Jonathan Kozol
Ordinary Resurrections: Lessons for Our City

Renowned educator and best-selling author Jonathan Kozol has witnessed first-hand how the spirit of young children can triumph over the darkness of poverty and adversity. On October 21, 2002, he appeared in a special program on CET with local high school students.

Watch the video on CETconnect.org

The broadcast is a collaborative effort of CET and The Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation, and it is funded by The KnowledgeWorks Foundation.

Topic Correlation to Ohio Academic Content Standards

Social Studies Benchmarks
People in Societies
Analyze the influence of different cultural perspectives on people and groups (grades 9-10), analyze the consequences of oppression and discrimination (grades 9-10), and identify the causes of political, economic and social oppression and analyze ways individuals, organizations and countries respond to resulting conflicts (grades 10-12).

Social Studies Grade Level Indicators
People in Societies

Grade 10: Analyze the struggle for racial and gender equality and its impact on the changing status of minorities since the late 19th century.

Grade 11: Explain how the United States has been affected politically, economically and socially by its multicultural diversity (e.g., work force, new ideas and perspectives, and modifications to culture).

Grade 12: Identify the perspectives of diverse groups when analyzing current issues; analyze proposed solutions to current issues from the perspectives of diverse cultural groups; analyze ways countries and organizations respond to conflicts between forces of unity and forces of diversity; and evaluate the role of institutions in guiding, transmitting, preserving and changing culture.