Recognize Perspectives
World Tour- No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle CliffWorld Tour was a unit that we did that involved choosing a culture to study and creating a lesson based on some aspect of that culture. The group that I was in for World Tour decided to study the Caribbean, and we read the book No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle Cliff. As this book spoke of poverty, hardship, and feeling as though God was not listening anymore, it opened my eyes to the side of the Jamaica that is not all beaches and blue water. This book allowed me to recognize the perspective of many Jamaicans, as well as the perspective of someone from Jamaica who is biracial. I found this new knowledge of their perspective very powerful and interesting. I am glad that I had the opportunity to read this book.
Below is one of the dialectical journals that I completed while reading this book. It shows some of my analysis of the text.
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"And, though you died back in 1916, to that loyal heart are you forever 19?" |
Trench Warfare LessonDuring our lesson on trench warfare in World History, we had the opportunity to simulate a portion of what it was like to fight from within trenches in World War I. This lesson provided a good opportunity to recognize perspectives as we discussed what it was like for the soldiers who were stationed in the trenches, and went through the simulation, throwing paper balls across "no man's land" to the opposite side of the room. The most impactful part of the lesson was when Mr. Tierney played the song "Green Fields of France" by Eric Bogle, while we read the lyrics. The song helped me to recognize perspective further, especially in the lines where it talked about someone who had lost a loved one at just 19 years old.
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