This next case study takes place in another diverse, separate portion of the country between a tribal school and a predominantly Latino school. The different in races give this scenario insight to different cultural values stemmed from questions derived from both school’s classes curriculum based on The Crucible. These questions were mostly focused on justice and freedom (as they are discussed in the book they are discussing). The distinct race differences and distance between schools, seventy five miles, gives the schools incentive to use technology to share what they wanted to discuss. This study was conducted over two months to give enough time for the students to read, form discussions and discuss with their own class and the other participating school. The prompts created from The Crucible reading lead to investigating democracy of today’s America and the topic of the tyranny of the majority. The tyranny of the majority is when a democratic society goes exclusively with the majority of the vote, even if it’s 51% which is just a hair over half to be counted outright.
Just as minorities are generally treated as lower level status, Monroe reveals “everyone can speak, but not everyone is heard.” Those who are part of this generation could say something meaningful to a large group of people, yet due to they would be the minority they can easily be shut down. In this case, they are given time to formulate their responses and talk with others about topics that mean something to them. This time was also allotted to reflect on what all the contributors had said. These discussions were first used with prompts to begin discussion but then the teachers would leave them for student facilitated discussion.
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