Freedom Writers - after the film

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After the movie

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What themes were dealt
with in the film?
(name 2)

Slide 2 - Mind map

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Slide 3 - Open question

Wat wordt hiermee
bedoeld?

Slide 4 - Open question

A few facts...
All 150 "Freedom Writers" Graduated. Many of them attended college.
The Holocaust survivors in the movie, who eat dinner with the students at the Marriot, are the actual survivors who dined with the real Freedom Writers. These individuals include Renee Firestone, Eddie Ilam, Elisabeth Mann, and Gloria Ungar.
Erin Gruwell and her husband did divorce for reasons similar to those presented in the film

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Background - some American history
- Segregation in the US
- Rosa Parks
- Freedom Riders


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Slavernij

In de zuidelijke staten van de V.S. bestond nog slavernij
In 1865 wordt de slavernij afgeschaft, maar daarmee is de ongelijkheid niet verdwenen...

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+/- 1800

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Jim Crow wetten

In de zuidelijk staten werden wetten doorgevoerd om de witte en de zwarte bevolking te scheiden. (segregatie)

















A poster announcing a show of a white artist performing as a black person in 1900. The act usually consisted of funny dances.
Veel vluchten naar de Noordelijke staten. Daar ontstaan al snel achterstandsbuurten in de grote steden. 

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Segregatie

"Gescheiden maar gelijk"













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pro- and anti segregation protests, 1954.

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Segregation in the bus: white people in the front , black people in the back.
If the front of the bus was crowded, black people had to give up their seats for white passengers
During the Bus Boycott, black people refused to take the bus, to force the bus company to lift the racist rules.
This was successful. The bus company almost went bankrupt and eventually changed the rules, allowing free choice of seats for everybody.

Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger in the bus.

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1955 - Rosa Parks

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1961 - Freedom Riders
Who were the Freedom Riders? 

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What is the similarity between the Freedom Riders (1961)
and the Freedom Writers (from the film you watched)?

Slide 16 - Open question

1992 - Tupac Shakur - Changes

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Come on, come on
I see no changes, wake up in the morning, and I ask myself
Is life worth living, should I blast myself?
I'm tired of bein' poor, and even worse I'm black
My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch

Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
One less hungry mouth on the welfare
I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted


And although it seems heaven sent
We ain't ready, to see a black President
It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact
The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks


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Tupac
Discussion:

What was he singing about?

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What is the link between Tupac's song
& the film 'Freedom Writers'
(use single English words)

Slide 20 - Mind map

Toen & nu

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I, Too (Langston Hughes) 
“I, Too” is a cry of protest against American racism. 
Written by Langston Hughes in 1855 (Before the Civil War). 
He talks about being black and not belonging to American society—even though he is a key part of it.

Question:  Is this only a pre Civil War 'problem' or is it , even now , a bigger world-wide issue?

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Change the 1855 text to a
more modern version
'I, too, am __________'

Slide 24 - Mind map

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