(NAME-MCE) Educators: Teach about the Jena 6

[Rita Kohli]

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> Revealing Racist Roots:
> The 3 R's for Teaching About the Jena 6

> Download the resource guide in PDF Version or Word Version for FREE  
> at:
> www.nycore.org OR www.t4sj.org

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> The Jena 6 is much bigger than Jim Crow being found alive and well  
> in the South!
> The Jena 6 crystallizes the police violence, discrimination, and  
> criminalization faced by African American and other youth of color!
> The Jena 6 are high school students, youth like the youth in our  
> classrooms with experiences that are all too similar!
> But the Jena 6 case also shows that the legacy of the Civil Rights  
> movement is alive in our youth, communities, and schools!
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> If all students are expected to learn about our country's justice  
> system,
> our history, our laws and our rights,
> what kinds of lessons can we learn from the Jena 6?
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> TAG's resource guide, entitled, Revealing Racist Roots: the 3 R's  
> for Teaching About the Jena 6 , calls upon educators to bring  
> discussions about the case of the Jena 6 to their schools. TAG is a  
> growing network of teacher organizations with a focus on social  
> justice education, including NYCoRE, Teachers for Social Justice,  
> Chicago, and Teachers 4 Social Justice, San Fransisco. TAG  
> collected resources and lesson ideas to help teachers and students  
> understand contemporary racial conflict by placing the case of the  
> Jena 6 within a historical framework.
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> Topics include:
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> • The Historical Context of American Racism
> • Linking to Literature
> • Media Literacy
> • Artivism: Responding Through the Arts
> • Social Action
> • Detailed Mathematics Unit
> • Links to organizations & more information
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> The outpouring of national support for the Jena 6 has pushed the  
> court to vacate the conviction of Mychal Bell and reduce charges  
> against the other students. But they are still not free and justice  
> has not been done. TEACH about the JENA 6 in your classroom TODAY!
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