It's that time again---time to share our presentation that we've been working on for the past few weeks. Our theme was on the civil rights movements through out the world. We had great projects on many brave people, Gahndi, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Ceasar Chaves, Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, and little Ruby Bridges, (among others).Connor presented about Ceasar Chaves.
Noah D. asked for Jared and Connor's help in showing how Jackie Robinson help to break the color barrier for baseball.
Cailin told about Harriet Tubman, we learned that she worked tirelessly with the underground railroad during the 1860's, but later in her life she also worked to secure women's rights too.
We watch a movie about 6year old Ruby Bridges. She was one of the first black school children to help desegregate the white only schools in the South. She was treated horribly, but through strong family ties and faith in God, she perservered and overcame this great challenge. Ruby, later in life, built a foundation that encouraged diversity in the schools. Delaney really enjoyed this movie and gave a brief synopsis of it to the group. 
Ahhh, it's not history group with out the food. Who knew that if you google 'civil rights foods' that you'd get quite a few hits. The yummiest food was that Baked Fudge. Apparently during the bus strikes many people created cottage type industires to make money to further the cause of civil rights. The fudge was a favorite by many people of the time, and for us too.We had some interesting discussions in our home the past few weeks. I'm glad they find it ridiculous that you'd judge a person by their skin, religion, where they live etc.
Sounds very interesting. This is one of my favorite history topics. I remember doing research about Harriet Tubman when I was in school.
ReplyDeleteI guess you don't have to deal with the sexual orientation question yet... but I suppose that will be a tough one when it comes to equality and not judging people. Even if you believe it's a choice (which I do), so is religion...
Tough questions that I'm not looking forward to answering when my kids get older! And it will be even more prevalent for them in these times.
Thanks for sharing all the wonderful things you are doing. I enjoy reading your blog!
I figured out what I did wrong before. I hit the, "Post a Comment" button but I forgot to type in the word verification...anyway...enough about me...
ReplyDeleteThe people they learned about are truly amazing. They teach us all so much about bravery and doing the right thing.
Your kids are going to be so great at public speaking because they give these wonderful presentations.