{"product_id":"lessons-from-freedom-summer-kathy-emery-9781567513882","title":"Lessons from Freedom Summer: Ordinary People Building Extraordinary Movements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Can we bring teachers and students together, not through the artificial sieve of certification and examination, but on the basis of their common commitment to an exciting social goal? Can we solve the old educational problem of how to teach children crucial values, while avoiding a blanket imposition of the teacher's ideas? \u003ci\u003ePeople Make Movements\u003c\/i\u003e asks the questions that get at the heart of what education should be about.\"--Howard Zinn, from the introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Part history text, part curriculum, part invitation to activism, when our students consider who 'we' are, \u003ci\u003ePeople Make Movements\u003c\/i\u003e will provide important insights. Every social studies or language arts teacher can benefit from this new resource.\"--Bill Bigelow, editor of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Schools\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Line Between Us: Teaching About the Border and Mexican Immigration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"By looking at past achievements, all the human connections made in the struggle against racism, and the possibilities ahead, the message comes across: You Are History.\"--Elizabeth Mart nez, editor of \u003ci\u003eLetters from Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeople Make Movements\u003c\/i\u003e provides the historical context to the Freedom Schools of Mississippi in 1964. It tells the story of how the four major civil rights organizations ended up joining together in Mississippi to break the back of segregation in the South. It is a case study illustrating important elements that are crucial to the success of a social movement. It behooves social justice advocates today to know these lessons if we are to contribute to the creation of the next social movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathy Emery, Linda Reid Gold, Sylvia Braselmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567513883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567513882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Common Courage Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Kathy Emery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078431305983,"sku":"9781567513882","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff742699-123e-4b1a-bba0-588b2768a2ce.jpg?v=1685475473","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lessons-from-freedom-summer-kathy-emery-9781567513882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}