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Activist Learning in Schools

Following are a few suggestions for integrating Activist Learning in schools:

• Organize a class project with all of the elements of Activist Learning.

• Students can research news stories about social injustice by collecting and analyzing news clippings or Internet printouts that portray unjust sentiments, statements, or actions in their area.

• Students can collect accounts of protective and supportive acts toward people of color, low-income people, differently-abled people, environmentally sensitive areas, etc.

• Create a class mission statement about responding to one’s fellow citizens in a productive way. This can be an opportunity to brainstorm and model consensus-building.

• Assign an essay comparing contemporary events to analogous events in history.

• Dedicate an hour every week or month for students to locate and read publications written for largely minority audiences (e.g., Asian Week, Hispanic Review, Black Enterprise, Indian Country Today).

• Work with interested students to form a Student Civil Rights Team in your school. Student Civil Rights Teams work in schools or other settings to teach their peers about prejudice, discrimination, hate crimes, and protecting victims or potential victims.

Resources include...

Raising a Ruckus: Activities for the Classroom - A thorough curricular tool that engages classrooms in learning about activism; requires the integration of the Activist Learning elements.

Rethinking Schools - An international education publisher committed to equity and social justice in education. Their most recent book, Rethinking Globalization, is designed for 4-12^th grade teachers who want to discuss critical issues surrounding the world’s economies and infrastructures with students.

Activist Learning in Community