THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEET THE STUDENTS OF THE SOLID ROCK FOUNDATION SCHOOL IN GHANA AND MORE!

The League of Women Voters joined Mr. Wronko’s and Papa Williams’ students from Asbury Park High School and the Solid Rock Foundation School in Ghana for an exciting session.

League of Women Voters presentation

Two programs that were brought to the Asbury Park School District came together to give the best remote education had to offer.

During this session, the League of Women Voters gave all students a presentation about the challenges that were faced in the process of voting throughout the history of the United States.

Helping to narrate the League’s presentation were Mr. Wronko’s students, Jaiden Tyler, Jazier Crawford, and Dain Salazar. In addition, to make this presentation more engaging, the students in Ghana were given a number. A number represented certain characteristics based on the time in history on whether or not you were allowed to vote. When the presentation reached a certain time in history such as the American Civil War and the early 1900s, students whose number matched characteristics of that time and were allowed to vote stood up. Eventually, after seeing how long it took for all groups such as African American, Women, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American to being allowed to vote without having to deal with racism and discrimination, all the students in Ghana stood up.

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEET THE STUDENTS OF THE SOLID ROCK FOUNDATION SCHOOL IN GHANA AND MORE!

Historical topics

Throughout the League’s presentation many historical topics were brought up such as 13th Amendment (Slavery Abolished), 14th Amendment (African Americans given citizenship and rights), 15th Amendment (Voting rights for African Americans), the 19th Amendment(Women granted the right to vote), the 26th Amendment (People age 18 could vote), and the National Movement to end the Jim Crow Laws. Also check out their first presentation on my blog with the following link: The League of Women Voters | Unheard Voices Magazine.

After the League of Women’s presentation, the students in Ghana had a discussion with the presenters in regards to the first woman vice president Kamala Harris, how the Covid 19 pandemic changed the way the people voted this year with mail in ballots, and the possibility of seeing our first woman U.S. president.

All Participants from the League of Women voters session:

Solid Rock Foundation School in Ghana

Mr. Wronko and his students Jaiden Tyler, Jazier Crawford, and Dain Salazar.

On an end note, from a recent Ghana session, my students along with the students in Ghana watched for Black History Month the Rosa Parks Movie. See video link below:

The Rosa Parks Story – YouTube