Zinn Education Project

JULY 24, 2024

Jarvis Givens is a professor of education and faculty affiliate in the department of African & African American studies at Harvard University. As an interdisciplinary scholar, he specializes in 19th and 20th century African American history, history of education, and theories of race and power in education.

Pedagogy 69

Pedagogy Archiving American History History 69

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. King calls “ diaspora literacy ” to contend with the reflection of white supremacy in my paternal lineage and its connection to world history.

History 104

History Teaching Sociology Oral History 104

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform. Finding the Elephants Since there was little to no Black representation in my classroom content during my adolescence, I took it upon myself to seek this knowledge out in college.

History 107

History Tutoring Pedagogy American History 107

C3 Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Almost ten years ago, I started off teaching and I truly believed that I didn’t need to teach Black History Month or any other cultural month (Hispanic Heritage, Native American History Month, etc.) This is because American history is a history of racism. for that matter.

Heritage 52

Heritage American History Pedagogy History 52

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

They might have been in AP African American history. And in high school I wasn't taught those things. The cool thing right now is our students are coming with a totally different K-12 education. They might have already learned about what oppression is on a short-term basis through TikTok. How can educators respond to these changes?

K-12 113

K-12 Pedagogy American History History 113

ASHP CML

MARCH 5, 2024

ASHP/CML conducts professional development programs for middle and high school teachers and college faculty focused on new historical scholarship and active-learning pedagogy. The Assistant Director will report to the Executive Director. ASHP/CML also leads other programs at the Graduate Center such as the New Media Lab.

History 40

History Professional Development Pedagogy American History 40

4QM Teaching

APRIL 30, 2023

Generic accounts of thinking skills often treat document reading and analysis as the bread-and-butter of history teaching and learning. This mistake — the narrowing of history pedagogy to “document analysis” — reflects another mistake: confusing novices for experts. Plan it out.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Artifacts Archiving Social Studies 40