Title:
#NoDAPL:
Teaching the Value of Protest
Source:
Teaching
Tolerance: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
By: Dr. Amanda Morris
December 5, 2016
Key
Points: The article discussed the need to teach our students
about standing up to government injustice and degradation of our environment.
Morris brings up four lessons learned from the non-violent protest of Dakota
Access Pipeline. The lessons are for students of all ages: persistence,
presence, planning and provocation. Morris shows how teachers are in a position
to educate students on how to stand up against issues they believe are wrong.
Intended
Audience: Teachers and educators.
Relevance:
Our
nation is in a very divisive time. This can bring along radical idealizations
and actions. As teachers, we should be showing our students the proper way to protest
issues which they believe are unjust. This is through non-violent protest and
education. We need to show our students how to access information and educate
themselves on problems so they can see the totality of the circumstances. Once
the student has all the information, then they can make a decision on how they
feel and move forward with the lessons learned above to conduct non-violent
protests to affect change.
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