This lesson asks students to interrogate six historical documents that show differing …
This lesson asks students to interrogate six historical documents that show differing opinions about the conflict in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Students are then asked to draw connections to modern day movements.
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. Analyze written documents for position of writer and content 2. Synthesize a historical position based upon document analysis 3. Connect historical struggles for equality with current movements
Essential Questions: 1. What effect did the media have on public perception during the Birmingham protest of racial segregation in 1963?2 2. What equality struggles have the media brought into the national spotlight in recent times?
Educators play a crucial role in helping students talk openly about the …
Educators play a crucial role in helping students talk openly about the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of social inequality and discrimination. Learning how to communicate about such topics as white privilege, police violence, economic inequality and mass incarceration requires practice, and facilitating critical conversations with students demands courage and skill.
This guide offers classroom-ready strategies you can use to plan discussions and to facilitate these conversations with your students. Also includes planning documents and resources for further investigation.
Racialized social control has adapted to race-neutral social and political norms in …
Racialized social control has adapted to race-neutral social and political norms in the form of mass incarceration. Criminalization stands in as a proxy for overt racism by limiting the rights and freedoms of a racially defined undercaste. In this lesson, students will analyze how mass incarceration functions as a mechanism of racialized social control in the United States today, and will learn about “the age of colorblindness” through using Graffiti Text and analyzing writings from Southern Poverty Law Center.
This website is interactive, allowing students to work through 7 different "chapters" …
This website is interactive, allowing students to work through 7 different "chapters" that detail the events leading up to, during and impact of the March on Selma. It includes primary source video clips, photographs, quotations, and clips from the movie, "Selma". Students can do one, or multiple of the chapters, or the site could be used as a jigsaw with different groups. Includes teacher's guide.
Teaching Hard History resources for high-school educators include a framework, as well …
Teaching Hard History resources for high-school educators include a framework, as well as student-facing videos and primary source texts. Educators will also find teaching tools and professional development resources. The Key Concepts pinpoint 10 important ideas that all students must understand to truly grasp the historical significance of slavery. Explored through Summary Objectives in grades 6–12 the Key Concepts serve as tools educators can use to structure their teaching.Includes Student Texts, Videos, Quizzes and Inquiry Design Modules.
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