- Subjects:
- U.S. History
- Material Type:
- Reading, Reference Material
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- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
- Language:
- English
5th Grade - Transformative Learning Strategies for African American History
Overview
- This resource features transformative learning strategies for 5th grade that support students’ development of an accurate, integrative, and comprehensive knowledge of our nation’s history with a focus on the critical role African Americans played and continue to play in our country’s development.
UNIT: Wisconsin & US Studiesfrom Wisconsin Statehoodthrough the Indian CitizenshipAct of 1924 | CONTENT AREA CODES (Essential Knowledge Areas fromTeaching Tolerance) | Committee Resource(s):Tranformative Experiences |
1 Wisconsin and U.S.Geography: Regions
2. Early Statehood
| Content Areas: Inq=Inquiry, BH=Behavioral Science, E=Economics, G=Geography, H=History, PS=PoliticalScience | Wisconsin Black Historical Society, Milwaukee. Mission is to “document & preserve history ofthe historical heritage of African descent in Wisconsin”. Milton House – Milton (near Janesville) – A landmark STOP on theUnderground Railroad 1844 through Civil War. Visitors may walk the very pathways of freedom while visiting this site. #1,#2,#3(Inq,H,G,E,BH,PS)
Cheyenne Valley Heritage Road Tour – About 150 African-American families who settled in Cheyenne Valley with theassistance of the Quaker order farmed alongside Native Americans, & immigrant neighbors & created a multi-racial community. Is said to have been possibly the home to the first integrated school in this nation. #1,#2,#3 (Inq,H,G,E,BH,PS) |
4. Immigration and Migration | EK=Essential Knowledge | |
5. Industrialization, Agriculture, Urbanization and Labor |
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6. The Progressive Era |
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7. American imperialism andWorld War I |
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8. Prohibition and Women’s Suffrage |
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UNIT: Wisconsin & US Studies from Wisconsin Statehood through the Indian CitizenshipAct of 1924 | CONTENT AREA CODES (Essential Knowledge Areas from Teaching Tolerance) | Committee Resource(s):Tranformative Experiences |
1 Wisconsin and U.S.Geography: Regions
2. Early Statehood
| Content Areas: Inq=Inquiry, BH=Behavioral Science, E=Economics, G=Geography, H=History, PS=PoliticalScience | America's Black Holocaust Museum America's Black Holocaust Museum, located in Milwaukee,Wisconsin, is a memorial museum dedicated to the history of the Black Holocaust in America. It was founded in 1988 by James Cameron, who became well known to have survive a lynching. |
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4. Immigration and Migration | EK=Essential Knowledge |
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6. The Progressive Era |
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7. American imperialism and |
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World War I |
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| Guest Speaker Roster for your |
8. Prohibition and Women’s |
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Suffrage |
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| Implicit Bias |
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| “Peanut Butter & Jelly |
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| Associations”, by: Saleem |
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| Tools for exploring and starting a |
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| “Who Me? Check our Own |
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| check- our-bias |
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| Tools for exploring and starting a |
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| conversation about racism & bias. |
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