New York

Students explore the power of narrative, learn about the free Black people who established farms in the Adirondacks through primary source exploration, and write their own drafts of local history.

John Brown Lives! Hands-On History

Students discover how the experience of enslavement informed culture and community for Black Americans, inspiring a legacy of resistance and responsibility today.

Bronx Charter for the Arts

Students consider whether the United States is undergoing a third Reconstruction by analyzing key events, figures and movements from the past.

Ascend Social Studies

Students explore how composition conveys meaning imbued with the point of view of the composer. They apply this learning to explorations of local history, primary sources, poetry, and art projects.

Radical ReVision

Upper Elementary students utilize “Born on The Water” and other texts to examine how the legacies of slavery include present issues of environmental racism.

The Chavis Eye on Environmental Racism

Students examine the commodification of the labor of enslaved Black Americans, explore their contributions to the formation of American democracy, and examine arguments for and against reparations.

Conscious and Radical Teachers