Six on Slavery: incorporat[ing] hard lessons about slavery into public school curriculum; 1619: Remembering 400 Years of Slavery in America; 400 years of black giving: From the days of slavery to the 2019 Morehouse graduation; Setting the historical

[panaritisp]

If you like what you find on the "Six on History" blog, please share w/your contacts. 

       Here is the link to join: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/six-on-history

Six on Slavery: incorporat[ing] hard lessons about slavery into public school curriculum; 1619: Remembering 400 Years of Slavery in America; 400 years of black giving: From the days of slavery to the 2019 Morehouse graduation; Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America; How the 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis; The 1619 Project

Maryland teacher incorporates hard lessons about slavery into public school curriculum  

"In Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, the SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project last year detailed the ways in which schools are failing to adequately teach this history and how Americans lack a basic knowledge of the fundamental role slavery played in shaping the country.

In response, Teaching Tolerance developed a framework and a set of recommendations for teaching about American slavery for students in grades 6-12. Earlier this month, Teaching Tolerance expanded those recommendations into a first-of-its-kind framework for introducing the subject to elementary students. The framework also includes guidance for teaching about the enslavement of Native Americans. [free short videos, essays, timelines, maps, and activities - good stuff!]

Teaching Hard History: Grades K-5 Our youngest students deserve a truthful, age-appropriate account of our past. These resources for elementary ed...

Teaching Hard History: American Slavery A Framework for Teaching American Slavery Most students leave high school without an adequate understanding of ...

Ani, who attended a webinar on last year’s Teaching Hard History recommendations, incorporated the recommendations into the eighth-grade history curriculum for Montgomery County Public Schools, in the 14th-largest school district in America, with more than 160,000 students. She plans to include the latest recommendations in next year’s curriculum.

“As the nation marks 400 years of the first enslaved Africans’ arrival in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, we would like to encourage more teachers like Tiferet Ani to help create a just and equal society by teaching about the role enslavement played in the nation’s history,” said Maureen Costello, director of Teaching Tolerance. “Until teachers do a better job of educating about the harsh realities and racial injustice of slavery, as well as the humanity and creativity of those who were enslaved, they will never be able to help students understand today’s disparities in wealth, education and incarceration. It will be impossible for us as a society to eliminate the racial inequities that continue to divide us."

Maryland teacher incorporates hard lessons about slavery into public school curriculum

Maryland teacher incorporates hard lessons about slavery into public sch... At a workshop for teachers about educating children on American slavery, one instructor grew angry and insisted ...

Exhibitions at the Schomburg
All exhibitions are free and open to the public

1619: Remembering 400 Years of Slavery in America

Media Gallery Opens August 14 through August 31 In late-August 1619, the first known African men and women arrived on the White Lion at Hampton, Virginia’s Point Comfort as part of the ongoing transatlantic slave trade. Stolen by English privateers from a Spanish slave ship, these "20. and odd Negroes" were later sold in exchange for food and supplies. This year marks the 400th anniversary of that occasion and prompts the need for reverence and reflection: What did enslaved people endure? What can we learn from their persistent struggles for survival? Curated by Dr. Michelle Commander, the associate director of the Schomburg’s Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery.

PLAN A VISIT

Schomburg Center Public Programs

Schomburg Center Public Programs Experience the Schomburg Center's dynamic programs and exhibitions.

400 years of black giving: From the days of slavery to the 2019 Morehouse graduation

400 years of black giving: From the days of slavery to the 2019 Morehouse graduation

400 years of black giving: From the days of slavery to the 2019 Morehous... Tyrone Freeman Billionaire Robert F. Smith made a big splash when he told Morehouse grads he would pay off their student debt. ...

Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America

Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America

Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York T... Kelley Fanto Deetz A historian says that critics get the past wrong.

How the 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis

"The New York Times’ series on slavery relies on bad scholarship to make an argument with an inauspicious history."

How the 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis | National Review

How the 1619 Project Rehabilitates the ‘King Cotton’ Thesis | National R... The New York Times’ series on slavery relies on bad scholarship to make an argument with an inauspicious history.

The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.

The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is mo...