Thread by @triciaebarvia

This week, Ss consider the voices & perspectives that may be missing from texts like The Things They Carried, starting w/some reflection that considers the voices & perspectives they center in their own lives and who O’Brien centers in the text... #DisruptTexts #aplangchat 1/

Students selected articles from the @nytimes Vietnam in ‘67 collection: nytimes.com/column/vietnam… #DisruptTexts #aplangchat 2/

Here are some examples of responses from Ss when prompted to consider additional perspectives #aplangchat #DisruptTexts 3/

Tomorrow Ss will consider what they and others “carry” as we widen our lens to consider more viewpoints beyond Vietnam using interactive “stations” focused on a variety of texts. #DisruptTexts #aplangchat 4/

Ss will read the essay, “The Things They Made Me Carry” as a response to the objectification of the Vietnamese in O’Brien’s novel. teachingwhilewhite.org/blog/2018/2/1/… #DisruptTexts #aplangchat 5/

We’ll read poetry from Wang Ping and Maggie Smith, as well as analyze Steve Mumford paintings of war from @Harpers #aplangchat 6/

And we’ll look at other visuals such as photographs of collections of objects siezed at the border and images of what’s in people’s homes as well as the toys of children from around the world #DisruptTexts #aplangchat 7/

We will also view illustrations from @abbijacobson’s Carry This Book which imagines what some famous figures carry with them, but also look at photos of previous Ss’ backpacks and what they carried #aplangchat #DisruptTexts 8/

And finally, Ss will also browse 50objects.org which gathers together 50 objects of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII and the stories behind them. #aplangchat #DisruptTexts 9/

Ss will ultimately write two pieces: a “write-like” of O’Brien but from a lens different from soldiers — and a personal essay that simply asks them, “What do you carry?”

(Below, “Storytelling” essential ?s for this unit w/@Tolerance_org #socialjustice stnds) #DisruptTexts