The South In Black and White, 2006-10-26, is a pod cast which spoke about a southern culture class which is being offered at Hayti Heritage Center. Hayti Heritage Center is an old, black, southern church in North Carolina.
The class is going to feature southern story telling, spirituals, and blues. Some controversial topics will be discussed by the class. The purpose of this class is to unify the participants by helping them come to a better understanding of each other and what shaped their views. Race will be discussed. Goals to improve racial issues will be discussed and each member will learn about the other members. They will be encouraged to share their points of view and will be given an opportunity to see how their points of view has shaped them into who they are today.
The Duke Lacrosse burning of a cross was mentioned in this pod cast. It was mentioned that even this situation is an opportunity to encourage learning. As teachers we can use the disheartening things around us as another way to foster our student's learning. This cross burning could be used as an opening to a history class which may be studying southern history and the oppression of the our African American brothers and sisters. It could be used as a discussion topic or a writing assignment. The purpose of using this incident is to bring history closer for the students, to help them discover why people do things like that, what it symbolizes, and what we as a society need to work on to discourage such feelings.
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4 comments:
nice post Joye! Interesting information and easy to read!
Don't you wish this pod cast had been a video pod cast so that we could have heard some of the music and seen pictures of the church? I would have loved to hear some of the music and seen the church, since I love historic churches.
Good job Joye
Maybe I should have listened to yours, Nice!
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