[AAACE-NLA] AAACE-NLA Digest, Vol 48, Issue 5
Andrea Wilder
andreawilder at comcast.net
Fri May 4 12:03:15 EDT 2007
OK, Thoreau--I was reminded by a writer that Thoreau did NOT criticize
the military, he was not a pacifist, He still had "drummer" and march"
in his metaphor. He also supported John Brown even AFTER Brown and his
sons murdered people in Missouri.
And do you suppose "pacifist" means "peaceful fist?" Maybe not.
Andrea
On May 3, 2007, at 6:41 PM, Jenny Sandlin wrote:
> Kearney,
>
> You have completely misinterpreted Linda's point. Her point is that
> laws are created by humans, and are therefore NOT infallible. Perhaps
> current immigration laws need to be challenged, to be BROKEN. Just
> because a law is in place, this does not mean that law should be
> followed. Sometimes it is quite justifiable, on ethical, moral, social
> justice, and humanitarian grounds, to BREAK laws. THAT was the point.
>
> Jenny
>
> Jennifer A. Sandlin
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development
> MS 4226
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX 77843-4226
> 979.458.0508 (work)
> jsandlin at coe.tamu.edu
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On May 3, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Kearney Lykins wrote:
>
>> Linda,
>>
>> It is refreshing to see that someone out there (besides me)
>> acknowledges that the immigration debate is centered on law-breaking,
>> and what to do about it. This is a positive step forward.
>>
>> Kearney
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> 1. Re: Where's the teaching? (Linda Hoover)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 08:20:56 -0500
>> From: "Linda Hoover" <linda.hoover at lnbcc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] Where's the teaching?
>> To: "National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE"
>> <aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
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>> All,
>> Might we remember that, in the United States, it was once illegal for
>> slaves to be taught to read and for Japanese to expect to live
>> outside of an internment camp. Laws are a creation of human beings.
>> Should slaves not have had the opportunity to read until after the
>> the Civil War or might breaking an unjust law sometimes be the
>> ethnical thing to do?
>> Linda Hoover
>> Minneapolis
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Kearney Lykins
>> To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] Where's the teaching?
>>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> The subject line of the Ms. Kashdan's post is spectacularly
>> misleading. The website she recommends ( http://www.nycore.org/ ) has
>> nothing to do with teaching, but everything to do with promoting
>> leftist propaganda, on the tax-payers dime. As the homepage of "New
>> York Collective of Radical Educators", it is a cookbook for extreme
>> extra-pedagogical techniques, centered on brainwashing young minds
>> about assorted fringe agenda items like:
>>
>> 1. the "hidden evils" of service on the U. S. Military
>> 2. how testing creates "an oppressive and ineffective experience
>> for students"
>> 3. advocating social promotion of 7th graders
>>
>> The material recommended by Ms. Kashdan is not at all surprising
>> considering the content of the addendum to her post. Note her attempt
>> to change the terms of the illegal immigration debate, by equating
>> the opposition's term, "illegal alien" with "illegal human." This
>> sort of tactic gets us nowhere because it promotes a rhetorical
>> environment in which adversaries talk past one another. I do not side
>> with those who marched in the streets (and apparently straight out of
>> Ms. Kashdan's recommended activist classrooms) because I generally
>> oppose illegal actions. Indeed, the humans that cross our border
>> without permission have broken U.S. law, and because they have
>> decided to do so, their alien status is in fact illegal.
>>
>> Anyway, I searched her post and links for any materials or
>> resources related to "teaching about immigration" and found none.
>>
>>
>> Kearney Lykins
>>
>> ESOL Teacher
>> Virginia Beach, VA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. teaching about immigration (Kaizen Program)
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:45:19 -0700
>> From: "Kaizen Program" <kaizen at literacyworks.org>
>> Subject: [AAACE-NLA] teaching about immigration
>> To: "National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE"
>> <aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
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>> Greetings all,
>>
>> The below teaching guide on the issue of immigration is highly
>> relevant for
>> teachers who work with adults as well as those who work with
>> children. It
>> contains reference to many useful resources. Although there are
>> quite a few
>> that are primarily related to activities in the New York City area,
>> many of
>> the resources also contain information that is useful for teachers
>> and
>> students nationwide.
>>
>> Much of the information can be of great use to teachers of
>> beginning English
>> language learners even though it will not be appropriate for using
>> with such
>> students directly. And some of the resources can be used directly
>> with
>> intermediate and advanced new English learners too.
>>
>> Although this guide was put together last year, it is still
>> definitely
>> relevant!
>>
>> Because the teacher's guide is available for downloading in MS Word
>> format
>> as well as PDF format, it is fully accessible to educators and
>> students who
>> are blind or visually impaired or need to use computer screen
>> readers and
>> synthesized speech for other reasons. And, many of the resources
>> referenced
>> are also accessible to those using screen readers and synthesized
>> speech.
>>
>> So, if you have not already checked it out, I hope you do soon.
>>
>> Sylvie Kashdan, M.A.
>> Instructor/Curriculum Coordinator
>> KAIZEN PROGRAM for New English Learners with Visual Limitations
>> 810-A Hiawatha Place South
>> Seattle, WA 98144, U.S.A.
>> phone: (206) 784-5619
>> email: kaizen at literacyworks.org
>> web: http://www.nwlincs.org/kaizen/
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "bree" <breebree at mindspring.com>
>> To: <nycoreUpdates at yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 7:59 PM
>> Subject: [NYCoRE] TEACHERS: SUPPORT MAY 1st WALKOUTS
>>
>>
>> For any educators looking for resources to support student
>> immigration walkouts, the NYCoRE curriculum "NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL" is
>> available as a free download at http://www.nycore.org/
>> immigrantrights.html.
>>
>> This curriculum was created last year as a response to student
>> organizing efforts. The information on the protest and walkouts are
>> dated, but the curricular resources are still very usable.
>>
>> ?
>> 1) The No Human Is Illegal Resource Guide: This guide is for
>> educators to take on the important issues that teachers and students
>> have been tackling in their activism INSIDE the classroom. We must
>> not let our sense of civic duty to engage these critical issues
>> begin
>> once the school day is over?we must weave them into our teaching and
>> learning. This resource can be best utilized online as a web
>> resource. The links and topics will be relevant long past the next
>> few marches and protests. It is organized into the following three
>> sections and we encourage teachers to join us in fulfilling each
>> goal:
>> Let us join voices as teachers, students, and community members to
>> oppose this anti-immigrant, anti-human legislation! As teachers we
>> can do so in the classroom and in the streets!
>> For questions about the demonstration:
>>
>> info at nycore.org
>>
>> Download No Human is Illegal - Click here for PDF or Word Doc
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> ---
>>
>> No Human is Illegal!
>>
>> HR 4437, the controversial immigration bill that has been hotly
>> contested by Congressman and the American public alike?is affecting
>> students? lives all across the nation. Whether they are marching in
>> protest or conversing with friends, we have seen students taking
>> center stage during the debates over the status of immigrants in
>> this
>> country. How can educators engage their students in these critical
>> issues in the classroom? How can we serve as the liaison between
>> students and the mixed messages the media and politicians are
>> sending? Most importantly, how can we support our students?
>> initiative to make their voices heard locally and nationally? The
>> debate over immigrant rights in the United States, the supposed
>> ?land of the free and home of the brave?, will continue to
>> increase in intensity and will peak on May 1st ? with the Great
>> American Boycott. We offer this curricular resource to educators, as
>> a guide to discussing the complex issues surrounding the immigration
>> debate and the decision to protest with their students. The topics
>> touched on in this guide and in the debate at large, touch on
>> economic, historic, political, national, and emotional themes. We
>> encourage and support educators everywhere to have the courage to
>> bring these concepts from the streets into the classroom and then
>> back onto the streets?united as teacher and student activists in the
>> struggle for human rights for all humans? because, no human is
>> illegal!
>>
>> ?Ning?n Ser Humano es Ilegal!
>>
>> HR 4437, el proyecto de ley sobre la inmigraci?n que ha sido
>> debatido
>> furiosamente tanto por miembros del Congreso como el p?blico
>> Americano?est? afectando la vida de estudiantes por todas partes de
>> la naci?n. Ya sea en manifestaciones o conversaciones con amigos,
>> hemos visto estudiantes ubic?ndose en el medio del debate acerca del
>> estatus de inmigrantes en este pa?s. ?C?mo es que educadores puedan
>> envolver sus estudiantes en estos temas cr?ticos dentro del sal?n de
>> clase? ?C?mo podemos ser un fuerte vinculo entre nuestros
>> estudiantes y los mensajes confusos que emiten los pol?ticos y los
>> medios de comunicaci?n? Y aun m?s importante, ?c?mo podemos apoyar
>> iniciativas estudiantiles de levantar sus voces localmente y a
>> escala
>> nacional? El debate sobre los derechos de inmigrantes en los Estados
>> Unidos, la supuesta ?tierra de los libres, y hogar de los
>> valientes?, continuar? a crecer y tendr? su cima el 1 de mayo?
>> con el Gran Paro Americano. Ofrecemos este recurso curricular a
>> educadores como gu?a para di?logos sobre estos temas complicados
>> trat?ndose del debate sobre la inmigraci?n y la decisi?n de
>> manifestar sobre ellos. Los temas incluidos en este gu?a en el
>> debate
>> nacional incluyen temas de la econom?a, historia, pol?tica, naci?n,
>> u emoci?n?animamos y apoyamos educadores en todas partes que
>> traigan estos temas de la calle al sal?n?unidos como activistas
>> educadores y estudiantiles en la lucha para derechos humanos para
>> todos los humanos?porque, ?ning?n ser humano es ilegal!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------
>> ----
>>
>>
>> For any educators looking for resources to support student
>> immigration
>> walkouts, the NYCoRE curriculum "NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL" is available
>> as a free
>> download at http://www.nycore.org/immigrantrights.html.
>>
>>
>> This curriculum was created last year as a response to student
>> organizing
>> efforts. The information on the protest and walkouts are dated, but
>> the
>> curricular resources are still very usable.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 1) The No Human Is Illegal Resource Guide: This guide is for
>> educators to
>> take on the important issues that teachers and students have been
>> tackling
>> in their activism INSIDE the classroom. We must not let our sense
>> of civic
>> duty to engage these critical issues begin once the school day is
>> over?we
>> must weave them into our teaching and learning. This resource can
>> be best
>> utilized online as a web resource. The links and topics will be
>> relevant
>> long past the next few marches and protests. It is organized into
>> the
>> following three sections and we encourage teachers to join us in
>> fulfilling
>> each goal:
>> Let us join voices as teachers, students, and community members to
>> oppose
>> this anti-immigrant, anti-human legislation! As teachers we can do
>> so in the
>> classroom and in the streets!
>> For questions about the demonstration:
>>
>>
>> info at nycore.org
>>
>> Download No Human is Illegal - Click here for PDF or Word Doc
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> -----
>>
>> No Human is Illegal!
>>
>> HR 4437, the controversial immigration bill that has been hotly
>> contested by
>> Congressman and the American public alike?is affecting students?
>> lives all
>> across the nation. Whether they are marching in protest or
>> conversing with
>> friends, we have seen students taking center stage during the
>> debates over
>> the status of immigrants in this country. How can educators engage
>> their
>> students in these critical issues in the classroom? How can we
>> serve as the
>> liaison between students and the mixed messages the media and
>> politicians
>> are sending? Most importantly, how can we support our students?
>> initiative
>> to make their voices heard locally and nationally? The debate over
>> immigrant
>> rights in the United States, the supposed ?land of the free and
>> home of the
>> brave?, will continue to increase in intensity and will peak on May
>> 1st ?
>> with the Great American Boycott. We offer this curricular resource
>> to
>> educators, as a guide to discussing the complex issues surrounding
>> the
>> immigration debate and the decision to protest with their students.
>> The
>> topics touched on in this guide and in the debate at large, touch on
>> economic, historic, political, national, and emotional themes. We
>> encourage
>> and support educators everywhere to have the courage to bring these
>> concepts
>> from the streets into the classroom and then back onto the
>> streets?united as
>> teacher and student activists in the struggle for human rights for
>> all
>> humans? because, no human is illegal!
>>
>> ?Ning?n Ser Humano es Ilegal!
>>
>> HR 4437, el proyecto de ley sobre la inmigraci?n que ha sido
>> debatido
>> furiosamente tanto por miembros del Congreso como el p?blico
>> Americano?est?
>> afectando la vida de estudiantes por todas partes de la naci?n. Ya
>> sea en
>> manifestaciones o conversaciones con amigos, hemos visto estudiantes
>> ubic?ndose en el medio del debate acerca del estatus de inmigrantes
>> en este
>> pa?s. ?C?mo es que educadores puedan envolver sus estudiantes en
>> estos temas
>> cr?ticos dentro del sal?n de clase? ?C?mo podemos ser un fuerte
>> vinculo
>> entre nuestros estudiantes y los mensajes confusos que emiten los
>> pol?ticos
>> y los medios de comunicaci?n? Y aun m?s importante, ?c?mo podemos
>> apoyar
>> iniciativas estudiantiles de levantar sus voces localmente y a
>> escala
>> nacional? El debate sobre los derechos de inmigrantes en los
>> Estados Unidos,
>> la supuesta ?tierra de los libres, y hogar de los valientes?,
>> continuar? a
>> crecer y tendr? su cima el 1 de mayo?con el Gran Paro Americano.
>> Ofrecemos
>> este recurso curricular a educadores como gu?a para di?logos sobre
>> estos
>> temas complicados trat?ndose del debate sobre la inmigraci?n y la
>> decisi?n
>> de manifestar sobre ellos. Los temas incluidos en este gu?a en el
>> debate
>> nacional incluyen temas de la econom?a, historia, pol?tica, naci?n,
>> u
>> emoci?n?animamos y apoyamos educadores en todas partes que traigan
>> estos
>> temas de la calle al sal?n?unidos como activistas educadores y
>> estudiantiles
>> en la lucha para derechos humanos para todos los humanos?porque,
>> ?ning?n ser
>> humano es ilegal!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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