Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Lillie Michael
ED228
- As an
1619 - “The White Lion”: Pirate ship - Jones claims that only - School educator I will
Episode 1: The that transported 20-30 African white people flew segregation: part of not mask the
Fight for a True slaves across the Atlantic American flags in their the Jim Crow Laws realities behind
Ocean front yard. But Jones how African
Democracy
- A lot of this Americans
September 9th, explains how her father
used to be
2021 -American schools were (who is black) flew a information reminds
treated in this
segregated by color flag outside their home me of the movie country//I will
which you used to series: “Roots” not
- Nikole-Hannah Jones embarrass romanticizse
(narrator) never felt that she Jones...shows how - “A True Story” anything
could claim fully that she was written by Mark reveloing
much segregation took
an American Twain-discusses the around slavery
over America when in an
true horrors of
- Enslaved population grew academic
- Mississippi lynched slavery and how
enviornment
from 20 to 500,000 people (1/5 more black people than white people try and
of population were enslaved) any other state..I was romanticize what - Some of
when Thomas Jefferson was surprised to learn this slaves actually went these topics
drafting the Declaration of through…this is may make
Independence - Jone’s father served discussed in the students feel
in the military because podcast overwhelmed
- Colonists tried to have it both and
he thought that if
ways: they never mentioned uncomfortable,
people saw his - A lot of the
I need to be
the word slavery in the servitude to his country information mindful of this
declaration but were going to people would finally discussed in this
continue to do it…a complete view him as an podcast reminds me - I need to
violation of what they promised American...the fact that of the African make sure I am
to African Americans American studies using
Jones's father had to
class I took my appropriate
resort to the military in language when
- James Mitchell: Worked at Sophomore year of
order to be accepted it comes to
the White House whose job
talking about
was to help (black) people exit upsets me to hear. high school African
the country (America was Americans
shipping black people who - Speaker’s father only - Lots of connections
worked service to material I learned - If a student is
were free to other countries)
jobs...shows how race in my U.S. history feeling uneasy
about the
- 14th Amendment: plays a role in my Junior year of
lesson I need
Guaranteed that all enslaved opportunities high school (ex: to have a
people would finally be citizens Equal Protection conversation
of the country of their birth - “Ask people who were Clause, 14th & 15th with that
actually enslaved what Amendment) student in order
- Equal Protection Clause: slavery was like”…this to check in and
Guaranteed that all Americans quote really stood out “That all men are make sure that
were treated as equal citizens to me. White people created equal”--I still they are okay
were romanticizing the feel that in America
- I do not want
- 15th Amendment: true realists of what today not all races my lessons on
Guaranteed the right to vote slaves went through are viewed as slavery to be
no matter your race (this equals. The Black lecture
excluded women) - “That all men are Lives Matter focused, I want
created equal”: how Movement was a to allow for
- The Great Nadir: “The can our country say open
clear representation
Second Slavery” this when African discussion so
of this. that I can hear
Americans were not
from my
viewed as equals students and
understand
- Colonists had a what they are
choice to make: were thinking and
they going to be the feeling
country of their ideals
(a country based on the
idea that all men are
created equal) and
abolish slavery. Or
were they going to
continue with slavery
because of the wealth
that was generated
from it…the fact that
they had to choose
between the two puts a
lot into perspective
1619 - “Pandora guy”: Narrator can - “It’s this historical pain - Recognized a lot of - When I am an
Episode 3: The not relate to this...and I can that is responsible for the music I heard educator I will
Birth of American agree this music”...a quote during the podcast: make sure that
that really stood out to “Steal Away” by any music I
Music
- “Every song has something me Robbie Dupree play or teach
September 22th, about it is that is similar to the about is not
2021 other songs” - Songs in the 1930’s - Disconnection: discriminatory
were both sorrowful Before this podcast I against any
- All these songs share and cheerful... I find had never heard the race, culture, or
something in common: this to be interesting as song, “This Is It” religion
blackness slavery was such a
time of hardship for - Disconnection: - I will teach my
- “This Is It”, Kenny Loggins--to black people. I think it “The Old Ship Of students the
the narrator this song has the is incredible that these Zion”--Sung by four
reasonings
most blackness people were able to be men. Song is both behind why
so expressive through beautiful and sad black face is so
- “...something inevitable about music whether that be wrong and how
Black music being a part of happy or sad music. - Disconnection: Billy we should
American music”...but there is McCraw--Singer who never take part
a history to this - A man (Thomas sings about the in any kind of
Dartmouth Writhe) sorrows of slavery black face
- Some of the oldest paints his face black and the hell slaves culture
recordings of Black American and goes out onto went through
music is from the stage and sings about - I want my
1930’s...songs sung by Jim Crow...this is so - From this podcast, students to
Americans born into slavery wrong I was reminded of learn about the
“black face”. importance of
- A man (Thomas Dartmouth - People would make diversity and
Writhe) paints his face black things up based on - Disconnection: acceptance
and goes out onto stage and what they thought black Before listening to while in their
sings about Jim Crow...this people were like...this this podcast episode younger years
was the night American is why we have stigmas I did not know what of schooling. I
popular culture was born and stereotypes the term minsterley wish that it
was would not have
- A lot of people tried to do - “Imagine blackness” taken me until
what Thomas Dartmouth - Connection: I the age of 19 to
Writhe did…(ex: black face) - The song, “Camptown remember when Kim figure out the
which led to creation of racist Races” by Stephen Kardashian was meaning
bands Foster is written in accused of posting a behind the
- Minstrel shows took place in “negro dialect”...I never picture on social minstrel scene
the North: New York, Boston, knew this media that was in “White
Philadelphia considered “black Christmas” and
- “Black people would face” I do not want
- Stephen Foster: “The father dress up as black this to happen
of American music” people and would - Connection: I to any of my
perform as black remember learning own students
- Songs we know very well by people who weren’t about black face
Stephen Foster were written actually black” ...this black people in my -I want to show
for black face performers shocked me African American my students
studies course in the greatness
- After 1830 a lot of black - Minstrel shows high school of black music
people tried to be a black face allowed people to not by exposing
minstrel feel so bad for black Connection: “White them to great
slaves...this kills me to Christmas” is a African
- America’s first movie hear movie I watch with American
blockbuster: “the Birth of a my family every musicians (ex:
Nation”: white men in black - BING CROSY single year on Louis
face performed in black Christmas Eve Armstrong,
face...I kid you not I Duke Ellington)
- Judy Garland: performed in gasped when I heard - Louis Armstrong,
black face this. “White Christmas' ' Duke Ellington all - Relationship
is one of my favorite musicians I grew up building!! By
-”Power of Black music, is that movies that I watch listening to and creating strong
it is ultimate expression of with my family every learning about bonds with my
American freedom” Christmas eve. This students that
kills me to hear - Disconnection: will help form a
From the podcast I sense of
- This podcast shows learned all about comfortability.
me how naive I used to Motown Records!!! My hope is that
be. I never deeply Allowed black when we have
understood the producers, open and
meaning of the musicians, and (sometimes)
“minstrel show” number singers to express difficult
in “White Christmas”. I themselves without conversations
grew up singing this judgement!! my students
song word for word and will feel
never thought about comfortable to
what this song meant. I share their
am in utter disbelief. thoughts with
This news was a total myself and
wake-up call. their peers
because we
will have all
built a united
bond
- “Healthcare is a human
right!!!”
- “There's a white
farmer in Louisiana
right now who has
some of June and
Angie's land”...this
Louisiana farmer
was very hostile
when it came to not
wanting to be
responsible for
taking June’s land.
He claimed this did
not have anything
to do with black
and white and
instead they are
horrible
farmers….oh my
goodness, I am in
shock.