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Senior
Class
Topic:Black
and White
1.
Children compose poems on colours "Black" and "White"
to investigate our perception of these words and examine common
phrases in our language, e.g.rhyme "Eeny meeny, miney,
etc."
2.
Use of dictionary to find definition of "discrimination"
leading to demonstration within the class (e.g. All those
with curly hair get a shorter break!). Discuss the feelings
that result from this.
3.
Question: "Is there racism in Ireland?...If so, why?/..If
not, why not?
4.
Colonialism, ie. historical context (using colour coded map
to show "The scramble for Africa".
5.
Poem:
I,
Too
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker
brother.
They send me to
eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll sit at the
table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the
kitchen",
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how
beautiful I am
And be ashamed
-
I, too, am America.
by Langston Hughes
6. Apartheid film:
The Power of One
7. Peaceful Protest...(a)
Martin Luther King Speech or Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott.
8. Listening to Music...negro
spirituals, African choral singing (soundtrack of "The
Power of One")
9. Song to learn..."Ebony
and Ivory"
Reference: "So
Everybody Fights" Irish Commission for Justice and Peace
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