K.C.B. is a high school student in Alabama. With an almost insatiable aspiration to advocate regarding the educational norms and precedents set for students in Alabama and beyond, her care for the cultivation of truth in learning was fostered by a lack of educational support in an area that she strongly identifies with: her culture. And, until most recently (her sophomore year of high school), no teacher had ever spent an entire class period discussing the history of Black Americans in American history. She is an honor student, a member of her school’s student council, a performing member of a
This lesson challenges students to analyze and to reflect on messages presented in songs — and to express their own views about important issues addressed in some songs.
Resources for Critical Practices Introduction Perspectives by Jalaya Liles Dunn in Learning for Justice Magazine, Fall 2022 Issue Social Justice Standards by Learning for Justice I. Curriculum and Instruction “ What is
Hannah teaches high school social studies in the Greater Boston area. Specializing in post-Reconstruction American history and AP European history, Edsall pursues teaching history from multiple perspectives using primary sources and strives to make history relevant to her students. She is also the advisor for her school's social justice club, where she spends afternoons discussing prejudice, discrimination, politics and current events with over 20 students.
In this excerpt, Robert Rhett addresses the consequences of southern states not seceding. In the speech he touches on the topics of emancipation, northern rule and westward expansion.