Daily Log

Friday, September 24

We examined and compared two different uses of Psalm 137, Mary Rowlandson's quotation of it in her Narrative, and the reggae anthem "Rivers of Babylon," as recorded by The Melodians.  Using the textbook with the Rowlandson excerpts and the test of the psalm, and a handout with words of the reggae song and information about the Rastafari movement, students traced the analogies to their own situations which Rowlandson and The Melodians saw in the plight of the ancient Jews in captivity in Babylon.

The learning target included an awareness that different groups of people will use the same texts differently depending on their needs.