Description
Book SynopsisThis edited book provides ready-to-use engaging curriculum units for an integrated approach to teaching English language arts and U.S. history in grades 4-12. The purpose is to promote social justice and activism while building critical literacies students need in the 21st Century. Through implementing the curriculum units in this book, teachers and students can challenge inequities and promote activism.
A central goal of this project is to represent and empower marginalized students. The traditional curriculum presents one view, one story as the only story, and one people as the norm. This book intentionally centers the experiences of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and other marginalized communities. In addition to expanding the curriculum to include all people, educating students about issues of injustice in the U.S. will enable them to enact change.
Additionally, this book serves to educate all students by exposure to central issues in past a
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With this text, educators and literacy professionals now have a roadmap to follow when preparing justice-oriented lessons for children in grades 4-12 classrooms. The authors of this text do an amazing job of making abstract concepts related to social justice into practical, inquiry-based instruction.
-- Tiffany A. Flowers, PhD, assistant professor of education, Georgia State University Perimeter College
When you are ready, the beautiful work awaits you...Fill yourself with inspiration, tune out the noise, and remember that you and your students are powerful and unstoppable.
-- Isabel Morales, EdD, award-winning secondary social studies educator; named teacher of the year by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles County Office of Education
Table of ContentsForeword: Tiffany Flowers
Introduction: Mary Amanda Stewart
Part 1: Effects and Transactions of Expansion, Colonialism, and Migration
Chapter 1: Colonialism and Native American Resiliency: Patricia Flint and Mariannella Núñez
Chapter 2: Modern-day Colonialism: D.C., Puerto Rico, and Other U.S. Territories: Marlene
Walker
Chapter 3: Immigration: The Fabric of Our Nation: Yismelle Dúran
Part 2: The Influences of Latin America on U.S. Culture and Society
Chapter 4: Latinx Influencers: Past and Present Contributions to America’s Greatness: Margarita Ramos-Rivera
Chapter 5: Latinas as Change-agents: Feminist Activism in the U.S: Joan Borda
Part 3: America’s Original Sin: Understanding and Responding to Racism
Chapter 6: Antiracism: Understanding our History to Co-create a Better Future: Christina Thomas and Victor Lozada
Chapter 7: Redlining: A Mechanism of Systemic Racism: Christina Salazar
Chapter 8: Cultural (Mis)representations in the Media: Challenging Hegemonic Ideas: Phyliciá Anderson
Part 4: Exploring the Diverse Lived Experiences of Modern-day Adolescents
Chapter 9: The Death of Childhood: Mass Shootings in the United States: Christina Thomas
Chapter 10: Rap Music: Leveraging Hip Hop Culture to Empower: Victor Lozada
Chapter 11: Consent Isn’t Complicated: The Implications of the #MeToo Movement: Christina Thomas
Chapter 12: See Us: LGBTQ+ Issues for Representation, Empathy, and Justice: Christina Salazar
Afterword: Isabel Morales
