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Students created critical portrayals of and reflections on local history in the post-WWII era through addressing the following questions: What are the forces that created the Merrimack Valley and have attracted humans to this area over millennia? How do shifting demographics globally, nationally, and regionally impact the culture of a place? What are the impacts of shifting demographics on our local society and its people? What are the roles and the responsibilities of the insider and the outsider in interpreting local history? Why Lawrence?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Responding to the claim by novelist Amitav Ghosh that the contemporary literary world has largely failed to represent or grapple with the climate crisis, we engaged with the poets included in the anthology All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis<\/i>, in an attempt to understand the power and limits of literature and art to incite imaginative solutions and shape radical new understandings of our situation. Students will present original “Situation Videos” (after the genre created by poet Claudia Rankine and video artist John Lucas) that seek to immerse viewers inside the complex layers of various climate justice issues through a combination of images and narration. Each video narrates an original poem inspired by work in the anthology.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.1″]<\/p>\nTeacher: <\/b>Corrie Martin<\/span><\/h3>\n
Course: <\/b>English 300: Why Literature?<\/span><\/h3>\n
Essential Question: <\/b>What place do themes and depictions of the climate crisis have in literary fiction and art today?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n