Curriculum Intro Americans Who Tell The Truth

Americans Who Tell the Truth
Curriculum • Intro

	“It's very hard to choose the subjects for the portraits. For each one I include, I have to leave out many more. For instance, I could have painted the entire series honoring people who have been influential in the struggle for civil rights or in protecting the environment. I choose representatives --- some well known, and some, purposely, little known. So, each person becomes a metaphor for a thousand others, a model of courage and persistence whose life and work may affect a large or small community. I am often asked, half-jokingly, when I tell people I am painting portraits of Americans Who Tell the Truth, "Where so you find them? I didn't know there were any." The problem is not finding them, the problem is selecting from the millions of worthy subjects. In fact, any one of you could begin this project on your own, in your own neighborhood, and find just as many people to honor as I have.What's so exciting is that in the process of finding truthtellers, you learn what it means to be a good citizen.You then become a teacher and model for others.” Robert Shetterly Teachers can consider these areas and the accompanying suggested lessons, resources and activities as a way to encourage the study of ethics in truthtelling across every area of the curriculum as noted here. But ,as Rob says, each stands for many, so it is best to see them as cutting across many lines and in an integrated study. Every teacher has a seat at this table, no matter what the subject. Please join us! “We- even we here- hold the power and bear the responsibility.” Abraham Lincoln Environmental Justice Terri Blanton Eric Reece Majora Carter Rachel Carson Van Jones Winona LaDuke Edward Abbey Derrick Jensen Wendell Berry Diane Wilson Ralph Nadar Frances Moore Lappe John Muir Bill McKibben Terry Tempest Williams Denise Giardina Larry Gibson Judy Bonds Alice Waters Henry David Thoreau JoAnna Macy Walt Whitman Harriet Tubman Ross Gelbspan David Rovics Communities: Jonathan Kozol Tilly Woodward Lateefah Simon Pete Seeger Eugene Debs Frank Serpico James Bell Derrick Jensen Lily Yeh Natasha Mayers Ella Baker Van Jones Bill McKibben Woodie Guthrie Domestic Justice: Marian Wright Edelman Shirley Chisholm Susan B. Anthony Emma Goldman Derrick Jensen Jeanette Rankin Government/Political Action/Civics/ History/Social Studies/Genocide Courses/Political Science: Jane Addams Noam Chomsky Henry David Thoreau Cindy Sheehan Edward Said Kathy Kelly Dorothy Day William Sloane Coffin Medea Benjamin Rachel Corrie Muhammad Ali Samantha Smith Daniel Ellsberg Cynthia McKinney Ray McGovern Justice Brandeis Jennifer Harbury William Rivers Pitt Hugh Thompson Dennis Kucinich Ann Wright Coleen Rowley Major General Smith Butler Francis Crowe Camilo Majia Jeanette Rankin Kim Hawkins Shirley Chisholm Bruce Gagnon Hugh Thompson Malcom X Eugene Debs Frank Serpico Paul Wellstone Justice L. Brandeis Margaret Chase Smith Dwight Eisenhower Economic Justice/Action Chief Joseph Hinmanton Yalektit Winona LaDuke Harriet Tubman Mother Jones Ida Tarbell Eugene Debs Abraham Lincoln Dr. Paul Farmer Eleanor Roosevelt Emma Goldman Cesar Chavez Van Jones Robert Kennedy Francis Moore Lappe Robert Jensen Derrick Jensen Bill McKibben Ralph Nadar Judy Wicks Woodie Guthrie Marian Wright Edelman Robert Jensen Dorothy Day Jody Williams Bruce Gagnon Stan Goff Hal Crowther Marjorie Kelly George Seldes E,mma Tenayuca Scott Nearing Human Rights : Rev. Jim Lewis Harry Hay Frederick Douglass Ralph Ellison Elizabeth Cady Stanton Sojourner Truth Grace Lee Boggs Paul Robeson Ossie Davis Perry Mann Malcom X Fannie Lou Hammer Muhammad Ali Eva Paterson Zora Neale Hurston W.E.B. DuBois Robert F Kennedy Ida B Wells Ella Baker Edward Said Langston Hughes Rosa Parks James Baldwin Martin Luther King, Jr Father Ray Bourgeois Murphy Davis Cecil Williams Janice Mirikitani Richard Grossman Carlos Munoz, Jr. Jennifer Harbury Jody Williams Helen Keller Edward Said Rachel Corrie Susan B. Anthony William Sloane Coffin Educators and Truthtelling: Howard Zinn Marian Wright Edelman Alice Waters Derick Jensen Perry Mann Jonathan Kozol Betty Burkes Natasha Mayers W.E.B. DuBois Media and Truthtelling: Helen Thomas Jim Harney David Barsamian Rev. Jim Lewis Stan Goff Dahr Jamail Hal Crowther Ross Gelbspan Robert Jensen William Rivers Pitt George Seldes Peter Davis Marjorie Kelly Jim Hightower Studs Terkel Dorothy Day Bill Moyers Lewis Lapham Ida Tarbel Molly Ivins Amy Goodman Artists and Truthtelling: Pat Humprhies Sandy O James Baldwin Arthur Miller Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Ossie Davis Paul Robeson Dorothea Lange Pete Seeger Woodie Guthrie Utah Phillips Mark Twain Walt Whitman Lily Yeh Terry Tempest Williams Tilly Woodward Janice Mirikitani Natasha Mayers David Rovics Ralph Ellison	Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Student Work Testimonials Intro Resources Domestic Justice Community Justice & Action Community Justice at School Political Justice Genocide Environmental Justice Enviornmemtal Justice in the Community Economic Justice Hate Violence

Americans Who Tell the Truth