This week, the Nashman Faculty have been discussing how to facilitate classroom conversations about the recent Capitol insurgence on January 6th - particularly how to navigate student anxiety, student frustration, and the teachable moment the event presents for each of our subject matter areas. Several in the group requested a share of articles that are potential readings to help facilitate classroom discussion about these recent events:
Phyllis Ryder shared that this was mentioned in an email from Free Minds Book club. The article analyzes a photo of a man with the confederate flag in the Capitol. “Clint Smith, a local writer and one of our jail book club facilitators, wrote this thoughtful piece about what happened at the Capitol on Wednesday if you want to check it out.”
- Note - as it happens, Clint Smith is the keynote speaker for the Nashman Center’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event this year. Jan. 18th, 1pm, register here. https://serve.gwu.edu/mlk-day-service-and-leadership.
Phyllis also shared, Eddie Glaude, https://www.npr.org/2021/01/07/954324564/comparing-police-responses-to-pro-trump-mob-racial-justice-protests
GW’s History Department shared this article, Jennifer Schuessler, "'Sedition': A Complicated History," The New York Times, January 7, 2021.
Jordan Potash shared, “My co-professor and I addressed the insurrection in our opening welcome letter to the class and we posted the following two videos so far for discussion this week”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-blow-on-the-greatest-threat-to-our-democracy-white-supremacy/
https://news.yahoo.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-capitol-hill-riot-kristallnacht-155259895.html
Phyllis Ryder also shared this statement from the Poor People's Campaign:
