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Global activism in an American school : from empathy to action / Linda Kantor Swerdlow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swerdlow, Linda Kantor, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Broad Meadows Middle School (Quincy, Mass.)--Political activity.
- Broad Meadows Middle School (Quincy, Mass.).
- Students--Political activity--United States.
- Students.
- Students--Political activity.
- School buildings.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- United States.
- Humanitarian assistance--United States--Case studies.
- School buildings--Developing countries--Design and construction.
- Child workers--Abuse of--Developing countries.
- Child workers.
- Developing countries.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 157 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- Summary:
- In 1994. Broad Meadows Middle School, a school with a reputation for student activism, was chosen as a pilot school for Operation Day's Work, USA, (ODW, USA), an American adaptation of Norway's highly effective youth global social action program. ODW has been operating successfully as an after school program at Broad Meadows ever since. Global Activism in an American School: From Empathy to Action analyzes the evolution of the Kid's Campaign and Operation Day's Work at Broad Meadows. It demonstrates how teacher facilitator Ron Adams, in conjunction with his students, created a democratic after-school community and provides teachers with unique field-tested strategies they could use to promote student activism at the global or local level. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I The Kid's Campaign to Build a School for Iqbal 11
- 1 Prelude: From Pakistan to the USA 13
- 2 Quincy, Massachusetts, USA 21
- 3 The Kid's Campaign to Build a School for Iqbal 37
- 4 Impact of The Kid's Campaign on the Lives of the Student Activists 55
- Part II Operation Day's Work 69
- 5 From Norway to the USA 71
- 6 ODW USA: A Year in the Life, Part 1: Investigating the World and Preparing to Take Action 87
- 7 A Year in the Life, Part 2: Making the Project of the Year a Reality 107
- 8 Portraits of ODW Activists 125.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Swerdlow, Linda Kantor, author. Global activism in an American school
- ISBN:
- 9781475807691
- 1475807694
- 9781475807707
- 1475807708
- OCLC:
- 951506617
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