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Teach Us All is a documentary and social justice campaign on educational inequality set against the backdrop of the 1957 Little Rock school crisis. Sixty years after the Little Rock Nine faced violent resistance when desegregating Central High in Arkansas, America’s schools continue to represent the key battleground of the Civil Rights Movement. Teach Us All demonstrates powerful lessons from history within a timely context, emphasizing the need for unity and collective action to rectify the disparities among America’s children.  
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Teach Us All is a documentary and social equity crusade on educational inequality set against the setting of the 1957 Little Rock school crisis. Sixty years after the Little Rock Nine confronted brutal obstruction while integrating Central High in Arkansas, America's schools keep on addressing the important landmark of the Civil Rights Movement. Teach Us All demonstrates exhibits amazing exercises from history inside an opportune setting, accentuating the requirement for solidarity and aggregate activity to correct the differences among America's kids.  
 
"Teach Us All" explores hyper-segregated schools around the country where at least 75% of students are of the same race.
 
"Teach Us All" explores hyper-segregated schools around the country where at least 75% of students are of the same race.
 
[[File:Teach us all.jpg|Cover of Teach Us All documentary movie|thumb|right]]
 
[[File:Teach us all.jpg|Cover of Teach Us All documentary movie|thumb|right]]
  
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
In September 1957, following the watershed Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, a group of African-American students known as the Little Rock Nine courageously attempted to defy the notion that skin color should determine educational access by integrating an all-white southern high school. Nearly 60 years after the “Little Rock Crisis,” disparities in access to quality education remain among the most urgent civil rights issues of our time. With its school district hanging in the balance following a state takeover in January 2015, contemporary Little Rock presents a microcosm of the inequities and challenges manifesting in classrooms all across America, which is seeing a re-segregation of its schools.
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Following the watershed Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, in September 1957, a group of African-American understudies known as the Little Rock Nine valiantly endeavored to oppose the thought that skin tone ought to decide instructive access by incorporating an all-white southern high school. Almost 60 years after the “Little Rock Crisis,” inequality in access to quality education stay among the most urgent civil rights issues of our time. With its school locale hanging in the balance following a state takeover in January 2015, contemporary Little Rock presents a microcosm of the inequities and difficulties showing in study halls the whole way across America, which is seeing a re-isolation of its schools.  
 
 
Through case studies in Little Rock, New York City, and Los Angeles, TEACH US ALL seeks to bring the critical lessons of history to bear on the current state of U.S. education and investigate: 60 years later, how far have the U.S. education come – or not come – and where do its go from here?
 
  
 
==Messages==
 
==Messages==
The film is organized in three collaborative themes: the teacher’s role in influencing young people’s lives, the need for community engagement for school success, and the power of the students who will be charged with the fight for their right to education equity.  Through case studies in Little Rock, New York City, and Los Angeles, the feature-length documentary film seeks to bring the critical lessons of history to bear on the current state of U.S. education and investigate how far have we come – or not come – and where do we go from here. <ref>[https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/teach-us-all Teach Us All]. National Civil Rights Museum. Retrieved January 13 2021.</ref>
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The film is is coordinated in three collaborative subjects: the teacher’s part in impacting young people’s lives, the requirement for local area commitment for school achievement, and the force of the understudies who will be charged with the fight for their right to education equity.  Through contextual analyses in Little Rock, New York City, and Los Angeles, Teach Us All tries to offer the basic exercises of history as a powerful influence for the present status of US education and investigate: after 60 years, how far have US instruction come – or not come – and what would be an ideal next step? <ref>[https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/teach-us-all Teach Us All]. National Civil Rights Museum. Retrieved January 13 2021.</ref>
While the tragic message of the documentary is that, particularly in the last 30 years, segregation in American schools has gotten much worse -- with plenty of disheartening statistics to back it up -- the documentary also takes a look at the positive role models in the past (such as the Little Rock Nine) and in the present who are trying to bring about lasting change and diversity in the classroom. <ref>Costello,Brian.[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/teach-us-all Teach Us All]. Common Sense Media. REtrieved January 13 2021</ref>
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While the tragic message of the documentary is that, especially over the most recent 30 years, segregation in American schools has gotten much worse -- with a lot of dampening measurements to back it up - the narrative likewise investigates the positive good examples before (like the Little Rock Nine) and in the current who are attempting to achieve enduring change and variety in the classroom. <ref>Costello,Brian.[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/teach-us-all Teach Us All]. Common Sense Media. REtrieved January 13 2021</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 5 March 2021

Teach Us All is a documentary and social equity crusade on educational inequality set against the setting of the 1957 Little Rock school crisis. Sixty years after the Little Rock Nine confronted brutal obstruction while integrating Central High in Arkansas, America's schools keep on addressing the important landmark of the Civil Rights Movement. Teach Us All demonstrates exhibits amazing exercises from history inside an opportune setting, accentuating the requirement for solidarity and aggregate activity to correct the differences among America's kids. "Teach Us All" explores hyper-segregated schools around the country where at least 75% of students are of the same race.

Cover of Teach Us All documentary movie

Plot

Following the watershed Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, in September 1957, a group of African-American understudies known as the Little Rock Nine valiantly endeavored to oppose the thought that skin tone ought to decide instructive access by incorporating an all-white southern high school. Almost 60 years after the “Little Rock Crisis,” inequality in access to quality education stay among the most urgent civil rights issues of our time. With its school locale hanging in the balance following a state takeover in January 2015, contemporary Little Rock presents a microcosm of the inequities and difficulties showing in study halls the whole way across America, which is seeing a re-isolation of its schools.

Messages

The film is is coordinated in three collaborative subjects: the teacher’s part in impacting young people’s lives, the requirement for local area commitment for school achievement, and the force of the understudies who will be charged with the fight for their right to education equity. Through contextual analyses in Little Rock, New York City, and Los Angeles, Teach Us All tries to offer the basic exercises of history as a powerful influence for the present status of US education and investigate: after 60 years, how far have US instruction come – or not come – and what would be an ideal next step? [1] While the tragic message of the documentary is that, especially over the most recent 30 years, segregation in American schools has gotten much worse -- with a lot of dampening measurements to back it up - the narrative likewise investigates the positive good examples before (like the Little Rock Nine) and in the current who are attempting to achieve enduring change and variety in the classroom. [2]

References

  1. Teach Us All. National Civil Rights Museum. Retrieved January 13 2021.
  2. Costello,Brian.Teach Us All. Common Sense Media. REtrieved January 13 2021