American History through American Lives

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 20.01.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Restorative Practices
  4. Educational Philosophies
  5. Culturally Relevant Teaching
  6. Abolitionist Teaching
  7. Content Objectives (Reading/ELA)
  8. Historical Objectives
  9. Lessons
  10. Teaching Strategies
  11. Classroom Activities
  12. KWL “Starting Point of Our Journey”
  13. Mentor Text Studies
  14. Journaling
  15. “Family and Community Research”
  16. “This is Why This Hurts” Activity and Share-out
  17. “Restorative Circles of Love”
  18. KWL “Recap of Our Journey”
  19. Resources
  20. Annotated Bibliography
  21. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  22. Appendix on Implementing District Standards (cont.)
  23. Endnotes

American Heritage: Unmasked, Unpacked & Uncloaked

Lauren Hughes Freeman

Published September 2020

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Resources

Student Reading List

Student Texts/Mentor Texts

  1. A Birthday Cake for Mr. Washington (Ramin Ganeshram)
  2. Dave the Potter (Laban Carrick Hill)
  3. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters (Patricia C. McKissack & Frederick L. McKissack)
  4. Henry’s Freedom Box (Ellen Levine)
  5. Moses When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Carol Boston Weatherford)
  6. Day of Tears (Julius Lester)
  7. The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
  8. Hannah’s Suitcase (Karen Levine)
  9. Yours, Anne; The Life of Anne Frank (Lois Metzger)
  10. Remember Not to Forget (Norman Finkelstein)
  11. Elly-My True Story of the Holocaust (Elly Berkowitz-Gross)
  12. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood up for Education and Changed the World (Malala Yousafzai)
  13. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 (Michelle Markel)
  14. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: written by herself (Harriet Jacobs)
  15. Arrow to the Sun (Gerald McDermott)
  16. Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II

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