[etni] Fwd: "springboard" idea for discussion of current events
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From: laurie ornstein <laurenmadeline@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: "springboard" idea for discussion of current events
Hi All,
As we all know, racism is rampant these days in our country, and the
news is full of reports on Sudanese and Eritrean refugees in the
country. First, a short introduction.
For the past 2 years, I have taught a couple of Sudanese refugees in
my English class; they are pupils at the High School for Environmental
Studies at Midreshet Ben Gurion. They live in Eilat but were not
accepted into the local high school and luckily, found generous
sponsors and host families here in my community which allow them to
continue their education.
One of the boys, Dondiet, took part in the Music in Common (MiC)
program this year; my school was paired with ORT Um Batin. He's an
amazing young man, motivated and hard-working and a talented musician!
At the end of the 2 day workshop, he got up and told us all , with
tears in his eyes, how the past 2 days had been the best in his
entire life.
Consider showing this MiC video with Dondiet, a Christian Sudanese,
together with Jewish and Muslim Bedouin pupils, all writing, singing
and performing a song together. They all took part in filming the
multimedia production. Use the video clip as a springboard for a
discussion of inter-racial relations/coexistence and tolerance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbOrkxHpWdc
I'd love to hear your pupils' reactions.
Laurie
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