The Danger of Single Stories

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We will also look at the different groups in Belgium: ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Flemish ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Walloon ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;inhabitants of the German-speaking community ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;our own former colony Congo.

Description

- Duchy of Brabant and county of Loon where their culture gradually formed&nbsp;&nbsp;

- 19th century, protests exclusion of the nonbilingual Flemings&nbsp;

- Reformation, unilingual Flemish-speaking area

Colonisation and minority groups in former British colonies

Former colonies of the UK: Minority groups in these former colonies: ·&nbsp;&nbsp;USA: Native Americans, Hispanic Americans and African Americans ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Australia: Aborigines and Maori ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;South-Africa: Black and colored population under Apartheid.

The 'witte kinerbos' is the smallest forest of the world, next to the E19 between Vilvoorde and Antwerp.It's made between 1997 and 1999. It's seen as a living monument from 300.000 trees and represent the Dutrouxs victims. It's an initiatif from the ' witte beweging' in the aftermath of Marc Dutrouxs case.

&nbsp;Nanaia Mahuta, the first female Foreign Minister for New Zealand

Waititi is one of the leaders of the Maori Party. The Maori are an indigenous people in New Zealand, and wearing a tie does not fit his culture, according to Waititi. 'It's not about that tie, it's about cultural identity - Standaard-

Nieuw-Zeelands parlementslid weigert das te dragen en moet parlement verlaten

Martin Luther King was born as the son and grandson of preachers in the southern state of Georgia. He experienced already in his youth that there was still a lot of prejudgment against the African-Americans in the South, he wanted this to change. His wish was to make all black and white people equal. In the 1950s and 1960s, he became known for his non-violent protests against racial segregation in the United States, an example of this was the march through Washington and boycotting city buses that favored white people. His skills earned him much fame but he also had enemies.

Racism has a physical impact on the body -- here's how

The article is about racism which has been a major problem around the world for centuries. The writer of the article even calls it a pandemic of murder, disease and social inequality. Because of this problem, there have been many protests, such as the well-known "BlackLivesMatter" movement. Our society has framed that people belong to a race based on skin color, this idea has been around for so long that we can hardly imagine a world without it. 'Racial thinking' has so disfigured us and society that it is based on constructions of being different and having differences. These in turn support expectations of character, intelligence, motivation and behavior. They can create mistrust, deviance and dehumanization. This is all a form of racism.

The African Americans (also referred as black or Afro-americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. The term African American generally denotes descendants of enslaved black people of the United States. They are the third largest racial group and the second largest racial group in the US after White Americansand Latino Americans. Most of the African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. They had, and till today have still less rights than withe people.

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Elements that are relevant with regards to each of these groups and their stories

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Some important people of South-Africa

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a South African. He campaigned for equal rights for people of color. He was born in 1918 in South Africa. At that time there were a lot of differences between white and black people. For example, marriages between white and black people were not allowed. Furthermore, people of color were not allowed to go to the beach. Many people disagreed with these discriminations. They rebelled, Nelson joined them. He became a member of the political party, called the ANC. They demonstrated violently and this is why Mandela was arrested. In 1964 Nelson was arrested for being the leader of this banned party and he was imprisoned. After 27 years in prison he was released in 1990.

Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a former president of South Africa. He succeeded Nelson Mandela as president. He was born on June 18, 1942. His father, Govan Mbeki, was a key-person in the organization of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. Mbeki's parents were very active in improving the situation for their community and participated in programs to support and feed poor people.&nbsp;

Nkosi Johnson

Nkosi Johnson also fought for equal rights. He did not only strive for equal rights for white and black people but also for sick and non-sick people. Johnson was, in fact, born HIV-positive. During his life, he fought for the rights of children with HIV/AIDS. Johnson was particularly committed to ensure that children with HIV/AIDS would have the same opportunities as non-diseased children, such as the right to go to school. For his efforts, Johnson was posthumously awarded the International Children's Peace Prize.

Christiaan Barnard

Christiaan was a South African heart surgeon. Christiaan studied medicine in Cape Town and initially became a general practitioner. He became world famous when he was the first to perform a successful human-to-human heart transplant. Christiaan was not a racist and helped people of different skin colors which was not so straightforward and quite progressive at that time.

Arguments that illustrate the importance of this story

- Before this book, stories about Native Americans were only told from white perspective, the victors, while the Indians were not only portrayed as violent, but also as a threat to freedom and progress. Brown’s book destroyed these myths and put the Native Americans in a good light. - The book has reached a lot of different tribes, which gave them hope that not everyone will see them as evil anymore. - It shows that white people aren’t always the good guys and the book gives a more truthful perspective of what actually happened because there are statements of American Indian Chiefs and white government officials. -The story itself is important for the American history.

One of the three chestnut trees that saw the battle of Waterloo in 1815 blown down last night

In 1824,&nbsp;Heinrich Heine&nbsp;seized on and adapted Brentano's theme in one of his most famous poems, "Die Lorelei". It describes the eponymous female as a sort of&nbsp;siren&nbsp;who, sitting on the cliff above the Rhine and combing her golden hair, unwittingly distracted shipmen with her beauty and song, causing them to crash on the rocks. In 1837 Heine's lyrics were set to music by&nbsp;Friedrich Silcher&nbsp;in the&nbsp;art song&nbsp;"Lorelei"&nbsp;that became well known in&nbsp;German-speaking lands. A&nbsp;settingby&nbsp;Franz Liszt&nbsp;was also favored and dozens of other musicians have set the poem to music.During the Nazi regime and World War II, Heinrich Heine (born as a Jew) became discredited as author of the lyrics, in an effort to dismiss and hide Jewish contribution to German art.&nbsp;

In 1801, German author&nbsp;Clemens Brentano&nbsp;composed his ballad&nbsp;Zu&nbsp;Bacharach&nbsp;am Rheine&nbsp;as part of a fragmentary continuation of his novel&nbsp;Godwi oder Das steinerne Bild der Mutter. It first told the story of an enchanting female associated with the rock. In the poem, the beautiful Lore Lay, betrayed by her sweetheart, is accused of bewitching men and causing their death. Rather than sentence her to death, the bishop consigns her to a nunnery. On the way thereto, accompanied by three knights, she comes to the Lorelei rock. She asks permission to climb it and view the Rhine once again. She does so and thinking that she sees her love in the Rhine, falls to her death; the rock still retained an echo of her name afterwards. Brentano had taken inspiration from&nbsp;Ovid&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Echo&nbsp;myth.

'Piecing together a broken heart': Native Americans rebuild territories they lost

Green zig-zag pattern

Skulls were preserved and exhibited during rituals to symbolize death and rebirth

At midnight on November 2, the people light candles and ride winged boats called&nbsp;mariposas to Janitzio

The festivity has become a national symbol and as such is taught in the nation's school system, typically asserting a native origin

"Damning letter puts Rio Tinto back in hot water over destruction of Juukan Gorge Aboriginal rock shelters" - ABC NEWS

'Latest in many disappointments': Traditional owners send scathing letter to Rio Tinto

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Cornelia is a German writer. She is best known for her crime thrillers set in the&nbsp;Taunus&nbsp;near&nbsp;Frankfurt. She has also published romantic novels.

Brentano&nbsp;was a German&nbsp;poet&nbsp;and&nbsp;novelist, and a major figure of&nbsp;German Romanticism.&nbsp;

Heinrich&nbsp;was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany.

Aborigines (= Aboriginal Australians) - inhabit Australian mainland and many islands (ex. Tasmania) - 3,3% of Australia's population - have developed in Australia for &gt; 50 000 years - genetic inheritance from ancient Asians + Papuans - speak English with Aboriginal words and phrases - &gt; 250 Aboriginal Languages

The world famous biography of Nelson Mandela, tells us the story of his long struggle for freedom, his life vision and his motivations to pursue his fight. The Long Road to Freedom is the famous autobiography of one of the greatest people of the twentieth century. Nelson Mandela describes the long and winding road, he had to travel from ignorant boy to distinguished and experienced statesman. This is the story of perhaps the most miraculous revolution in history, told by the man who lived it all and set it in motion. The story of Mandela, by Mandela.

<a href="https://www.bol.com/nl/f/de-lange-weg-naar-de-vrijheid/30009308/?country=BE">https://www.bol.com/nl/f/de-lange-weg-naar-de-vrijheid/30009308/?country=BE</a>

Incidents in the Life Of A Slave Girl

The book “Incidents in the Life of a Slave girl”, written by Harriet Jacobs, is an example of an important story for black Americans. The book is an autography of Harriet, who was a mother and fugitive slave in 1861. The book tells us about the life of Harriet Jacob as a slave and how she gained freedom together with her children. She unfortunately has to face the struggles of sexual abuse that many female slaves have to face, while she also tries to practice motherhood and to protect her children, because they might as well get sold as slaves away from her. This book is considered to take a “radical feminist” standpoint, linked to the then popular gene of the seduction novel.&nbsp;Other writers of this genre include M Lydia Child. The book was widely circulated in abolitionist circles, and may have inspired other abolitionist writers such as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Zora Neale Hurston.

The Red Knight story "The Loreley" and The Suske en Wiske story "The sobbing siren" are both based on the saga of the Loreley.

WALLONIA - The South of Belgium

Story

Battle of the Golden Spurs

- Royal army of France X Rebellious forces of the County of Flanders

Battle of the Golden Spurs

The Battle of the Golden Spurs 1302 AD

battle of the golden spurs english subtitles part 1

11 Fascinating Māori Myths and Legends

Māori creation traditions

There are stories about gods, mythical creatures, nature, warfare and astronomy

the Haka originated from the Maori culture

the many tattoos that mark their bodies tell their story or/and history

The Maori language threatened to become extinct

Most of the inhabitants in the German speaking Community are bilingual: German and French speaking.

There is much importance attached to this in education. For example, there are even bilingual kindergartens

French isn't only taught in the form of specific language lessons, but also via STEM subjects (science and technology subjects), like physics and geography, ensuring that about 40% of all subjects are taugt in French

Knowing several languages is very important for the inhabitants of the East Cantons, because they have no university.

Therefore, students must go to cities like Liège, Brussels or Leuven, where they will have to speak another language. Some students cross the country border for their studies, to German cities such as Aachen, Cologne and Trier.

- The Walloon national anthem is 'Le&nbsp;chant&nbsp;des&nbsp;Wallons'

Li Tchant des Walons (Le chant des Wallons - The Song of the Walloons)

- Louis Hillier was a musician and composer

- Louis Hillier composed 'Le chant des Wallons'

We are going to connect the concept of identity that is central in the Story-ID project to our English course. In our course, we are dealing with some former colonies of Great-Britain, such as the USA, Australia and South-Africa. In each of these countries, there have been groups that were the minority group. Also in Belgium, different population groups live together.

►60 million Hispanics living in the USA

← This is the flag of the           Hispanic people!

- https://images1.persgroep.net/rcs/_1bAzLHxWBmgg-hMYu9h_k24itk/diocontent/112489633/_crop/0/0/1599/903/_fitwidth/763?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&amp;quality=0.8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm0GoTYhdXg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0G6-U9ZRGk - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chant_des_Wallons - https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Théophile_Bovy - https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Grandgagnage -https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--qt-o5cBTS8/Wa8I1HejCSI/AAAAAAAAY-g/HAAl9u-k0qYmjyRt6277rzUSOf4lEOmOwCLcBGAs/s1600/wallonades.jpg -https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux -https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210218_92821819 -https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Kinderbos -https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf02072007_071 -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Dardenne -https://www.standaardboekhandel.be/p/ik-was-twaalf-en-ik-fietste-naar-school-9789044349214 https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/03/11/een-dan-drie-kastanjebomen-die-in-1815-de-slag-bij-waterloo-nog/

The Stolen Generation -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Between 1910 – 1970s -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First Nations Children:&nbsp;forcibly removed from their family -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Part of policy of assimilation -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trauma/loss

Sorry, Kevin Rudd's Apology to "The stolen Generation"

Telling Our Stories – Our Stolen Generations (Florence Onus)

Celebration of their loved ones that aren't present anymore.

altars containing the favorite foods and beverages,

&nbsp;food is both eaten by living people and given to the spirits of their departed ancestors as&nbsp;ofrendas

human skeleton to remind us the ephemeral nature of life

Importance of the story

The defeat of the French army brought the Flemish back together and they took control of the county. Kortrijk surrendered and the “patrician” regime was replaced here and in Ypres by other regimes that were more applicable. The battle got its name from the 500 pairs of spurs that were captured. These spurs were taken back by the French after the battle of Roosebeke and Kortrijk was sacked by Charles VI. the Battle of the Golden Spurs was seen as the first infantry revolution in the Middle Ages. It was characterized by the militias of the lower orders who could nevertheless defeat a more complex militia. As a result, this tactic and composition was often copied and reused later on. This meant minor and smaller cities were also able to assemble an army that could be successful.

Introduction: description Native Americans

The Native Americans, as well called as American Indians or the indigenous people of what is now the United States, live throughout the north and the south and most often speak English or their own traditional language. They were grouped into tribes based on the area they lived in or their culture. When Columbus arrived, there where hundreds of tribes in the US, some names are Cherokee, Apache and the Navajo. In the middle of the US lived the Plain Indians, in the Southeast lived tribes like the Cherokee.

Julia Alvarez: - Dominicans characters - In the time of the butterflies - How the Garcia girls lost their accents - The afterlife - Yo!

Silvia Moreno-Garcia: - Mexican Gothic - The beautiful one - Velvet was the night

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: - Nobel Prize in Literature - Leaf storm - One hundred years of solitude <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez#Fame">-</a> Fame - Autumn of Patriarch - Chronicle of a Death Foretold

News article

- "Why Belgian struggle for identity could tear country apart"

- ± 500 days to form a new coalition government

Why Belgian struggle for identity could tear country apart

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration's task force for reuniting migrant families&nbsp;separated by the Trump administrations&nbsp;will give separated families the option to be reunified in the U.S. or their countries of origin, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday.

Mayorkas said in a White House briefing that the separation of thousands of migrant families during the Trump administration was "the most powerful and heartbreaking example of the cruelty that preceded this administration."

"We are hoping to reunite the families either here or in their country of origin. We hope to be in a position to give them the election, and if, in fact, they seek to reunite here in the United States, we will explore lawful pathways for them to remain in the United States and to address the family needs," he said.

Assignment: make an E-booklet, containing the following parts: 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A short description of your minority group 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The names of some important authors of this group 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A (link to) a story that was or is important for this (minority) group which illustrates elements of their identity. 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Some arguments that illustrate the importance of this story 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A current news article on this group that illustrates their situation today. 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any other elements that are relevant with regards to each of these groups and their stories.

Important milestones in the history of African Americans

This book sits at the beginning of a list of important milestones in the position of the Black people in American society:

In 1793 Congress passed the first fugitive slave act. This made it illegal to transport an escaped slave.

A reaction to this act was the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, which was published in 1851-1852. It’s about uncle Tom, who is sold and resold as a slave. It’s also about Eliza , who flees to save her child. This book aroused sympathy for those who suffered under cruel and unjust system. Along with the following book, Tom becomes the pejorative sterotype of a passive, subservient black man.&nbsp;“Incidents in the Life of a Slave girl” is published 10 years later.

In 1903&nbsp;an African American woman named Sarah Breedlove Macwilliams started a hair-care business in Denver. This eventually made her America’s first self-made millionaire.

Another important part of the history of black Americans was when Obama became president in 2009 until 2016. He was the first black American president.

Marc Dutroux is a rapist and one of the biggest criminals from Belguim. He had a difficult childhood and divorced parents. He is married and got 2 children, a few years later he divorced and remarried with Michelle Martin and got 3 children.

He and his wife got arested. In June 2004 Dutroux admitted the six kidnappings and the four murders. While the trailement was still going on, the two survivors sabine and Laetitia were found. The jury was very convinced by al his crimes and gave him the life sentence. Now at the moment he's trying to get released earlyer.

His first crime of kidnapping was on 24th of June in 1995. He kidnappes six girls, from who only two survived. The four other girls were murdered by him and the two girls of eight years old were barried in his garden. The other two boddies were found in a hous ( they were seventeen en nineteen). His mother is the one who gave his name and some informatien to the police.

New Ebola Outbreak Threatens in Congo

The Health Ministry announced on Sunday that the wife of a farmer who had survived the disease died Feb. 3, three days after she first showed symptoms, at a hospital in Butembo, a city of 700,000 in North Kivu Province.

While it is too early to assess the seriousness of the new Ebola outbreak, humanitarian groups that operate in the Democratic Republic of Congo said they feared the worst because of its history of outbreaks since Ebola was first discovered there in 1976.

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo.html?searchResultPosition=3">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo.html?searchResultPosition=3</a>&nbsp;

a New Zealand minority group&nbsp; from the Hawaiki Islands in Polynesia they passed on stories and history in the form of art

Congo gained independence from&nbsp;Belgium&nbsp;in 1960. From 1971 to 1997 the country was officially the Republic of Zaire

The culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo&nbsp;is&nbsp;extremely&nbsp;diverse,&nbsp;reflecting&nbsp;the&nbsp;great&nbsp; diversity&nbsp;and&nbsp;different&nbsp;customs&nbsp;which&nbsp;exist &nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country. Congolese culture combines&nbsp;the&nbsp;influence&nbsp;of&nbsp; tradition&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;region, but&nbsp;also&nbsp;combines influences&nbsp;from&nbsp;abroad&nbsp;which&nbsp;arrived&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;era of colonization&nbsp;

- The French book is translated to English, but with another title.

- Sabine Dardenne was kidnapped at the age of twelve by Marc Dutroux on her way to school on May 28 1996

- She was one of the two survivors  and she was held as a hostage for 80 days.

- Sabine's book was very important because it showed everyone what kind of person Marc Dutroux was. It let us realize how she felt, what she went through and what Wallonia had to go through. It left a footprint behind, even for people who are living in Flanders like us e.g.&nbsp;

References: ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TED-Talk 'The danger of a Single Story' by<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg"> Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</a> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Twinspace of the Story-ID-project by A. Van den Eynde ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vlog of the exchange in the UK - Story-ID project by A. Van den Eynde ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Logo of the Story-ID project - design by ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Instruction document Project Story-ID class 603 by H. Van den Haute ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Map of the former colonies of the UK ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Map of the parts of Belgium ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pictures of minority groups in USA, Australia and South-Africa ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Picture of Trevor Noah ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Picture from movie Vaiana ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Picture of Belgian children holding flags ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Picture of class 603 by H. Van den Haute &nbsp; Author: H. Van den Haute

Barack Obama (full name Barack Hussein Obama) was the 44th president of the United States ofAmerica. He was the first black presidentof the USever, he is partly of African American origin. On October 9, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and he was re-elected bythe U.S. presidential elections in 2012.

Important African Americans in history

Malcolm X was an American leader and speaker for the Nation of Islam, an African-American Muslim organization that fought for equal rights for black people, among other things. He was a founder of Muslim Mosque and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. His last name“X” is a reference to the past of African Americans who came to America as slaves this indicates the loss of name and identity.

Tijs Rademakers (10) &amp; Yorunn Vermeulen (20)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUBjLoip5xc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUBjLoip5xc</a>

- West Germanic ethnic group

- One of two principal ethnic groups in Belgium

- Majority of the Belgian population (about 60%)

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

This book is a very important testimony for all and for all times. A tremendous amount of terrible things have happened in the past. No matter how bad they were, we may not forget them, and we must learn from our mistakes. We really need to realize how wrong we were and can be, and how long we humiliated other people for no reason at all. A book like this, with personal experiences and stories, will help us to never forget this. We and the people of South Africa, black and white, should all be very grateful to Mandela. He did not only changed our lives but also provided with this book a testimony to never forget and to question our daily actions. This book and Nelson Mandela, have had a major impact in our society, to embrace forever.  

A short description of our minority group

Obviously, the group that was severely disadvantaged were those with a darker complexion. Their supposed inferiority was made clear to them every day. They did not have the same rights and were treated differently by white people with more power (police, ...). Some people have tried to turn fate and to fight back, but unfortunately often with a bad ending. It is very shocking to realize that all this happened not even so long ago.

Aboriginal representation in the Parliament:

- Neville Bonner First Australian Aboriginal to become member of the Australian Parliament

- Pat Dodson Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation

- Linda Burney 1st Aboriginal to serve in the New South Wales Parliament

Die Lorelei

Poem by Heinrich Reiche 

Smallest of the 3 federal communities of Beglium

Bordering the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg

It's composed of German-speaking parts of the lands that were&nbsp;annexed in 1920 from Germany, so the people living in the German-speaking Community are actually 'fromer Germans'

The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Thanks to the TED-Talk by Adichie on ‘the danger of a single story’ we are aware of the importance of stories in each population to create identity and stereotypes. 

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Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr.

A story that was or is important for this minority

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Do You Speak Corona? The German-speaking community of Belgium is represented in the crisis team to combat the pandemic

"a&nbsp;useful&nbsp;reminder of&nbsp;the&nbsp;greater&nbsp;depth&nbsp;of&nbsp; the&nbsp;African&nbsp;canon,&nbsp;and&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp; literary&nbsp;gems&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;found in&nbsp;francophone&nbsp;Africa"

» The&nbsp;photo, of ‘President Mobutu at a parade of&nbsp;the&nbsp;“Corps des Volontaires de la&nbsp;République,” Kinshasa,&nbsp;Zaire, 1967’

- The flag is a red rooster on a yellow background

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nele_Neuhaus">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nele_Neuhaus</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei</a>

<a href="https://www.fuen.org/en/article/Do-You-Speak-Corona-The-German-speaking-community-of-Belgium-is-represented-in-the-crisis-team-to-combat-the-pandemic">https://www.fuen.org/en/article/Do-You-Speak-Corona-The-German-speaking-community-of-Belgium-is-represented-in-the-crisis-team-to-combat-the-pandemic</a>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-speaking_Community_of_Belgium">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-speaking_Community_of_Belgium</a>

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AUTHORS: Fiebe Decru Aline Philips

Bunting border

The world of Native Americans

The project Story ID’ aims at bringing together stories and identity. The project involves 6 secondary schools, situated in Italy, Portugal, the U.K., the Netherlands and Belgium. In recent years, a drastic fall back in students literacy skills has been noticed at different levels, European and national alike. Youngsters don’t like to read anymore which causes their reading and writing skills to deteriorate and reduces their chances in future life. The project ‘Story-ID’ takes stories and storytelling as a starting point to define identity and to turn schools into reading hot spots.

HHH Exchange week Peterlee

Twinspace Story-ID

Getting to know about Flemish people

Rosa Parks had a major impact with a simple but courageous action. We certainly owe to Rosa parks, the fact that the problem of racism was started to be fiercely discussed. She is the lady who decided that after a long day of work she deserved to sit down on the bus, although it was expected for people with darker skin color to stand up. This had only happened 1 time before. The people didn't quite know what hit them. But they were able to experience a very important step towards solving racism. Rosa Parks got punished for this simple act, which goes unnoticed for white people, while punished for black. The police arrested her and she was sentenced to 2 months in jail. But, never in her life has she regretted this act. It was a simple but courageous and life changing act.&nbsp;

Author

Hendrik Conscience- De Leeuw van Vlaanderen

Hugo Maurice Julien Claus- Het verdriet van België

Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle-Het Schrijverke

David Unaipon - First Aboriginal Author - preacher - inventor

Oodgeroo Noonuccal - political activist - artist &nbsp;- educator&nbsp; &nbsp;- campaigned for Aboriginals

https://www.blackenterprise.com/best-black-books-black-history-month/ https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/c.php?g=95622&amp;p=624423 https://theconversation.com/racism-has-a-physical-impact-on-the-body-heres-how-141587 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl

authors: Lena Chaffari and Sophie Schoofs

Project story-ID Flemish

Flemish fries

Abasin Khan (7) &amp; Lisa Vander Borght (17)

In history, many ships have died at the Loreley. The Rhine is at its narrowest here (only 113 meters), but at 25 meters also at its deepest. In addition, there is a dangerous current. Although the most dangerous stretches of the Loreley were already removed in the 1930s, shipping is still warned against the passage today. 

Capsized ship drains last of its acid cargo into the Rhine | DW | 12.02.2011

This booklet combines the different E-books our students made on identity. The first pages contain the framework and assignment the students got, the booklets after that show their work.

The project was connected to a larger international project called Story-ID, which is aimed at increasing literarcy skills in secondary school.

Overview: 1. Introduction and framework: p.3-11 2. Native Americans: p. 12-22 3. Wallonia: p. 23-33 4. Aborigines: p. 34-39 5. German-speaking community: p. 40-49 6. African Americans: p. 50-59 7. Maori: p. 60-66 8. South-Africa: p. 67-73 9. Congo: p. 74-79 10. The Flemish: p. 80-87 11. Hispanic Americans: p. 88-93

This article gives a clear picture of the situation in South Africa today. We notice that for the first time there is really hope again for the next generations to live a normal and equal life. Although it may and will take some time, before all inequalities will be eliminated, things have already changed importantly. This is already a big step, which would really have  meant "a dream come through" for many people in the past! Let's continue on this path!

<a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/how-south-africa-changed-since-apartheid-born-free-generation">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/how-south-africa-changed-since-apartheid-born-free-generation</a>

The Danger of Single Stories

Importance of the story

The book ties in to 4 topics related to the position of slaves and specifically female slaves in the society of that day, which is what makes it such an important milestone for both the abolitionist and feminist movements: Resistance, pro-slavery propaganda, the role of the church and the role of motherhood for slave women.

An example of resistance is given in the book when her brutal master tries to whip her. It’s not only physical resistance, but also with words. This shows to the reader that you need to fight for what you want and don’t have to feel obligated to do things when you don’t want to do them. It also teaches that you have to let people know that some things are unfair to you or others.

The book also shows the relationship between the slaves and their owners. The owners use pro-slavery propaganda that&nbsp;portrays that their relationship is great and there is no abuse, but in reality this is not the case.

There are important elements of radical feminist contents through “a central pattern in&nbsp;Incidents&nbsp;shows white women betraying allegiances of race and class to assert their stronger allegiance to the sisterhood of all women", according to one reviewer . With these elements the author wants to&nbsp;move woman to political action.&nbsp;

Born in 1947 (former Belgian Congo) Won the Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire Leading left wing politician His work remains a potent symbol of the suffering of ordinary Africans Died in 1995 of AIDS

Listed as one of the 100 best books on Africa A response to the death of his close friends as a result of military strife in Congo A representation of potential consequences of political chaos and violence The novel takes place in an imaginary African country run by the latest cannibalistic dictator

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