Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i8TH5j817063; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:05:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:05:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s15ab2b9.050@mailsrv21.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3024] resource X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1960 Lines: 48 With the elections approaching, I once again want to urge everyone to encourage our learners to register to vote and learn about the issues. The debates might be a good time to invite journal writing about how they think each candidate will impact women's rights in this country. If women's issues are not addressed at all in any of the debates, a lesson in critical thinking may involve hypothesizing why women's issues are not being addressed. I would like to strongly recommend a movie. It is called The Iron Jawed Angels and it details the struggles that resulted in women being allowed to vote. If your site has a vcr/dvd, I would strongly recommend showing the movie to your class. It shares how horribly the women who were involved in the struggle were treated by society, police, and the government. There are many parallels to our time. It shows how in times of war, many feel that we cannot protest our government. It shows how fear can create a culture where civil liberties are ignored. Most importantly, it shows how a few brave women can facilitate significant change. It may serve as a motivator for people to go vote (after all, one sees what was endured in order to get the right to vote). If you are interested in learning more about the suffragette movement, here are two sites that you may want to visit and share with your learners: For images depicting the suffragette movement: http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/subject/suff/images/ For an online movie about the suffragette movement: http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/movement/ Daphne Daphne Greenberg Assistant Professor Educational Psych. & Special Ed. Georgia State University P.O. Box 3679 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University P.O. Box 3977 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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