Help me give my students access to The Marrow Thieves, a novel that invokes the history of what indigenous people have gone through and in a dystopian world could continue to suffer through.
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My students come from predominantly low-income households. Many have grown up in the Antelope Valley and have never ventured too far from the immediate vicinity. Due to the poverty in our community, all students in our district receive free lunch and breakfast. My students come from families that see education as a way to break out of poverty. My students are great problem solvers and learn how to make do with less. They are caring and compassionate students who want to see a world outside of our city, and experience the adventures of seeing other places, people, and cultures. Most of my students want to go to college and become people who make something of themselves and make their families proud; especially when they are the first in their family to go onto college.
My students are attentive to their education and interested in learning about the world and people who exist beyond their local community.
My students are sensitive to the needs of others and help people in the community by donating food, blankets, and toys to the poor. They look actively to help others in and out of the classroom.
My Project
Over fifty percent of the students at RHS are Hispanic, yet students are reading mostly books from the standard literary canon which consists mostly of white men. Many of these stories are difficult for students to relate to as the language is not the language they speak, nor do the students relate to the characters or situations in these novels.
Students need literature that they can relate to in a meaningful way.
They need characters that mirror their culture, their experiences and lifestyle. They need themes and settings that are more modern than the outdated literary cannon.
Having diverse literature in the classroom will allow students to connect with the characters and foster a love of literature and reading. Cherie Dimaline has written a book, The Marrow Thieves, that students will enjoy, relate to the themes, learn about the possible destruction of our environment while considering how non action, racism, and circumstances taken to and extreme can lead to another genocide and a damaged planet.
The Marrow Thieves discusses how indigenous people have suffered at the hands of those who came and invaded the Americas. This novel shows a dystopian view of what might happen in the extreme if global warming, combined with societal factors and Native Americans held the key to dreams.
This novel posses the questions : Will society continue to be destructive towards our planet? Would we knowingly participate in another genocide if it meant the destruction of one race to save another? Can we overcome our base instincts and rise above it?
Although this story focuses on the plight of Native American it can open a dialogue and be a basis to explore genocides of both the past and present, a discussion on racism and appeal to the current trend of reading dystopian literature.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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