Tch Laureate Geneviève Debose Akinnagbe teaches ELA at Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists (BSSWA) in New York City, a secondary school where teachers refer to their students as Scholar-Activists. She’s developed a unit on Scholar Activism for her middle school students to give them a better idea of what that title means and the honor it carries.
So far, we’ve explored the following questions:
What, exactly, is scholar activism, and why is it important to teach our students about scholar activism in the classroom?
How might we create a scholar-activist experience?
What connections can we make to help us collaborate with our communities as scholar-activists?
How might we engage our students in community action projects?
How might we use the physical space in our classrooms as a learning tool?
In this post, Geneviève shares how her students present their work to a community panel.
