Posted on 03/04/2015 2:15:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A teacher describes how the death Trayvon Martin made ger scrap her lesson plan and work on something more relevant with students.
Brit in the Bronx teacher created her portrait of Trayvon Martin using red Skittles wrappers and cream and turquoise Arizona drinks labels.
Sometimes the people you teach and the events that change their lives can take you to places you weren’t expecting. In 2012, my students had a Hoods Up For Trayvon Martin day in protest against the failure to arrest former neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman for killing the Florida teenager. They came to class with their hoods up, many carrying bottles of Arizona – an iced tea beloved by US teenagers. They also had bags of Skittles – the only items Trayvon was carrying when he was shot.
That day I abandoned the lesson plan, got my badge maker out and we spent the day making protest art. We made badges from Arizona labels, Skittles wrappers and pictures of Trayvon.
I decided to write a series of lessons around protest art because the urge in my students to address injustice was so powerful. Any parent or teacher of a teenager will tell you how misunderstood and unfairly treated they can feel, but sometimes they have an important point to make....
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Very artsy. But the teacher obviously has no idea what her art props, the juice and the skittles were used for.
Honest question: What’s with the doctored photo of Trayvon’s Mama hugging a photo of Zimmerman?
Thats awesome!
The only items he was carrying because he likely had already smoked that blunt and dad’s gf had cough med at the house.
Who they going to do next week? Jihad Johnny the Beheader?
LOL! Oh man...
LOL !!
Good one.
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