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Book SynopsisWritten for a period in time which is still evolving, this volume speaks to many of the civil rights issues that were overshadowed for much of the 20th century. As civil rights campaigns began to come into focus, so too did the cries for basic human rights from many groups. These civil rights movements can be characterized by a common sense of necessity in American history. These voices argue collectively for the inclusion of this new timeline of civil rights campaigns in classrooms across the United States. Topics include attention to emerging movements in the longer civil rights history including citizens with disabilities, LGBTQ+, Black Lives Matter, art and literature movements, economic access, and civil rights law. Each theme presented in these chapters gives teachers a background in which to build civil rights curriculum and discussion for students. In addition to historical analysis, this volume provides curriculum development solutions to teach these topics within an interdisc
Table of ContentsPaula Groves Price: Foreword – Caroline R. Pryor: Preface to the Book Series: Teaching Critical Themes in American History – Acknowledgments – John A. Moore/Adam I. Attwood/Matthew R. Campbell: Introduction – John H. Bickford: An Historical Inquiry into the Origins of Dr. Martin Luther King Day – Gregory Simmons/LaGarrett J. King/Molly Pozel: The Case for Reparations: Breathing New Life into an Old Idea – Amelia Wheeler/Chantelle Grace: Toward a New Frame: Teaching Reparations as a Civil Rights Struggle – Alana D. Murray: Visibility Narrative Approach to Civil Rights Instruction: One Educator’s Story – Jenice L. View and Andrea Guiden Pittman: Black Economic Self- Determination in the Struggle for Civil Rights: Teaching Black History in Age of High- Stakes Standardized Testing – Chrystal S. Johnson and Cornelius Bynum: An Inquiry Model for Teaching the Black Lives Matter Movement Using the Culturally Relevant Community of Learners and Educators (CRCLE) Approach – Mark Pearcy: "We Don’t Share the Same Values": Teaching About Commissions on Police Misconduct – John H. Bickford/Autumn Frykholm Damann: Matthew Shepard and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1998 and Today – Zakia Y. Gates: Social Justice in the Eye of the Storm: Strategies for In- Service Teachers to Address Social Issues Affecting Students in 6– 12 Classrooms – John H. Bickford/Dalani Little: The Civil Rights Movement’s Oft- Forgotten Element: Civil Liberties of Citizens with Disabilities – Michael McDonald/John A. Moore: The Economics of Illegal Immigration: Can We Afford to Shut Our Southern Door? – Nancy Nasr: A Call to Action: Pedagogical Strategies to Address the Modern Civil Rights Movement in the Secondary Science Classroom – Elizabeth Taveras Rivera/Raquel M. Ortíz Rodríguez: AmeRícan Storytelling: Puerto Rican Civil Rights Artist and Activist Jesús Abraham "Tato" Laviera – Adam I. Attwood: Teaching Civil Rights Law in Middle School and High School Civics Curriculum – Caroline R. Pryor/Whitney Blankenship/Charlotte Johnson/James Mitchell/Amy Wilkinson: Resources – Matthew R. Campbell: Exploring Methods for Teaching Modern Civil Rights – Contributors – Index.
