The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Property taxes are not only a key source of school district funding, they are the primary source of revenue for the communities they sit in. If charter schools really want to be seen as a tool for social justice they must address one of the main sources of inequality: funding for schools and racism.

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Charter School Primary Sources Social Justice Museum 107

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. We could use Minecraft to design our own self-sustainable towns.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

The third-generation Japanese American congresswoman was a trailblazer who advocated for women’s rights, civil rights, education, and social justice. Start a 60 day FREE trial for Studies Weekly Online to gain access to K-6 social studies curriculum, primary source videos, and more.

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Heritage Teaching Museum K-12 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

You can’t skip the slavery unit, or you can’t think to skip Harriet Jacobs’ primary source of her narratives of a slave girl, where she’s talking about being sexually harassed by slaveholder,” she said. “I don’t know how you really cherry-pick what you’d like to cover in an AP class.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

To inform his lessons, Gorman chose a curriculum called Teach Reconstruction created by the Zinn Education Project, a collaboration between social justice education nonprofits Teaching for Change, based in Washington, D.C. “It’s important for students to learn about that period, especially as it relates to what is happening today.”.

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Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 107

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Riots, Racism, and the Police A lesson uses primary source documents to teach the long trajectory of police violence in Black communities. The Truth About Teaching for Equity and Social Justice We reject the universalizing, color-blind posture of these laws and challenge the canard that to acknowledge race is itself racist.

Social Justice 98

Social Justice Primary Sources History Civics 98