[MCP] Publication by NY Collective of Radical Educators
Paul C. Gorski
gorski at edchange.org
Mon Feb 18 12:33:49 EST 2008
FYI
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The New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
is proud to announce the release of:
Camouflaged: Investigating how the U.S. Military Affects You and Your
Community
*Foreword by Bill Bigelow
*Edited by Edwin Mayorga, Bree Picower, & Seth Rader*
It is available for purchase at http://www.nycore.org
Camouflaged provides tools for educators to help middle and high
school-aged students explore the role of the United States military
in their lives and in their communities. It provides a critical lens
with which to examine the military from a historical and contemporary
perspective. In his foreword, Bill Bigelow writes that Camouflaged is
"a collaborative effort that seeks to provide students the kind of
challenging curriculum that not only develops thoughtful citizens,
but saves lives. Literally." The book is an excellent tool for
integrating current events and social justice teaching in any
classroom. It is jam packed with resources that can be used in a
variety of ways to address the complex and controversial issues of
war and military service with students.
Camouflaged is available for purchase at http://www.nycore.org.
"Brilliant, highly charged materials on the high costs citizens in a
democratic nation pay, and the damage the society incurs, when an
uncontrolled military sector drains the nation's economic resources,
propagandizes a population to justify its own often illegal and
immoral actions, and recruits the children of the poor as cannon
fodder for its future wars. A superb curricular package that is more
badly needed now than ever."
- Jonathan Kozol, professor, activist, and author of The
Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
This dynamic publication has all the content, concepts, lesson plans,
and resources that teachers need to convey to students the ways that
militarization and current wars affect them, their families, and
their communities. It is a powerful and extremely useful document.
Appropriate for public school, college, and graduate level teaching.
- Jean Anyon, author of Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban
Education, and a New Social Movement.
Camouflaged is an amazing curriculum with unparalleled relevance. I
used it as the driving curriculum in my social issues course for
seniors, and student involvement, engagement and enthusiasm was at an
all time high. What's more, none of the kids who took my class
enlisted after graduation, they went on to college, and those who
wanted to make the military a career put it off for a degree first!
If it were up to me I would make it a mandatory class for every high
schooler.
- Caridad Caro, NYC Public High School Administrator, U.A. School
for Wildlife Conservation
This is by far the most comprehensive guide that I've seen. You can
use this guide in sequence or use parts of it. Our students are
viewed as "Fresh Meat" by recruiters. We teachers may be the only
deterrents to this illegal war-time hustle happening in many of our
young people's lives. Get This Book!
- Jim Murphy: NYC teacher, veterans' activist (Vietnam veteran)
and counter-recruiter (NY Vets Speak Out).
Camouflaged is a key source for helping youth explore the social,
economic and political realities of military life. Through this
curriculum, young people will hone their 4 Rs - reading, writing,
arithmetic and reflective thinking. Camouflaged is creative and
obviously compiled by educators who understand young people, what and
how they think, and accordingly, what will engage them.
- Susan Wilcox, Ed.D., Co-Executive Director, The Brotherhood/
Sister Sol
Camouflaged is available for purchase at http://www.nycore.org.

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Another important resource for those concerned about teaching the war:
*"The War Will Not Be Televised" a Ya-Ya Network Creation*
The youth staff of the Ya-Ya Network (Youth Activists-Youth Allies)
have created a short video, "The War Will Not Be Televised" which is
now available online. Since the government and corporate media have
colluded to ban any disturbing images of the war and its
consequences, we decided to do it ourselves.
You can view the video on our website at yayanetwork.com/video
or on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DUw7ZL1HGc
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Hey Paul,
How's it going. Is it freezing by you?
NYCoRE just released our first publication, info below. Do you think
that it could be promoted over MC pavilion or other networks you know
about? We really want to get this into the hands of as many teachers
as possible. Check out the youth produced video at the end of the
email too- it's really powerful.
Thanks so much!
Bree
The New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
is proud to announce the release of:
Camouflaged: Investigating how the U.S. Military Affects You and Your
Community
*Foreword by Bill Bigelow
*Edited by Edwin Mayorga, Bree Picower, & Seth Rader*
It is available for purchase at http://www.nycore.org
Camouflaged provides tools for educators to help middle and high
school-aged students explore the role of the United States military
in their lives and in their communities. It provides a critical lens
with which to examine the military from a historical and contemporary
perspective. In his foreword, Bill Bigelow writes that Camouflaged is
"a collaborative effort that seeks to provide students the kind of
challenging curriculum that not only develops thoughtful citizens,
but saves lives. Literally." The book is an excellent tool for
integrating current events and social justice teaching in any
classroom. It is jam packed with resources that can be used in a
variety of ways to address the complex and controversial issues of
war and military service with students.
Camouflaged is available for purchase at http://www.nycore.org.
"Brilliant, highly charged materials on the high costs citizens in a
democratic nation pay, and the damage the society incurs, when an
uncontrolled military sector drains the nation's economic resources,
propagandizes a population to justify its own often illegal and
immoral actions, and recruits the children of the poor as cannon
fodder for its future wars. A superb curricular package that is more
badly needed now than ever."
- Jonathan Kozol, professor, activist, and author of The
Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
This dynamic publication has all the content, concepts, lesson plans,
and resources that teachers need to convey to students the ways that
militarization and current wars affect them, their families, and
their communities. It is a powerful and extremely useful document.
Appropriate for public school, college, and graduate level teaching.
- Jean Anyon, author of Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban
Education, and a New Social Movement.
Camouflaged is an amazing curriculum with unparalleled relevance. I
used it as the driving curriculum in my social issues course for
seniors, and student involvement, engagement and enthusiasm was at an
all time high. What's more, none of the kids who took my class
enlisted after graduation, they went on to college, and those who
wanted to make the military a career put it off for a degree first!
If it were up to me I would make it a mandatory class for every high
schooler.
- Caridad Caro, NYC Public High School Administrator, U.A. School
for Wildlife Conservation
This is by far the most comprehensive guide that I've seen. You can
use this guide in sequence or use parts of it. Our students are
viewed as "Fresh Meat" by recruiters. We teachers may be the only
deterrents to this illegal war-time hustle happening in many of our
young people's lives. Get This Book!
- Jim Murphy: NYC teacher, veterans' activist (Vietnam veteran)
and counter-recruiter (NY Vets Speak Out).
Camouflaged is a key source for helping youth explore the social,
economic and political realities of military life. Through this
curriculum, young people will hone their 4 Rs - reading, writing,
arithmetic and reflective thinking. Camouflaged is creative and
obviously compiled by educators who understand young people, what and
how they think, and accordingly, what will engage them.
- Susan Wilcox, Ed.D., Co-Executive Director, The Brotherhood/
Sister Sol
Camouflaged is available for purchase at http://www.nycore.org.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
Another important resource for those concerned about teaching the war:
*"The War Will Not Be Televised" a Ya-Ya Network Creation*
The youth staff of the Ya-Ya Network (Youth Activists-Youth Allies)
have created a short video, "The War Will Not Be Televised" which is
now available online. Since the government and corporate media have
colluded to ban any disturbing images of the war and its
consequences, we decided to do it ourselves.
You can view the video on our website at yayanetwork.com/video
or on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DUw7ZL1HGc
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