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Social Justice Tour of Eastern State Penitentiary

Social Justice Tour of Eastern State Penitentiary

Mrs. Yacker’s 10th grade English students toured Eastern State Penitentiary, specifically the “Prison’s Today: Questions in the Age of Incarceration” to explore themes of social justice that we had discussed in class.

10th grader English students visited West Chester University to tour campus and to see Shakespeare's play, Macbeth.

MACBETH

Mrs. Yacker’s 10th grader English students visited West Chester University to tour campus and to see Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth.

Students with their West Chester SWAG

Students Visit West Chester University

Academies @ Roxborough English students along with Mrs. Yacker attended a field trip to West Chester University.  Students were there to see a performance of the play Antigone a Greek tragedy.  Students were treated to lunch by the university, and were also given a campus tour and College swag to take home.      …

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Students paticipating in a lecture at the Barnes.

Students visit the Barnes

Mrs. Yacker took her Junior English students to participate in a lecture on Art Interpretation at the Barnes Museum.  

10th grade English students at Roxborough toured the Barnes Foundation

Academies @ Roxborough Visits the Barnes

10th grade English students at Roxborough toured the Barnes Foundation as an experience to read art as a text. Students used information and research gathered as well as their physical experience with the art to hypothesize the possible “realities” or “truths” within the paintings mimicking the same process used for literature in their English courses.