Hard History in Hard Times – Talking With Teachers
Teaching Hard History
Learning for Justice
4.2 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In this special call-in episode, listeners share their stories and questions from throughout season 2—including teaching remotely, working with families and stakeholders, and incorporating social justice into subjects like math and science. As educators, we're strongest when we support each other.
And you'll hear great suggestions from fellow teachers, like these resources we discuss from Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia:
- Changes in Population (PDF 800 KB)
- Dos and Don'ts of Teaching About Race, Culture, and Identity (PDF 130 KB)
- The Role of Virginians During the Civil War (PDF 1.4 MB)
- The Role of Virginians in the Founding of the New Nation (PDF 970 KB)
Of course, you'll find more even more resources, links and a complete transcript on our website.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Teaching is a creative profession, and as one of our guests for today noted, sometimes we have to mcguiver our classrooms. |
| 0:13.4 | Even in the best of times when we're not trying to learn how to teach remotely on the fly, every day in the classroom is an adventure. Education is at its core |
| 0:23.9 | improvisational. Teachers are constantly dealing with different situations, a range of student |
| 0:30.4 | personalities, and unfolding current events. That is so true, and as part of our work on the |
| 0:37.3 | Hard History Advisory Board, we get to see the many ways teachers use our materials out in the world as they adapt to their classrooms. And we know there are so many more ways that teachers are using these resources that we don't even know about. |
| 0:53.2 | It's encouraging and exciting to see all the ways teachers are taking this material |
| 0:58.2 | and running with it, especially while we're teaching long distance. And today, we're going to |
| 1:04.4 | get to share some of those stories with you. |
| 1:14.9 | I'm Meredith McCoy. |
| 1:20.5 | I'm Asanquami Jeffries, and this is teaching hard history, American slavery. |
| 1:25.4 | A special series from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. |
| 1:31.4 | This podcast provides a detailed look at how to teach important aspects of the history of American slavery. |
| 1:34.0 | During our second season, we expanded our focus to better support elementary school educators |
| 1:39.8 | and to understand the often hidden history of the enslavement of indigenous people in what is currently the United States. |
| 1:48.0 | And as this season draws to a close, we're excited to turn our attention to you, the educators in our audience, to talk about how we're navigating those challenges. |
| 1:58.6 | So teachers and students can develop a deeper understanding |
| 2:01.9 | of the history and legacy of American slavery. We want to thank everyone who participated. |
| 2:08.7 | We received a lot of calls. And in the end, we tried to pick some questions and stories |
| 2:14.4 | that would resonate the most with you. We'll see you on the other side. |
| 2:19.3 | Hey, Hassan, we're just going to go straight into it. |
| 2:22.3 | Ah, my bad, my bad. What is it that you say? |
| 2:25.3 | We're so glad you can join us. |
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