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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Annotated Bibliography

  1. Barton, Keith C. and Linda S. Levstik. 2004.Teaching History for the Common Good. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  Reviews education and importance of historical pedagogy.
  2. Brown, Keffrelyn D. and Anthony L. Brown. 2011. "Teaching K-8 Students about Race African Americans, Racism, & the Struggle for Social Justice in the U.S."Multicultural Education 19 (1): 9. Source for teaching of race and racism and the importance of teaching social justice.
  3. Costello, Bob, Joshua Wachtel, and Ted Wachtel. Restorative circles in schools: Building community and enhancing learning. International Institute for Restorative Practices, 2010. Fantastic source for the definition of Restorative Practices and their prevalence in schools today.
  4. Dee, Thomas S., and Emily K. Penner. “The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance: Evidence From an Ethnic Studies Curriculum.” American Educational Research Journal54, no. 1 (February 2017): 127–66. Doi: 10.3 102/0002831216677002.  Source for the study of Cultural Relevance in teaching.
  5. Dewey, John. Experience And Education (Kappa Delta Pi Lecture) (p. 40). 1938 Free Press. Kindle Edition. Source of historical concepts in educational philosophy.
  6. Graves, Bingham, and Myles Horton. "What Is Liberating Education? A Conversation with Myles Horton." The Radical Teacher, no. 12 (1979): 3-5. Great source for educational teaching philosophies and radical teaching.
  7. Helms, Emory C., Austin M. Hitt, Jason A. Schipper, and Adam M. Jones. "Native American History in a Box: A New Approach to Teaching Native American Cultures: A Journal for Readers, Students and Teachers of History." The Social Studies101, no. 4 (Jul, 2010): 160-165. Culturally Relevant Teaching-Native American involvement in this teaching philosophy.
  8. Horton, Myles, and Paulo Freire. We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Pr., 1990. Radical Teaching styles and Culturally Relevant Teaching-Provides information and insight and background on radical teaching styles and philosophies.
  9. Klug, Beverly J., and Patricia T. Whitfield. Widening the Circle : Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for American Indian Children, Taylor & Francis Group, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pitt-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1075155. Created from pitt-ebooks on 2020-07-14 18:07:57. Great source for implementing Culturally Relevant Teaching within the education of Native American students and settings.
  10. Ladson-Billings, Gloria. "But that's just Good Teaching! the Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy."Theory into Practice 34, no. 3 (1995): 159-165.  Excellent source for beginnings of Culturally Relevant Teaching in this country and why it is desperately needed.
  11. Ladson-Billings, Gloria. The Dreamkeepers : Successful Teachers of African American Children. Somerset: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2009. Source deeply rooted in the beginnings of Culturally Relevant Teaching and Learning.
  12. Love, Bettina L. and EBSCOhost.We Want to do More than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom. Boston: Beacon Press, 2019.  Source for the examination and definition of Abolitionist Teaching.  A great way to compare philosophies in teaching styles.
  13. Milner, H. R. (2010;2011;). Culturally relevant pedagogy in a diverse urban classroom.The Urban Review, 43(1), 66-89. doi:10.1007/s11256-009-0143-0 Source for definition of and reasoning for Culturally Relevant Teaching
  14. McCluskey, G., Lloyd, J. Stead, J. Kane, S. Riddell & E. Weedon(2008) ‘I was dead restorative today’: from restorative justice to restorative approaches in school, Cambridge Journal of Education, 38:2, 199-216, DOI: 10.1080/03057640802063262 Source for discussion on Restorative Practices.
  15. Parker, Robert Dale, ed. Changing Is Not Vanishing : A Collection of American Indian Poetry To 1930. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. Accessed July 31, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central. Culturally Relevant Teaching and Native American writings/poetry source

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