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The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them is a non-fiction1999 book written by The Freedom Writers, a group of students from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, and their teacher Erin Gruwell. It is the basis of the 2007 movie Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank.

The Freedom Writers Diary was made up of journals that Erin Gruwell told her students to write in about the troubles of their past, present and future. The Freedom Writers name pays homage to the name of the 1960s civil rights group Freedom Riders.

After intercepting a racist drawing from one of her students, Gruwell compared the drawings to Nazi propaganda techniques. She drew blank stares; only one of them had heard of the Holocaust. As a result, she assigned them to read and write about The Diary of Anne Frank and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo.^[1]

The Freedom Writers Foundation continued with exercises and philosophies similar to those used in the original class, and tracks the progress of the original and continuing classes.

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The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell. PDF Download The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and Used Book Details Author: Freedom Writers,Erin Gruwell Pages: The Freedom Writers, Erin - Download the freedom writers diary or read the freedom writers diary online books in PDF, EPUB and Mobi. With powerfulentries from the students’ own diaries and a narrative text by Erin Gruwell, 'The Freedom Writers Diary' is an uplifting, unforgettable example of how hard work, courage, and the spirit of determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. The Freedom Writers Diaries Mikkelkiilerich The Freedom Writers Diary is an amazing, moving, and inspirational piece of art. It consists of a collection of diary entries written by the 150 Freedom Writers and their English teacher, Ms. The Freedom Writers Diary Questions and Answers - eNotes.com. The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell. 10 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the “Freedom Writers.” Consisting of powerful entries from the students’ diaries and narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an unforgettable story of how hard work, courage, and determination changed the lives.

Plot summary[edit]

As an idealistic 23-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of 'unteachable, at-risk' students. One day she intercepted a note with a racial caricature, and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust – only to be met by uncomprehending looks. So she and her students, using the treasured books Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo as their guides, undertook a life-changing, eye-opening, spirit-raising odyssey against intolerance and misunderstanding. They learned to see the parallels between these books and their own lives, recording their thoughts and feelings in diaries and dubbing themselves the 'Freedom Writers' in homage to the civil rights activists 'The Freedom Riders.'

With funds raised by a 'Read-a-thon for Tolerance,' they arranged for Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who sheltered the Frank family, to visit them in California during the 1994/1995 school year, where she declared that Erin Gruwell's students were 'the real heroes.' Their efforts have paid off spectacularly, both in terms of recognition – appearances on Primetime Live and All Things Considered, coverage in People magazine, a meeting with U.S. Secretary of EducationRichard Riley – and educational benefit. All 150 Freedom Writers graduated from high school and many went on to attend college.

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Banning of the book in schools[edit]

On March 11, 2008, an English teacher at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, Connie Heermann, was suspended for a year and a half without pay for using the Freedom Writers Diary in her classroom against the wishes of the school board.^[2][3] Administrators objected to racial slurs and sexual content in portions of the book.^[4]

Further reading[edit]

• Diary of a Freedom Writer, Garrett, Darius, 2013, Tate Publishing, 978-1625635808

References[edit]

1. ^McGhee, Tom (2008-02-27). '''Freedom Writers' tale inspires students''. www.denverpost.com. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
2. ^'Teacher suspended over controversial book'. www.msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
3. ^Teacher banned for using 'Freedom Writers' bookArchived September 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^''Freedom Writers' founder defends high school teacher'. www.indystar.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2008-03-26.

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