Organizer and Location of Event: IndyKids- 4 west 43rd street between 5th and 6th avenue
Amount of Hours: 2 Hours
Reflection:
During this workshop we were brainstorming for the new issue of IndyKids. The beginning of the workshop began with deciding what was going to be on the cover of the issue. The main topic that they wanted to put on the cover of the issue was information about the economy and the election. One of the writers for the paper suggested that there be a ladder that had all the main components of what could cause the economy to be in the position that it is. Other things that they wanted to include on the cover was a glossary that had the terms that were going to be in the article about the election and on the economy. They also wanted to go into more detail as to what causes the economy to be in the shape that it is, and the effect that it has on people and the world.
The next part of the workshop was deciding what was going to be inside the new issue. There were many things that they wanted to include inside. They thought that it would be interesting to include an article about the street vendors in the Dominican Republic. They also thought that it would be interesting to include the controversy over the Bangladesh farmers that refused to work because of the creation of the cheapest car. On another part of the inside they thought that it would good to include information about the president that wins the election and things that they promised to do as part of their campaign, and if they kept their promise. There is going to be a checklist that is part of this article. Lastly, they are going to have a book review for A People's History of the United States, but it is going to be the children's version of the book. They plan on e-mailing Howard Zinn who wrote the adult version of the book and ask him questions about his involvement with the book, and what it is.
The last part of the workshop focused on the back cover of the new issue. They want to include a movie review. The movies that they choose for the reviews usually have social justice undertones in them. The writers think that it is important to include information about Alcatraz because it is going to be the 40th anniversary. Harvey Milk was important because the anniversary of his assassination is coming up soon. It is important because he was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office.
I learned that there is a lot of time and work that goes into publishing and editing an issue for a newspaper. It made me think differently about the curriculum that I am going to be potentially teaching to my students. It also showed me different approaches to integrating things into the curriculum. I think that it is almost impossible to teach children everything that is going on, and using the newspaper or the IndyKids newspaper is another way to have your students understand what is going on.
It is connected to the themes of the course because the paper tries to integrate issues of diversity, social justice, and things that are going on in other parts of the world. The paper wants to show perspectives from all different people, whether it be from other students or from adults.
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