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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me.

History 104
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Building Community through Inquiry

C3 Teachers

Community history introduces students to a range of disciplinary sources and skills, including opportunities for students to gather sources themselves (e.g., oral histories). Community history provides opportunities for students to take informed action in meaningful, tangible ways.

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

The Hechinger Report

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Theater is a great place for that, because it is not therapy by any stretch of the imagination, but we do explore our humanity and we explore that through stories. Before, if something was due on the 13 th , it was due on the 13 th.