As introduction to my presentation on Monday, here is a short documentary and the link to my playlists (which is still growing) of YouTube videos that pertain to my lesson plan.
Jena Six Video Playlist
Below is an introduction to my lesson plan.
Thanks,
R.
My lesson plan will show how you can use YouTube video to teach college students contemporary issues and how they can have a voice in history. As School Library Journal (2007) noted: “YouTube provides a platform for students to be content creators not just content viewers.”
The Jena Six case is a perfect contemporary issue, of historical proportions, that can be taught with the use of YouTube and the value of its importance. The Jena Six is the case of six black youth who were arrested in Jena, Louisana after several instances of racial fighting. It started when a young black man defied tradition at his school and sat under what many knew as the “white tree.” The following day a noose hung on that tree as warning to others. Racist attacks and fighting between whites and blacks escalated and culminated in one night where a fight broke out between a white young man who was severely injured and several black youth arrested not for assault but for attempted murder.”(New York Times, 2007).
These events spark outcry from the black community and a movement was born mostly through the distribution of information through the internet especially YouTube (New York Times, 2007). The events inspired confessionals, guerilla journalism and reportage of how young and old, black and white, organized around the country for a demonstration in Jena, Louisiana on September 20, 2007, which culminated with a march of more than ten thousand people.
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