Review: Radio Free Oaxaca
Film Radio Free Oaxaca Un poquito de tanta verdad (A Little Bit of So Much Truth) Director: Jill Freidberg Corrugated Films, 2007 (www.corrugate.org) DVD. 93 min. By Kelley Dawson Salas Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad […]
Media
War Is Fun as Hell
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Who’s Crazy? Students Critique the The Gods Must Be Crazy
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Bad Signs
What are the real messages in the inspirational slogans covering classroom walls? Plus some better alternatives.
Rethinking MySpace
As an educator constantly searching for ways to use popular culture in my classroom
TV Selfishness and Violence Explode During ‘War On Terror
Six years into the ‘War on Terror
Bonfire of the Disney Princesses
Contrary to their spin machine, Disney’s princesses are far from role models
Kid Nation
CBS goes overboard with this painful exploitation of children.
Elephants in the Room
When mainstream media report on urban schools, the real story is often what goes unsaid.
Test Prep and the War
Preparing high schoolers for the Regents exam while studying the War in Iraq.
The Recruitment Minefield
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What About Play?
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Beyond Pink and Blue
A unit on gender stereotypes inspires students to take action.
“The Laptops Are Coming! The Laptops Are Coming!”
Things to think about before the laptops arrive in your classroom.
Confession
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A Colonizing Agenda
Janice Jackson interviews Rethinking Schools editor Wayne Au about the failure of Bill Gates’ educational initiatives.
From Many Sides Now
A teacher uses poetry and the creation of found poems as a way to get her students to think beyond the simple “two sides to every story” narrative of the Vietnam War.
Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us
Students analyze cartoons from Popeye to Brave to see how media teaches children white- and male-supremacist ideas.
Rethinking Popular Culture and Media – 2nd Edition
Rethinking Popular Culture and Media begins from the premise that the “popular” is political. Whether it’s Disney and Barbie, or Snapchat and Vine, youth navigate, shape, and repurpose popular culture. […]