Year: 2019

1619 Project Meet-Up

What would it mean to mark the nation’s birth with the date 1619, the year that 20-30 enslaved Africans were brought as cargo to Point Comfort, Virginia, and sold to colonists, rather than 1776?   How might a new periodization shape our understandings of who and what constitutes America and Americans?  In observation of the 400th…Continue Reading 1619 Project Meet-Up

Teaching Elections

With candidates launching their 2020 presidential campaigns, do you have a plan for teaching about elections and the electoral process? Below are a few resources to help you generate an idea or two. Secondary Check out this Elections Project developed by Chrissy MacLean and her colleagues at Watsonville High School for the 2016 elections. Watsonville High…Continue Reading Teaching Elections

The Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance is a staple of the American experience. Whether it be reciting it at the beginning of the school day or at a major league baseball game, our communities engage with it. But do your students know that the Pledge includes the word “indivisible” rather than “invisible?” And more importantly, have they…Continue Reading The Pledge of Allegiance

What is this Project?

Content, Inquiry, Literacy and Civics! High quality history and civics education is vital to building a more just society and preparing all students to be literate, knowledgeable, and engaged citizens. In California, the new Framework for History-Social Science outlines a focus on integrating more student inquiry into California’s K-12 classrooms. Calling for instructional shifts that embed deep…Continue Reading What is this Project?