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Ms. Welsh's Classroom

  • North Grand High School
  • Chicago, IL
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.

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The reason my school is offering, for the first time, an African American Literature class is because of the students. A group of African American students, who attend a school that is 90% Hispanic and Latino, asked me if I thought they could have an African American Literature class. It was the students who created the proposal, presented to the principal, and got approval immediately. My responsibility in teaching this class is to them. Currently, we do not have a suitable library of African American texts for the class. The books we read together need to be for the students, in order to reflect them and their experiences. The books, Dreams from My Father and Americanah focus on the protagonists struggle to understand their identity as African Americans, their impact on the lives of others, as well as their own experiences with adversity and racism. The focus of this class is on identity: race, culture, gender, and class, but with a focus on the students' own lives. Both texts allow students to read about the struggles of others, while navigating their own, and to create a personal legacy based on their stories, values, and passions, as well as, the literature, art, music, and media we study.

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The reason my school is offering, for the first time, an African American Literature class is because of the students. A group of African American students, who attend a school that is 90% Hispanic and Latino, asked me if I thought they could have an African American Literature class. It was the students who created the proposal, presented to the principal, and got approval immediately. My responsibility in teaching this class is to them. Currently, we do not have a suitable library of African American texts for the class. The books we read together need to be for the students, in order to reflect them and their experiences. The books, Dreams from My Father and Americanah focus on the protagonists struggle to understand their identity as African Americans, their impact on the lives of others, as well as their own experiences with adversity and racism. The focus of this class is on identity: race, culture, gender, and class, but with a focus on the students' own lives. Both texts allow students to read about the struggles of others, while navigating their own, and to create a personal legacy based on their stories, values, and passions, as well as, the literature, art, music, and media we study.

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