Race, Class, and Punishment

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CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 18.01.02

Unit Guide

A Church Hill: The Birth, Death, Revival But What About the Children?

Angela Austin Brown

Published September 2018

Tools for this Unit:

Outcome

Students will develop an appreciation of their educational experience.
Students will develop a strong sense of community pride and engagement.
Students will come to appreciate the area in which they live in and its rich history.
Students will learn more about their black heritage and the people who shaped the history of Richmond, Virginia, in particular, Church Hill.
Students will develop research and writing skills.
Students will develop project development, engineering, and health science skills.
Students will put into practice the modules to prevent becoming a part of the school-to-prison pipeline.

(See diagrams of Church Hill and historical landmarks of the area below)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School is located under the blue box marked Union Hill (Mosby Street)

Historical sites in Church Hill

Comments:

Joanna L Minott

June 23, 2021 at 11:21 pm

Inspiring inner-city students to maximize there education.

Ms. Brown's curriculum unit allow students to explore the quality of their education, see how the nonchalant attitude can cost them alot and feed into the the reality of a school to jail pipeline many students in urban environments. I am also in Richmond and did not know the extent of the impact of race and education. Ms. Brown's lesson allows students to learn their history, uses the tools of journaling, discussion, writing and researching how the system got them to this place. Her lesson then shows them how to not fall into the trenches but provides a way out. As an Earth Science teacher, I can pull from this lesson as the land also keeps score. The clearing of native flora and fauna to satisfy tobacco plantations has wreaked havoc on our land and watersheds. Our Curriculum has a section that explores the impact of human

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