New Orleans teaching tool

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[ed:  There are two messages from Michael here, the second one a 
clarification.]

From: "Michael Owens" <mowens4 at emory.edu>

I received a flyer in the mail today about a curriculum on "Teaching The
Levees," focused on Spike Lee's HBO documentary. It identified "an
opportunity to bring meaningful dialogue about Katrina to your classroom or
community." Intrigued, I visited the website
(http://www.teachingthelevees.com/index.php) for the product. It read: "The
curriculum package is currently being developed at Teachers College,
Columbia University. Through the generous support of the Rockefeller
Foundation, free copies will be made available to teachers, schools,
libraries, and community groups. The package will include copies of the
"When the Levees Broke" DVDs and the curriculum book. We encourage you to
request a copy of this valuable resource by signing up on this website. The
package will be available in late summer of 2007."

In my humble opinion, this is a wonderful free set of tools that you should
consider obtaining for academic courses and community-based workshops on
inequality, intergovernmental relations, community building, local politics,
race, etc.

Evidently, some things are truly free.

All the best.

MiLO

http://www.teachingthelevees.com/index.php

I should've clarified my comments in my earlier posting. That is, (1) I
didn't actually review the tools; (2) the description of the tools makes
them seem "wonderful"; and (3) its "wonderful" that they will be free.
Still, having seen the documentary, which is one of the items in the
curriculum, as well as having considered or used other tools from Teachers
College, I suspect that the quality and usefulness of the tools will be
quite high. So, consider obtaining the free package to discern whether the
tool is indeed "wonderful" for your courses or workshops.

 

All the best.

 

MiLO

 

 

Michael Leo Owens
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Tarbutton Hall 327
Emory University
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
404-727-9322 (phone)
404-727-4586 (fax)
michael.leo.owens at emory.edu