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What Happens to Middle School Kids When You Teach Them About Slavery? Here's a Vivid Example.
What Happens to Middle School Kids When You Teach Them About Slavery? Here’s a Vivid Example.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/mind-and-soul/what-happens-to-middle-school-kids-when-you-teach-them-about-slavery-heres-a-vivid-example/ar-AATGJUU?li=BBnb7Kz
Other students of Marconi and Snivley had the option of creating blackout poems. They chose a group of ads and blacked out most of the text, choosing which words to leave visible. Those words, strung together, create poems.
“MY BOY PETER—Miss him—We will—no doubt—be together—again.”
“I—loved—her—but—that—white man—took—her—from—me.”
“THE VILLAIN.—A—white—freeman;—stealing—any—man of dark complexion—
requested to—come forward—pay—and take him away.”
“Maybe—this—life—can—be—different—if—I—were—on—the—other—side.”
“A—beautiful—sight—one of—smooth—and—shining—waters,
—clear—as—glass—extraordinary—blue—what—a view.”
“MY BOY PETER—Miss him—We will—no doubt—be together—again.”
“I—loved—her—but—that—white man—took—her—from—me.”
“THE VILLAIN.—A—white—freeman;—stealing—any—man of dark complexion—
requested to—come forward—pay—and take him away.”
“Maybe—this—life—can—be—different—if—I—were—on—the—other—side.”
“A—beautiful—sight—one of—smooth—and—shining—waters,
—clear—as—glass—extraordinary—blue—what—a view.”
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