Elementary Literacy in Chicago Public Schools
ILLINOIS
This team of elementary teachers worked to support literacy and social studies in 4th and 5th grade classrooms. Their unit challenges students to read and explore a variety of literature and informational texts in order to better understand how the past can affect the future and specifically how the history of slavery connects to racial violence endured by Black Americans today.
CURRICULAR RESOURCES
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Students examine the historical context of racism by tracking the evolving relationship between Black Americans and governing structures in the United States.
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Resource Collection
Local and Global Legacies of Slavery
This collection pulls together units from our curricular resource library that center the theme of Local and Global Legacies of Slavery.
