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Teaching About Native American Cultural Groups with Respect and Sensitivity

Thrive in Grade Five

Something I’ve noticed is that most states have standards requiring students to learn about Native Americans, both pre-contact cultures and modern citizens. Please keep in mind that each cultural group has varying preferences in regard to language and treatment but there are some universal rules. Do not single out Native children.

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‘Hamilton,’ cultural relevance and the quest to personalize learning

The Hechinger Report

history class this year, she described the American revolution and then expanded on the lesson, making connections to historical events in Mexico, Central America, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Tapping into students’ cultures in the curriculum fits, logically, into efforts to personalize learning.

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How Desk Chairs Became a Lesson About What We Deserve in Public Schools

ED Surge

It is not often that we see an overhaul of the furniture in our public school classrooms, let alone in the middle of the school year. Last November, there was an anonymous donation of mobile desk chairs to our school. It was then that I saw the ingrained sense of worth that society has etched into our public schools.

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OPINION: Culture-based education — a path to healing for Native youth?

The Hechinger Report

But at the summer camp these students are attending, Native teachers and leaders are leveraging culture-based activities like double ball to engage students more deeply in exploring their Native identities and wellness goals. Culture-based education provides a path to healing.

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OPINION: What’s missing in music education? Cultural and social relevance

The Hechinger Report

I took multiple semesters of musical technique, history and theory as well as music education methods. I’ve developed a very strong opinion about my undergraduate teacher training, and also what teachers typically enter the public education system ready to do. My classes included all varieties of instruments. I played in ensembles.

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

ED Surge

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. 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. My desire to know exploded.

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OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools

The Hechinger Report

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. — We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S.