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By Francisco Jimenez
"It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves."
- Cesar Chavez
- Cesar Chavez
WELCOME C&I 546 READERS
Greetings Classmates!
We hope you find time to explore our interactive website. The purpose of this site is to enhance your understandings of Francisco Jimenez's novel, The Circuit. First, take a look at the PowerPoint to learn more about this incredible author and gain some ideas for using the novel with young adults. Then read our seven Book Talk discussion questions and navigate through the various links.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts as we take part in a virtual discussion Wednesday, July 1st from 11:30-1:00. If you are unable to make it, please post your reflections in the discussion thread.
We hope you find time to explore our interactive website. The purpose of this site is to enhance your understandings of Francisco Jimenez's novel, The Circuit. First, take a look at the PowerPoint to learn more about this incredible author and gain some ideas for using the novel with young adults. Then read our seven Book Talk discussion questions and navigate through the various links.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts as we take part in a virtual discussion Wednesday, July 1st from 11:30-1:00. If you are unable to make it, please post your reflections in the discussion thread.
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- I am a fifth grade teacher in Lolo, Montana. I graduated from the University of Montana in 2004 with a Bachelors in Elementary Education and a literacy endorsement. I earned my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Montana in 2009.
I think what I appreciated so much about his writing is that he didn’t identify people by race, so that didn’t become a central focus of the piece. I appreciated it for its honesty regarding their lives and how difficult it was to be torn from the life he was establishing to move on to another. This book, in particular, would be challenging to present in my classes here in Klamath Falls, Oregon, because there are people that have a lot of emotions attached to the migrant workers' themes.
ReplyDeleteHaving taught in a very transient, hispanic school district in Phoenix and now at a tribal college, I have a very different view on teaching tolerance in our schools. It is absolutely imperative that we practice seeing the world from different perspectives in the classroom. This book can be a springboard for activities dealing with acceptance and tolerance.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a where a relevant, fun, and engaging pre-reading activity on tolerance can be really helpful. There are some excellent resources including warm-up activities we have used in leadership seminars that stress tolerance or inclusion without spelling it out for the students. By celebrating what we have in common, as well as what makes us different within a classroom, we can build a community of not only tolerance, but celebration.
ReplyDeleteTo promote tolerance in young students I think you have to expose them to different cultures' ideas, moral values, customs etc. Americans as a whole, I think, are very culture centric. As a nation, we're not as multicultural as other countries, so we are rather uneducated about other cultures and perhaps more prone to biasis.Education of cultures, through literature and other avenues, as well as preaching a tolerance for the uniqueness of these cultures, must exist in the classroom to begin to foster the idea of tolerance in Today's students.
ReplyDeleteIt comes down to exposure and the courage to fail boldly. The more instances of tolerance students are exposed to whether that be reading about different cultures or discussing student differences, students gain perspective in their own attributes and develop empathy towards others.
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