Curriculum Issues

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Curriculum Issues

• Megan Barbe
• Robin Smith
• ED 407
• 3/21/06

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Different Ethnicities

• African American
• Native American
• Asian
• Hispanic

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African AmericanLewis Latimer

• 1848-1928

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• Born September 4, 1848 Chelsea Mass.
• In 1864, at the age of 16 he joined the army.
• Worked with Alexander Graham Bell and drew up the
  telephone.
• Worked for U.S. Electric Lighting Company and was
  to draw up a patent for the light bulbs and
  lamps.
• 1884 worked with Thomas Edison to be the first to
  patent the light bulb.
• Wrote a book, Incandescent Electric Lighting A
  Practical Description of the Edison System.
• One of 28 members of Edison Pioneers, only
  African-American in such a highly selective
  group.
• 1922 quit consulting result of failing eye sight.
• 1924 his wife died
• Died December 11, 1928

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Native AmericanJoseph Brant

• 1742-1807

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• Mohawk Chief, Thayendanegea
• Moors Charity School to learn English.
• 1763 revealed a trading company.
• Married three times.
• 1775 went to England to meet with the King to
  help recover their lands.
• He led four of the six nations in the attacks
  against the New York frontier.
• He tried to arrange a settlement between the
  Iroquois and the US.
• Later years he translated passages of the Old and
  New Testament into the Mohawk language.
• Died in 1807 on the reservation

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AsianYuri Kochiyama

• 1922-

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• Born May 19, 1922 and raised in San Pedro, birth
  name of Mary Nakahara.
• Her parents were Japanese immigrants.
• After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her and her
  family were imprisoned in internment camps.
• Married after leaving the camp and moved to New
  York City.
• Grassroots movement to have safer streets and
  integrated education.
• 1963 met and worked beside Malcolm X.
• She has helped release political prisoners.
• A huge supporter of civil rights, involved in
  multicultural organizations, and in Japanese
  Reparations.
• Shes currently working to support reparations
  for African Americans.

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HispanicFrida Kahlo

• 1907-1954

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• She was born July 6, 1907 but often told people
  her birth date was July 7, 1910.
• At the age 6, she was stricken with polio.
• September 17, 1925 she was in a serious bus
  accident, and broke just about all her bones.
• She began to paint while she was forced to lay in
  bed.
• In 1929, she married Diego Rivera which was a
  famous Mexican muralist.
• Were divorced in 1940 but only lasted for a year
  and were back together. Their marriage consisted
  of many affairs, creative bonding, and hate.
• She killed Leon Trotsky which was the first
  affair she had, she was arrested for his murder
  but got let go.
• 1953 she had her first exhibit in Mexico to show
  off her work (paintings and photos).
• She died July 13, 1954. no official autopsy was
  done but think it was suicide.