
Project, a commerical campaign in the Madison Avenue Project. And there
are others. You get the point.
(6) and finally, each community has to present its project to the class
and teach them.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
Valdosta State University
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