Pursuing Justice

Please complete the following:

1. Find a web URL related to your primary source
   1. Go to the file area and add that web address (give it a title and description)
2. Open MS-Word and create a simple document that describes your primary source.  Save it to the desktop.
   1. Go to the file area and upload that file (give it a title and description)
3. Reply to this Post
   1. Describe the URL you found and why it's relevant
   2. Include a link to the URL from you file area in the message
   3. Describe your primary source
   4. Include a link to the file (in your file area)
      

Thanks!

Chris

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Chris Macek
Pursuing Justice Technical Support
413-239-3564

Chris,

Here is my reply to your post.  I have attached a Word file which is an excerpt from Jackie Robinson's autobiography, I also attached a link to a picture from the day Major League Baseball was integrated.

Let me know if you need anything else.

-Eddie Davey

Robinson_Rickey Agreement
Picture of Book Cover - Opening Day (Eig)

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Edward Davey
U.S History Teacher
Jonas Clarke Middle School
Lexington Public Schools

I recently changed my primary source:


This is the "Unofficial Synopsis Prepared by the Reporter of Decisions" on the court case that determined the legality of gay marriage in MA.  The Report of Decisions is the department that records all of the decisions of the court.  The official name of the case was:

Hillary GOODRIDGE & others vs. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH & another. (March 4, 2003. - November 18, 2003.)


MA Gay Marriage Court Decision (only print the first 2 pages of the doc!)


The document is actually very long but the first 2 pages are what interest me as my primary source.  I will be doing my curriculum project on the history of Gays and Lesbians in the US and I am trying to answer the question: How did we get to this court decision?

Cheers
Jen Martin

 

MA Gay Marriage Court Decision (only print the first 2 pages of the doc!)

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Jen Martin
Brookline High School
History Department

    My primary document/image is Norman Rockwell's painting of Ruby Bridges. 

I would use this primary source document to open a discussion concerning desegregation in the United States. 
Ruby Bridges painting by Norman Rockwell on Word
ruby bridges painting by Rockwellruby bridges painting by Rockwell

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Cindy Crohan
10th Grade U.S. History
Introduction to Law grades 10-12
Natick High School

The URL I found is a clip from a speech made by Mike Huckabee after winning the Iowa Caucus
The part of the speech to watch is from 7:30 minutes - 9 minutes

Mike Huckabee speech in Iowa

The following link explains:
    1.  What my issue is
    2.  Why is raises an issue of justice for me
    3.  How I might use it in a lesson plan

DESCRIPTION AND LESSON USING MY ISSUE OF JUSTICE

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Kate Parker
7th & 8th Social Studies
Runkle School, Brookline

My primary source document includes statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice that show jail incarceration rates by race and ethnicity.

I would use this graph/information to open up a discussion regarding the

U.S. Prison Population Breakdown by Race

French and Indian

the end

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Erin Eriksen
9th Grade World History
12th Grade Sociology
Natick High School

1.)  The URl is a photo of an old man who's iving now in rural Missouri and has built a monument to the Cherokee people who were forcibly removed from their homes by the US government.


www.legendsofamerica.com/MO-JeromeTears2.html


2.)  intro lesson is the following:
cherokee intro

3.)  see above --- It's relevant because justice was not served to the Cherokee people and my students will jump all over that.

My primary source is a photo and I'd like to find the document from the Andrew Jackson administration that ordered the removal of the Cherokee and their forced march from Georgia to a reservation in Oklahoma.

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Susan Balogh
7th grade Language Arts and Social Studies teacher
Baker School, Brookline MA

Tupac's "Changes"


Tupac Shakur's "Changes" lesson plan


Dear all,

I'm including a URL of Tupac Shakur's lyrics here.  I have never passed the lyrics out, partly because I want students to listen to the music for the message rather than follow every word, and partly because I want to talk to students about the power of language (which leads nicely into a discussion after the song -was the song appropriate: why/ why not?), and partly because some of the lyrics are/ are seen as inappropriate (I happen to have discovered a "cleaner" version of the song that I use in class).



Enjoy,
Emma Blydenburgh.

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Emma Blydenburgh
Middle School History
Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School

My primary source is:


Picture of Boondock Saints Movie

A great movie that questions how far we will go for justice and blurs the lines between right and wrong.

My file is:


Oops

Because I forgot to post a file.

Nice meeting you!
Shannah

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Shannah Weeden
High School English
Newton North High School

Chris

Here is my primary source:


William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech

I have always been captivated by this speech as it sometimes, to me, seems like a mix between one last battle cry and a eulogy for the iconic farmer.  I have no in-depth lesson plan that I have built around this, but I have always made it assigned reading for my US History classes.  This link also includes audio of Bryan re-reading the speech in the early 1920s.  Not the same power as a quarter century earlier, but still good to hear his voice.  Too bad about the Scopes trial.

Cheers,
Chris

PS - Here is a popular political cartoon for all you visual types

"Cross of Gold" image

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Chris Kurhajetz
High School History
Winchester High School

Forever Free

My primary source is Edmonia Lewis’ 1867 sculpture “Forever Free.”  Edmonia Lewis was the first successful African-American sculptor.  Not only was she African-American, but she was part Native American as well.  Her Neoclassical sculpting style reflects the traditions of Classical Greek art in numerous ways, thus making a link to the culture of Greece and its interest in democracy.  Lewis explores this issue more specifically in “Forever Free” as she touches on the issue of freedom with an African-American man and woman shown celebrating the "Emancipation Proclamation".  The statue conveys a message of triumph over adversity and is a symbol of hope for the future.  Not only does the subject and style of this statue address many issues of justice in the United States, but the identity of the artist herself leads to many discussions as well about justice for women, African-Americans, and Native Americans.

Forever Free URL

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Sara Spurling
High School U.S. History, Art History
Hopkinton High School

Pretty Awesome speech condeming taxation without representation.  Invented the phrase "Sons of Liberty".





Web site location for Isaac Barre's speech condeming the Stamp ActIsaac

Barre's speech before Parliament condeming the Stamp Act

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Robert Williams
US History
Hopkinton High School

Attached is the Declaration of Sentiments and rationale behind implementing it.
Declaration of Sentiments
Explanation of Declaration of Sentiments

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Crystal Bartels
High School History
Wellesley High School

This is my assignment for tonight.
The Jungle as an example of an issue of Justice-Explanation

The Jungle as an example of an issue of Justice-URL

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Lauren H. Berenson
Social Studies
Wellesley High School

Why Guernica may be the most important work of art of the 20th century.

Guernica

Reply Description

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John Burns
Social Studies Dept
Wellesley High School