High School
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How Language Becomes Law
Students use rhetorical analysis skills to reflect on the media backlash to The 1619 Project and connect political media rhetoric to current anti-critical race theory (CRT) legislation.
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Students examine the historical practices and legal policies that helped establish the current economic inequities among racial and ethnic minorities in their local communities and throughout the US.
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Cost of Inequality
Students examine the history of economic policies driven by racism that continue to promote inequality in contemporary America through a range of media, analytical writing, and civil discourse.
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Querencia & Belonging
Students use The 1619 Project and other resources to develop a sense of self and awareness of their querencias (places of belonging) while also learning about how folks have historically been othered.
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Reconstruction’s Legacy
Students examine the legacy of slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow legislation on America by connecting historical events with contemporary issues and centering the experiences of Black Americans.
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Art Attacks!
Participants use arts-based exercises and techniques to explore civic history and engagement. They engage with multiple texts and guided discussions, practice mindfulness and personal reflection.
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Students examine the legacy of slavery and create pitches for podcast episodes responding to the question, "How can I define or redefine the impact of slavery in the U.S.?”
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Students examine how the history of the sugar industry led to benefits for western nations and people at the expense and exploitation of Black people and other persons of color.
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Students will read and annotate deeply, think critically, learn research skills, and use technology to create a podcast and infographic inspired by exploration of an essay from The 1619 Project.
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Students create artistic memorials honoring enslaved Africans after exploring the origins and development of the Atlantic Slave War, forms of control used by enslavers, and forms of Black resistance.
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This mini-unit reveals hidden histories of the systematically excluded by exploring the geography of West Africa and creating masks in the spirit and essence of West Africa.
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Students explore personal connections to national and local histories, gain an understanding of connections between oppressive systems in the past and present, and create original artistic works.