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Case: Politically or Racially-Aware
I believe in democracy. As a high school social sciences teacher, I strongly believe in democratic education and political awareness. I want my students to be aware of what is going on around them locally, nationally, and internationally. I require my students to keep up with news. Everything they learn from newspapers, magazines, and television becomes substance to use in my lessons. Before the presidential elections, I asked my students to watch all the debates, try to see the different perspectives, and how those perspectives may lead to different courses of action and to different implications for people. As part of this effort, I gave students a "persuasive writing" assignment. I gave them a list of topics from the debates, such as abortion, healthcare, affirmative action, and foreign policy. Students were to take a position on one of these issues and write a persuasive essay. When it was time for students to share their writings in class, things got out of hand. Every single topic we discussed along with the essays turned into a discussion of race. My Black and White students took opposite perspectives on every issue and during the discussions, they were not civil. I felt like my efforts for democratic education were not producing anything good. Should I change my activities? How come the political awareness I wanted develop in my students actually turned out to be racial awareness? Some guidance please!
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I think part of the reason things turned from political to racial is due to cultural differences. Many people are very passionate about their political stance and anyone who disagrees is personally attacking them. To improve the assignment and reduce the black vs. white arguments, I would have students examine both sides of the topic and even discuss it among a small group consisting of black and white students. This would hopefully add some civility and understanding from both sides. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: I agree that many people are passionate about their political views and feel anyone who disagrees with them is personally attacking them. Discussing the assignment in small mixed groups is a great way for students to express themselves. It is essential to teach children that although they do not all have to agree on politics they do need to be able to have friendly debate to learn what each others reasonings are. |
| Rated On: October 15, 2014 7:25 pm |
| Rated By: Myzusy |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree with this solution. |
| Rated On: February 21, 2020 8:12 pm |
| Rated By: vaMuvy |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: good idea |
| Rated On: October 18, 2020 4:43 pm |
| Rated By: VePuWu |
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