Launch Event Celebrates TC's "Levees" Curriculum
7/22/2007Images
When the Levees Broke, By Spike Lee
Video
- Jeanne Bitterman discusses the Levees curriculum
Jeanne Bitterman, Lecturer in Organizational Leadership at Teachers College, discusses the how the adult education segment of the Levees curriculum was developed and gives examples of what teaching the curriculum to adults could be like.
- Interview with Judith Cramer
Judith Cramer, Technology Specialist at Teachers College, discusses new media and 'The Levees' Curriculum Project.
- Professor Margaret Crocco on the Levees Curriculum Project
Professor Margaret Crocco talks about the September 6th event to launch the “Teaching The Levees†curriculum.
- Professor Margaret Crocco on the Levees Curriculum Project
Margaret Crocco, Professor of Social Studies and Education and Professor and Program Coordinator, Social Studies, provides details on the project’s background with an overview of the curriculum.
- Interview with Yom Odamtten
Interview with Yom Odamtten about teaching 'The Levees' Curriculum
Headlined “Teaching The Levees: Lessons from Katrina,” the event, which will be held in TC’s Cowin Conference Center from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m., will feature a panel moderated by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert that includes Columbia President Lee Bollinger; race education expert Gloria Ladson-Billings of the University of Wisconsin; Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Professor at Princeton University and senior fellow at the Jamestown Project, a nonpartisan think tank that focuses on democracy and social issues; and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, a member of the New Orleans City Council. Discussion will be based on the questions that are the focus of the curriculum, such as “Who are we as a country?” and “Who do we want to be?”
Sam Pollard, collaborator with Lee on the “Levees” documentary, also will speak at the event.
Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools, Marcia Lyles, will offer a response to the panel discussion.
The 100-page curriculum will be distributed free of charge by TC Press to 30,000 high school, college and community educators along with a DVD copy of the film made available by HBO. The project is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. Additional support will be provided online at the Levees Web site: www.teachingthelevees.org, which was created and is maintained by the TC EdLab at the Teachers College Gottesman Libraries.
