Mengele's experiment with twins - Dinner with Secretary Riley - "Stand" - Secretary Riley receives Freedom Writers' diary - Candlelight vigil - Departing D.C. voices from an undeclared war - Fund-raiser concert - Freedom Writer poem - Freedom Writers unite - Strict father - Arlington Cemetery - Lincoln Memorial : Freedom Writers have a dream - Covering up the swastika - Hate crimes - Holocaust Museum - Dr. If you liked The Freedom Writers Diary: Movie-Tie-In: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by The Freedom. Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers taught me that it is important. Gruwell's diary entry - Anne Frank's friends visit - Masking fears - Living in the projects - Dyslexia - Letter from Miep - Student editing - Abortion - Catalysts for change - Freedom Riders - An American diary. Following the event, many audience members stayed to have books and programs autographed. Gruwell's diary entry - Racist teacher - A grandmother's death - Race riot - Grade accountability - Suicide - Running away - Getting a job - Misogyny - Molestation - Boyfriend abuse - Domestic violence - Child abuse - Death of brother Gruwell's diary entry - Meeting a Holocaust survivor - The woman who sheltered Anne Frank's family - "Moment" - Zlata accepts our invitation - Dinner with Zlata - Diverse friendships - "I am a human being" - Terrorism - Day of tolerance : a field trip - Doing speed - Basketball for Bosnia : weight - Zlata's letter - Divorce - Friends join class - Letter from Miep Sophomore year-spring 1996 - A Letter to Zlata - IV. In the movie they show her living with her husband and doing things with her father. The movie seems to focus around the life of Erin Gruwell and it follows her life mostly in the movie. riots - Peter Maass : article on Bosnia - Zlata The freedom writers book and movie were both different in their own respective ways. Gruwell's diary entry - Homelessness - Cystic fibrosis - Shyness - Twelve angry men - Honors English - Medieval Times - Lesson on tolerance - Toast for change - Change for the better - Testifying in murder case - Teenage alcoholism - Shoplifting - Anne Frank's diary - Teen diarists - Zlata's diary, Bosnia vs. Gruwell's diary entry - Romeo and Juliet : gang rivalry - Teenage love and running away - Coping with weight - Learning about diversity - Oklahoma bombing - Farewell to Manzanar : Japanese internment camps - Overcoming adversity panel - John Tu : father figure vs. Gruwell's diary entry - First day of school - Racial segregation at school - Getting "jumped" - Race riot on campus - Buying a gun - Death of a friend - Gang initiation - "Rushing" a sorority - Tagging - Proposition 187 : discrimination - Dyslexia - Juvenile hall - The projects - Russian roulette 12 1999 by The Freedom Writers (Author), Erin Gruwell (Author) 4.7 4,637 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 9. In the book however it goes over all the real problems that happened to these “at risk” kids involved with all the major setbacks they might go through. The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them Paperback Illustrated, Oct. Freedom writers diary is a movie and a book obviously… the movie is lighter on the details when it comes to drugs, substance abuse or even gang related violence. Because the education system had deemed them “at risk,” Gruwell’s colleagues were unwilling to devote the time, energy, and attention to the students that would foster a positive, safe environment for them to not only tolerate their differences but to accept and even appreciate them. Our book is one of the most stolen books in every school library. Many of them were victims of substance abuse. A good film that does what it is supposed to do by telling the warm, well-crafted story of an actual teacher and her first class. Many of them had been abused or molested. Many of the students had lost a friend or loved one to senseless violence. Gruwell taught them that they actually had more in common than they wanted to believe. Gruwell’s students hated one another for no reason other than they thought they were supposed to because of gang histories and stereotypes. The most significant theme in The Freedom Writers Diary is tolerance and understanding. The book was very intriguing but now the real question is how do the movie and book correlate with eachother. Instead of being one basic journal entry its 150 high school students and their diary entries put together to form a revelation and discovery about the rich history of the holocaust. The book The freedom writer’s diary is a very different book compared to others. 8 Videos 99+ Photos Biography Crime Drama A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
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