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What are your three take-aways from the film regarding integrating teaching social studies and language arts?

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What are your three take-aways from the film regarding integrating teaching social studies and language arts?

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This film inspired many ideas about integrating social studies and language arts standards into my classroom. I cannot wait to implement some of the following ideas into my classroom because integrating social studies and language arts allows our students to make connections more easily and gives our students a deeper understanding of the content.
1. Have two students choose people from the same time period and write a dialogue between the two people in history. The students could act out the dialogue to their peers.
2. Give students a choice of writing a song, essay, dairy entry, etc. and students will write their own piece from the perspective of someone that we are studying in class or from the perspective of a person in history.
3. Have students write speeches similar to the ones from the film and create a Wax Museum. The students could dress as the person in history and the teacher could invite parents to join this special event.

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What does the film tell you about what democracy is, what to teach in history/social studies lessons, and why students should study history/social studies? What is your stance on it and why? 

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What does the film tell you about what democracy is, what to teach in history/social studies lessons, and why students should study history/social studies? What is your stance on it and why? 

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The film "The People Speak" shared letters, diaries, and speeches from everyday Americans who helped to shape our democracy. The film states that, "Democracy is not a spectator sport," and gives a voice to people who stood up for what they believed in. This film promotes teaching social studies lessons that examine multiple perspectives. By doing this, I believe that our students will enhance their critical thinking skills because they will be challenged to examine multiple points of view rather than simply memorizing facts. I think that by looking deeper into multiple perspectives, students will have the opportunity to engage in discussions. As teachers, this is a chance to teach our students how to engage in thoughtful discussions with their peers. Our students will learn to share their viewpoint, listen to others and even have disagreements. It is vital that our students learn about history and social studies so that they understand the world around them. Students need to fully comprehend how our nation has grown and changed throughout the years. This film puts emotions and feelings into history and it is necessary for our students to be immersed in different points of view. I believe that the days of memorizing facts for a test are gone and as teachers we need to give our students opportunities to engage in real-world and authentic learning experiences, so that they can become good citizens.

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What are 3 things that grabbed you most from the film, and why? 

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What are 3 things that grabbed you most from the film, and why? 

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1. I have never heard of this move prior to this course. The first thing that grabbed me from this film was the amount of celebrities and actors that came together to give a voice to those who spoke up for social change. This film did a great job of bringing history alive and illustrating the relevance to today's society. I loved the chance to hear the essays, diary entries, songs, etc. from a different perspective than I was taught in school.
2. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” -Frederick Douglass
I loved this quote from Frederick Douglass in the movie. I think that it is so important that we teach our students that often times change in history was not achieved through peaceful events. It is our job to expose our students to multiple perspectives and to teach them that many people in history had to overcome obstacles in order for change to occur.
3. The third element from "The People Speak" that grabbed my attention was the reading that Kerry Washington performed from the Sojourner Truth speech. This reading was extremely passionate and did a wonderful job of highlighting the struggle with race and women's rights. This movie did an excellent job of showing the perspective of multiple people in history such as slave owners, slaves as well as people against slavery. There were many issues that were highlighted such as women's rights as well as slavery that were not as one-sided as what we typically teach our students in school. I loved hearing different view points than what I learned in my own education and feel more informed about many historical events.