College
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Students gain social and historical context for affirmative action and analyze colorblind vs. race conscious approaches to policy through persuasive writing.
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Students explore what defines being American through analysis of 1619 texts about identity, wealth, civil rights and infrastructure, ultimately sharing their own stories about heritage and identity.
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Units
Exploring Common Roots
Early childhood educators explore the concept of belonging in their classrooms through analysis of research articles, children’s literature, texts from The 1619 Project, and personal reflections.
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Resource Guides
The 1619 Project Docuseries Viewing Guide
This resource serves as a viewing guide for The 1619 Project docuseries. It includes time-stamped sections, guided questions, and a topic index for each episode.
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Students build a comprehensive understanding of the origins and current effects of incarceration on contemporary art-making through collaborative projects, writing prompts, and a gallery exhibition.
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This resource includes three educator guides for implementing The 1619 Project books, A New Origin Story and Born on the Water, into classrooms.
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Through the study of primary source documents as well as the experiential learning in the community garden, students will be asked to reimagine how stories about slavery are told.
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Professors share activities utilized in school of education courses to engage students with "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story" and "The 1619 Project: Born on the Water."
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Resource Guides
The 1619 Podcast Listening Guide
This resource serves as a guide for listening, analyzing, and responding to episodes of the "1619" podcast. It includes time-stamped sections, guided questions, and extension activities for each...
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Lesson Plans
Wealth, Labor, and Mobility
How are the ways we work and move a part of the legacy of slavery in the United States? Explore five modules about how capitalism, labor, and even American traffic are shaped by practices that...
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Lesson Plans
Law and Politics
Explore essays from The 1619 Project that challenge readers to think about how the history of slavery has been taught—and how contemporary legal discussions are linked to slavery.
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Lesson Plans
Arts and Culture
What do American art and music say about our society and the law? What do they say about what this country has become? Explore an article, photo essay, and poem to discuss the ways the institution of...
