Collaboration

Collaboration:
Knowledge of the school curriculum makes it possible for the teacher librarian to imagine collaborations across subject areas and see points of need at various levels where information literacy elements can be appropriately introduced. However, keeping this knowledge current is an ongoing task and this is where the classroom teacher comes in this collaborative experience. Even a little background konwledge of the curriculum might enable the teacher librarian to suggest collaborating with a teacher requests materials (McGreegor, 209).

Set up a meeting with members from Indiana Black Deaf Advocates (IBDA), notably, Donald Tinsley (president) who recalls the man, Martin Luther King from his young days. Mr. Tinsley was 20 years old when Martin Luther King died. He still talks about memories of MLK from the Civil Rights Movement.

Work with Laura Kesterke, librarian, to gather books (nonfiction and fiction) pertaining to Martin Luther King for the students to read and use for research. I would set up appointments for Laura and I to work together on developing online bookmarks and powerpoints for the students to use in their research on Martin Luther King.

Field trip to Cool Creek Park and Nature Center to hear David Heighway, Hamilton County's historian talk about the county's connection to and involvement in the Underground Railroad. (317) 774-2500.

Not sure where this information fits in this project but did you know?

A speech on the [|assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.] was given by New York Senator [|Robert F. Kennedy] on April 4, 1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kennedy was campaigning for the 1968 [|Democratic] [|presidential nomination]. He had spoken at the [|University of Notre Dame] and [|Ball State University] earlier that day.[|[1]] During his speeches at both universities, Kennedy focused on domestic issues, the [|Vietnam War] and [|racism]. His [|speech at Ball State] was well received by over 9,000 students, faculty, and community members. One [|African-American] student raised a question to Kennedy that seems almost premonition of the speech to come later that night after the horrific events of the day. The student asked, “Your speech implies that you are placing a great deal of faith in white America. Is that faith justified?” Kennedy answered, “Yes” and added that “faith in Black America is justified, too” although he said there “are extremists on both sides.”[|[2]] Before boarding a plane to fly to [|Indianapolis], he learned that [|Martin Luther King, Jr.] had been shot. On the plane to Indianapolis, Kennedy told a reporter "You know, it grieves me...that I just told that kid this and then walk out and find that some white man has just shot their spiritual leader."[|[3]] Kennedy did not learn that King was dead until his plane landed in Indianapolis. According to reporter John J. Lindsay, Kennedy "seemed to shrink back as though struck physically" and put his hands to his face, saying "Oh, God. When is this violence going to stop?"[|[4]] Both Mankiewicz and speechwriter Adam Walinsky drafted notes immediately before the rally for Kennedy's use, but Kennedy refused Walinsky's notes, instead using some that he had likely written on the ride over; Mankiewicz arrived after Kennedy had already begun to speak.[|[5]] The Indianapolis chief of police warned Kennedy that the police could not provide adequate protection for the senator if the crowd were to riot, [|[6]] but Kennedy decided to go speak to the crowd regardless. Standing on a podium mounted on flatbed truck, Kennedy spoke for just four minutes and fifty-seven seconds. (Wikipedia)

  