Building Democracy For All is designed so that teachers and students can follow different learning pathways as they explore the material in the book. Rather than proceeding sequentially through the standards, the learning pathways invite a thematic approach. Other learning pathways include: Student Rights, Influential Women, Election 2024, 2022, & 2020, Media Literacy, and Current Events.
A Worthy Piece of Work: The Ontold Story of Madeline Morgan and the Fight for Black History in Schools. Michael Hines, Beacon Press, 2024. Read a review of the book here.
You will find more racial justice and Black Lives Matter resources in the AP African American Studies section of our resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki.
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Topic 1: The Philosophical Foundations of the United States Political System
Topic 2: The Development of United States Government
Topic 3: Institutions of United States Government
Topic 4: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens
Topic 5: The Constitution, Amendments, and Supreme Court Decisions
Topic 6: The Structure of Massachusetts State and Local Government
Topic 7: Freedom of the Press and News/Media Literacy
The "Exploring Black History with ChatGPT" choice board offers educators and students a way to develop their critical media literacy skills as they investigate text from ChatGPT and explore Black history in the United States (click here to make your own copy of the choice board to remix/use). Given ChatGPT’s potential for generating misinformation and biased information, these activities offer students a critical way to investigate how ChatGPT writes about Black lives and history, and potentially consider why this may be.
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