The real lesson in this facet of the culture war might inspire more reading and thinking about the content foisted on students . . .
Actually, this "docu-drama" might only be appropriate for high school seniors but, like it or not, does offer a tragic yet realistic view of LGBT life and its challenges and deadly risks for younger people.
Check-it . . .
"Tectonic Theater Project at The Matthew Shepard Foundation is making scripts of The Laramie Project available free to students in Lansing, Kansas, following the work's classroom ban by the Lansing Board of Education. The 2000 docu-play uses the text of real interviews conducted by the work's original cast to tell the story of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, who was targeted because of his homosexuality."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
The work was one of three studied in Lansing High School's Social Justice Expository Unit in the senior-level English Composition class.
Kansas School Bans The Laramie Project From Classrooms; Tectonic Theater Project Offers Students Free Scripts
The work was one of three studied in Lansing High School's Social Justice Expository Unit in the senior-level English Composition class.
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