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Quite frankly, my students' knowledge of the Civil Rights movement and its significance is minimal. Their understanding of their world is very small. Every year I teach a unit called "The Rhetoric of Revolution and Change". We study Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech, the Declaration of Independence and then move to studying Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel memoir of growing up during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. I feel that this is one of the most meaningful unit's of my year, but I want to add to it by using Representative John Lewis' memoir March. My students need to encounter more stories of people who worked to change the world. John Lewis' memoir is a raw and beautiful story of his part of the Civil Right's movement. I want my students to learn how significant this movement was. I want my students to understand how significant and relevant it still is today. My students need a class set of Representative John Lewis' memoir because it would allow me to make the Civil Right's movement real to my students (most of whom probably have never heard of Mr. Lewis). My students are kind and intelligent, but in the words of Chimimanda Ngozi Adiche, they have "Single Stories" of many events and people. To help them learn, to help them grow into compassionate citizens, they need to hear stories like that of John Lewis.

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Quite frankly, my students' knowledge of the Civil Rights movement and its significance is minimal. Their understanding of their world is very small. Every year I teach a unit called "The Rhetoric of Revolution and Change". We study Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech, the Declaration of Independence and then move to studying Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel memoir of growing up during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. I feel that this is one of the most meaningful unit's of my year, but I want to add to it by using Representative John Lewis' memoir March. My students need to encounter more stories of people who worked to change the world. John Lewis' memoir is a raw and beautiful story of his part of the Civil Right's movement. I want my students to learn how significant this movement was. I want my students to understand how significant and relevant it still is today. My students need a class set of Representative John Lewis' memoir because it would allow me to make the Civil Right's movement real to my students (most of whom probably have never heard of Mr. Lewis). My students are kind and intelligent, but in the words of Chimimanda Ngozi Adiche, they have "Single Stories" of many events and people. To help them learn, to help them grow into compassionate citizens, they need to hear stories like that of John Lewis.

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