Understanding History and Society through Images, 1776-1914

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.01.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. School Demographics
  4. Historical Background
  5. Art Historical Background
  6. Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Suggested Paintings
  9. Resources
  10. Appendix
  11. Notes

American Genre Painting: Visual Representations of Slavery and Emancipation, 1850-1870

Tara Ann Carter

Published September 2014

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Appendix

Appendix on Implementing District Standards and International Baccalaureate Assessment Objectives

In 2005, the School District of Philadelphia responded to an over forty year call from parents to decenter the Eurocentric perspective taught in the high school history curriculum. 17 This spurred the creation and implementation of African-American History for ninth grade students in the School District of Philadelphia. Additionally, effective 2012-2013, Pennsylvania adopted the PA Common Core Standards, which require increased focus on primary source documents and informational texts. This unit satisfies these stipulations, as well as the Individuals and Societies Assessment Objectives for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Year Four. These three separate and distinct sets of requirements find collaborative potentiality here. At first glance this may seem cumbersome, however, the possibility of this endeavor comes into fruition with careful planning and alignment.

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