why we should learn about abel meeropol's poetry
Area of Interaction: Environments
Abel Meeropol was strongly against racism and expressed his feelings through his poetry by writing about racism, civil rights and equality. The I.B. Environments Area of Interaction Criteria aims to make students aware of their interdependence with the environment so that they accept their responsibility for maintaining an environment fit for the future. Abel Meeropol's poems enlightens us on how racism negatively affects our world and I.B's need to know about this so they realize more about this problem in our society. By knowing such, they would be able to find out how to preserve areas where people are not singled out by their race, and how to improve others where racism still exists. I.B. students must also learn the consequences caused by our actions and how they affect our society. By learning about Meeropol's poems, we will thereby learn how racism and a lack of civil rights has gravely affected our world in the past. By doing so, future I.B. students will not commit the same mistakes and will devise solutions. This is but one of many reasons we should learn about Abel Meeropol's poetry. Now let's take a look at the I.B. Mission Statement.
Abel Meeropol was strongly against racism and expressed his feelings through his poetry by writing about racism, civil rights and equality. The I.B. Environments Area of Interaction Criteria aims to make students aware of their interdependence with the environment so that they accept their responsibility for maintaining an environment fit for the future. Abel Meeropol's poems enlightens us on how racism negatively affects our world and I.B's need to know about this so they realize more about this problem in our society. By knowing such, they would be able to find out how to preserve areas where people are not singled out by their race, and how to improve others where racism still exists. I.B. students must also learn the consequences caused by our actions and how they affect our society. By learning about Meeropol's poems, we will thereby learn how racism and a lack of civil rights has gravely affected our world in the past. By doing so, future I.B. students will not commit the same mistakes and will devise solutions. This is but one of many reasons we should learn about Abel Meeropol's poetry. Now let's take a look at the I.B. Mission Statement.
I.B.O Mission Statement
The I.B.O Mission Statement states that "These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right." This line is essentially saying I.B. students need to become open-minded and always ready to learn, no matter the source. By learning about racism (Abel Meeropol), I.B.'s will be able to better understand that facial differences, skin tones and height differences don't make a difference in society. The I.B.O mission statement also says that they aim to help make knowledgeable people. And knowing how terrible racism is and how vital equality can be is a very important thing to know. Lastly, I will tell you one more reason why we should learn about Abel Meeropol's remarkable poetry.
The I.B.O Mission Statement states that "These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right." This line is essentially saying I.B. students need to become open-minded and always ready to learn, no matter the source. By learning about racism (Abel Meeropol), I.B.'s will be able to better understand that facial differences, skin tones and height differences don't make a difference in society. The I.B.O mission statement also says that they aim to help make knowledgeable people. And knowing how terrible racism is and how vital equality can be is a very important thing to know. Lastly, I will tell you one more reason why we should learn about Abel Meeropol's remarkable poetry.
I.B. Learner Profile: Open-Minded
One trait of in the I.B. Learner Profile is to be open-minded. It states that being open-minded is to understand and appreciate different cultures and to be open to different perspectives and traditions. This is a very important skill indeed as you learn much more when you're willing to accept information from any source. Discriminating against certain races reduces how much you can learn because you're not open to listening to what they have to say. By learning about Abel Meeropol's poems on racism and civil rights, future I.B.s will not discriminate against different races knowing how heinous and narrow-minded such deeds can be.
One trait of in the I.B. Learner Profile is to be open-minded. It states that being open-minded is to understand and appreciate different cultures and to be open to different perspectives and traditions. This is a very important skill indeed as you learn much more when you're willing to accept information from any source. Discriminating against certain races reduces how much you can learn because you're not open to listening to what they have to say. By learning about Abel Meeropol's poems on racism and civil rights, future I.B.s will not discriminate against different races knowing how heinous and narrow-minded such deeds can be.
As you can see above, we can learn a lot from Abel Meeropol's poetry. Furthermore, I think we should learn about Abel Meeropol's poetry in the I.B. curriculum to stop racism in its tracks, and to ensure I.B. students are always ready to learn, from whoever the source.