Teaching Intersections of Oppression and Resistance

Grade Level
6-8
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How does my social location affect my identities?
  • How are our identities today shaped by society?
  • How do different parts of our identities combine to make us who we are?
  • Do the ways we present our identities change depending on where we are or the people we are with?
Texts

The Courage to Teach Hard History

The central role that slavery played in the development of the United States is beyond dispute. Yet, the practices of teaching and learning about this fact remain woefully inadequate. Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries introduces Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, which can help change that.
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Learning for Justice in the South

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