Bee Tee Dubs

In the NCTE article, “Teaching with Technology in 100 Years of ‘English Journal’”, McCorkle and Palmeri make several points about the benefits of media in pedagogy that reminded me of my own attempts to “reinvigorate student engagement with print texts.” In 2015, my students read a graphic memoir called “Ghetto Brothers: Warrior to Peacemaker” about Benjy Melendez and the 1971 Peace Meeting between gangs in the South Bronx that created space for Hip Hop to thrive. That memoir inspired students to create a video inviting Melendez to meet with them and speak about his experiences as a young leader in that movement.