In reflecting on The 1619 Podcast: Episode 4 - How the Bad Blood Started, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, she started the podcast introducing herself and the relationship she had with her uncle. The story telling with background music can be heard throughout the introduction. It was soft music then changing to another louder background music as she speaks of her uncle's condition and deterioration and death.
The podcast was centered on authentic, non-fiction, storytelling in an interview format based on a conversation Jeneen Interlandi. It included an image with text and audio files. The podcast's main theme focus on the inequalities face by people of color in medical treatment since during president Truman's time to today. Prior to the slave narrative clapping of hands can be heard. The story of how slaves and poor whites were not treated for example during a chicken pox breakout and the first African American doctor were brought to light in the podcast.
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/challenge-national-healthcare
The podcast ends dramatically with a poem by Yaa Gyas called " Bad Blood." The closing of the podcast, which focuses on the poem, said "How exactly do you cure bad blood?"
https://youtu.be/LoEAWvTvFus
I like the idea of using podcasts in my classroom because it allows students in the classroom to freely express their creativity, they are able to research subjects of their interest, and help build on their communication skills. By putting the podcast together it helps build their problem solving skills as well.
Podcasts help build communication between peers and teachers on current events. They come with written content that can be read over and over for comprehension and clarification.
https://youtu.be/LoEAWvTvFus
https://1619education.org/about-1619-project/teaching-1619-project
Elvira, I enjoyed reading your post today, as I felt you did a nice job wrapping up what we heard in the podcast. I also found your comment regarding how podcasts can be used for problem solving skills to be really interesting as that didn't even occur to me. I would love to hear you elaborate on that comment. Thank you for sharing!
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