This 1955 textbook account of slavery and Reconstruction is the reason why we need to #teachtruth . There really are no words. #teachreconstruction
“Reconstructing the South: A Role Play” from Zinn Ed Project might be one of my favorite lessons. #teachreconstruction #teachtruth
Socratic Seminar prep: Were African Americans Free During Rwcinstruction? Thanks to @SHEG_Stanford and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Middle Level Learning for HQ resources. #teachtruth #teachreconstruction
This should be required reading for, like, every American. #teachtruth #teachreconstruction Michelle Coles Zinn Ed Project
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#TeachCivilWar #FordsEdu #TeachReconstruction
Loving this Teaching for Change #PastIsPrologue Zoom with Michelle Coles, Mimi Eisen (& more), about how state standards fail to teach the truth about Reconstruction. Honored & excited to be invited to facilitate a breakout session. #TeachReconstruction #BHM
Excellent session this afternoon at #AHA23 on Erasing the Black Freedom struggle included practical ways to highlight the truth & importance of Reconstruction, e.g., instructive examples of proposed DC SS standard updates as shared by the incomparable Tiffany Mitchell Patterson, PhD #TeachReconstruction
Interesting presentation about how to #TeachReconstruction including these crowdsourced responses to how it had been taught in the past American Historical Association #AHA23
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HUGE shout out to everyone who attended our recent walking tour highlighting Black civic history during the Civil War!
Great weather, great crowd, great history, great storytellers. What could be better than that!?
#FordsSomethingMoving #TeachCivilWar #TeachReconstruction
Wonderful time in atrium of National Portrait Gallery USA for #OurStruggleforJustice Day of Action. At our Teaching for Change table, we shared info on our D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, Social Justice Books, #TeachCentralAmerica , @zinnedproject #TeachReconstruction campaign, #TeachTruth , & more. Music by Adrian Loving
Five Ways U.S. History Textbooks Lie About Reconstruction teachreconstructionreport.org/textbook-criti… #TeachReconstruction 'One cannot study Reconstruction without first frankly facing the facts of universal lying.' — W. E. B. Du Bois
'The National Park Service has added eight sites to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, which connects sites that provide education, interpretation and research related to the period of Reconstruction.' #TeachReconstruction nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/06/sites-…
'The bloodiest single instance of racial carnage in Reconstruction era, the Colfax Massacre taught many lessons, including the lengths to which some opponents of Reconstruction would go to regain their accustomed authority.' -- Eric Foner
#TeachReconstruction #TeachTruth
So appreciate being in the “classroom” learning from the brilliant KEW is Going to Go Lower this morning!
A true gift!
Meaningful relevant #TeachReconstruction #FHOnline
Always a good day when you can talk about Frederick Douglass. So much fun to take #HistoryTadpoles through Cedar Hill w ThingLink Education Thanks to Ford's Education #TeachReconstruction #HistoryFrogClass 🐸 First Ave Spartans #HistoryTeeShowdown
