Rights Movements Watch: Crash Course 39, Civil Rights in the 1950s Watch: Crash Course 40, The 1960s in America Read: Kohl, Herbert. “The Politics of Children’s Literature: What’s Wrong with the Rosa Parks Myth.” Teaching a People’s History: Zinn Education Project. (PDF of Parks Reading)Weekly Assignment 12: What, according to Kohl, is usually left out of Rosa Park’s story and why is that important? How do you think children’s literature should tackle troubling issues like racism? How does it add to or complicate the information in the Crash Course videos? |