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Engaging with History in the Classroom: The Civil Rights Movement

von Janice Robbins

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Engaging With History in the Classroom: The American Revolution is the first in a series of middle-grade U.S. history units that focus on what it means to be an American citizen, living in a democracy that expects as much from its citizens as it provides to them. In every lesson, students are asked to step into the world of the 18th-century American colonies, to hear about and to see what was happening, to read the words of real people and to imagine their hopes, dreams, and feelings. Students also learn to question the accounts left behind and to recognize different perspectives on events that marked the beginnings of our country as an independent nation. Resources for teachers include a running script useful as a model for guiding conceptualization as well as extensive teacher notes with practical suggestions for personalizing activities.… (mehr)
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Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben.
Wow! This book has everything a teacher needs to make post-reconstruction history come alive for middle-school student. There are primary source documents throughout that will be interesting and engaging. I loved it and heartily recommend it! ( )
  Carolfoasia | Jul 19, 2015 |
Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben.
Resources and lesson plans for teachers seeking to help students develop analytical and communication skills while focusing on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.

This book is part of a four-part series aimed at “Engaging with History in the Classroom” which includes similar books about the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Post-Civil War periods. It is published by Prufrock Press, which offers a number of teacher guidebook, some of them designed for the teaching of gifted students and others, like this one, for average classrooms.

The Engaging History Series has been developed to meet the goals set out by the Common Core State Standards, developed by governmental and educational leaders to insure that all students are taught basic skills and information necessary for successful lives in the present and future. It stresses the need for active learning. As the Civil Rights volume shows, students are taught to evaluate, discuss and write rather than simply memorize what authorities say. In history classes, for example, they work with primary documents and learn about ordinary people as well as traditional leaders.

I was a college prof with little experience with middle school students. I am, however, a historian committed to the values of the Civil Rights Movements and to teaching students to think, speak, and write. I was impressed with the kinds of projects this guide discussed. It refers to digitized sources which allow students to explore what a range of people who were involved in these events as they happened knew and thought. Such assignments lead students into the detective work that makes history fun, and it pushes them to evaluate and to connect what they see and hear. The actual incidents from the Civil Rights movement were well chosen and accurately presented. I particularly liked the way in which projects were connected to questions about the importance of citizen participation and about the proper response when the government seems to be unjust.

While I was favorably impressed by Engaging History, I found it easy to see why such a book has raised the ire of Conservatives. It presents the Civil Rights Movement as if all Americans value what it achieved. I wish that were true. In reality, we have a vocal and powerful minority of citizens who are protesting the gains achieved by the Civil Rights Movement. The Radical Right in this country has made opposition to the Common Core, and teaching materials like those presented here, a fundamental article of faith. In part, they oppose “big government” taking a role in what they consider a local issue. Additionally, history has been the site of “culture wars” in recent decades as academic historians have moved away from a focus on the achievements of leaders to focus on the lives and thoughts of more varied groups within our society. This book will be seen by some as “more liberal propaganda.”

Despite the authors’ efforts to be apolitical, topics like the Civil Rights Movement are simply volatile in today’s climate. It was easy to image that a book like this would anger some parents and school board members. I think that the guide would be strengthened with some suggestions for dealing with those who oppose what is being taught here. Teachers should be aware of the possibility of the opposition and the fact that it may surface in their classrooms. Advice on dealing with students who may have been taught at home that African Americans are inferior would be appropriate.

None the less, I strongly recommend this guide, for teachers certainly, and for all who wonder what the fuss about the Common Core is all about.

Another excellent teacher guide for teaching about the Civil Rights Movement and social justice is available free from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance Program. This free set of lesson plans is less closely tied to the requirements of the Common Core, but I found the activities and the questions it asked students to consider particularly insightful. The Teaching Tolerance guide has less information and is more focused on the skills for understanding events. The series of telegrams which students are asked to evaluate were excellent for teaching how a person’s identity can shape what they claim is true. ( )
  mdbrady | Apr 7, 2015 |
Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben.
This series focuses on what it means to be an American Citizen, living in a democracy of "what can you do for your country.?"There are 12 lessons and each allow for personal connection with the era, peer interaction and powerful introductions that grab the learner. Students are sked to engage in critival reading, thinking and speaking about what really happened in that time period.

Included are pre-post assignments so that teachers can use these for formative and summative assessment. I heartily recommend this book for every middle grade student to gtruly understand the Post Reconstruction Era. This would be a wonderful addition to any classroom. ( )
  bakersfieldbarbara | Apr 4, 2015 |
Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben.
Janice Robbins and Carol Tieso’s book “The Civil Rights Movement” is part of the “Engaging with History in the Classroom” series that provides outlines to help classroom teachers present eras of American history When I requested to review the book through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer program I expected a textbook, not a lesson plan. I am not a teacher, never have been and, at the grade level this book is for I never want to be. I did recently earn a degree in history and have been studying American history for a long time. Since I am not even sure if I understand the exact definition of the word “pedagogy” I will do my best to evaluate only the parts of the book that I can. The authors both teach new educators about working with “gifted students”. I can comment on that aspect of the book. I was once considered a “gifted” student, before anyone knew how to deal with us.

Of the six key concepts listed, concept development, critical thinking, discussion, recognizing historical perspective, historical inquiry, and assessment I feel comfortable talking about only three. Critical thinking is the most important skill that a citizen can develop and I am happy to see it as a goal in middle school education. In past discussions instructors told me that even high school students were too young to master critical thinking. I am glad to see that it introduced this early. No one can master a skill until they start practicing.

Historical perspective is difficult for anyone to master. It requires understanding the history that led up to the time in question and understanding the then existing culture. At times I felt that the book was failing to impart the information needed for the students to gain a historical perspective of the United States in the 1950s and 60s but then I considered that this was just one in a series of US history lessons and some of the necessary background would be in earlier modules. Also, this is for middle school students. They have only had a little over a decade to study the world. This class is by default an introduction and does what it can to give students the background needed to understand how people lived and why they did what they did.

I feel most comfortable talking about historical inquiry. Robbins and Tieso do an excellent job of exposing students to different types of historical documents. From the start students are examining photos, news clippings, listening to narratives and “freedom music”. Lesson two has them compare photos of two schools from South Carolina in 1950, one for white and one for black students and asks which they would prefer to attend. Is there a better way to introduce critical thinking? They read and discuss both the “Statement from Alabama Clergymen” and Dr. King’s response, the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. The only resources offered to the students that I was uncomfortable with was the reading list, almost all historical fiction. That concerned me but again, I am not an educator, I have not read any of the suggested books and I have to trust that the authors did and that they chose books that lack the errors inherent to historical fiction written for an adult audience. I hope that any teacher using this in the classroom points out the difference in primary and secondary sources, the flaws of each, and explains that photos, music, paintings, sculpture, artifacts of everyday life as well as written documents are valid historical evidence.

There are two more important features to each of the twelve lessons that I want to mention. “Important Terms and Ideas” is a feature I would welcome in most of the non-fiction I read, short, simple explanation of terms that might be unfamiliar. As much as I like the idea the execution was flawed. Starting in lesson one with “prejudice: a bias that keeps someone from being fair”. Is someone unfamiliar with “prejudice” going to be familiar enough with “bias” to use it in a definition? Later, in lesson five, we find the term segregation but only after four lessons on Brown v Board and segregated schools? I feel that the “Terms and Ideas” would have benefited from more attention. I do realize that I am picking at nits here but there are only so many terms defined and they should all be helpful.

The “Hook” is, in my opinion, the best feature of the lessons. Most of my time in school I spent in the back of the class reading. Not my textbooks but not always fiction. Most lectures I thought were boring or were on subjects I had already read about. If the class started with a hook sharp enough to catch my attention I might have paid attention. I might have learned a little more from the class. Each lesson here features a hook. Some are much better than others. Some I am sure would have grabbed my attention and hooked me into participating. I had to chuckle at the instructions for one, listen to and discuss a recording of “The Times They Are A Changin”. The instructions are to hand out copies of the lyrics. How could anyone be expected to understand Dylan’s vocals? The “Hooks” are, in my opinion, some of the best feature of the book.
Given the grades that the book focused on and the fact that is started with Brown V Board I was concerned that the violence used against the Civil Rights Movement would be glossed over. We, as a society, are protective about exposing children to violence, the real stuff, not movie mayhem. Then I saw that one work of art offered to teachers was Norman Rockwell’s painting Murder in Mississippi. It is a great choice. There are so many question that the illustration asks. Who are these three young men? What is happening to them? Whose shadows do we see? Why are those people hidden? Rockwell’s illustration, “The Problem We All Live With”, which I have used here, is the first one used in the lesson and is less threatening. It is a powerful painting in its own right but I hope teachers point out to their students that Rockwell was a beloved artist whose work was best known to celebrate American, not to point out problems. An important part of historical inquiry is to know your sources.

I am not a teacher, but I have children and grandchildren, and I believe that the lesson plans in this book would grab their attention, even of the ones who are, lets say less than ideal students, and I am confident that they would improve their critical thinking skills and expose them to “doing history”. ( )
  TLCrawford | Mar 18, 2015 |
Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book via LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

This book provides a thorough introduction to the civil rights movement for grades 6-8. It includes 12 lessons, along with ready-made handouts and a reading list, all of which align with common core standards. The information is presented clearly and the references are up-to-date. This could prove to be a very valuable resource for any teacher desiring to introduce his/her students to this era in history and the deeper concepts that surround it. ( )
  krystalb | Mar 4, 2015 |
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Engaging With History in the Classroom: The American Revolution is the first in a series of middle-grade U.S. history units that focus on what it means to be an American citizen, living in a democracy that expects as much from its citizens as it provides to them. In every lesson, students are asked to step into the world of the 18th-century American colonies, to hear about and to see what was happening, to read the words of real people and to imagine their hopes, dreams, and feelings. Students also learn to question the accounts left behind and to recognize different perspectives on events that marked the beginnings of our country as an independent nation. Resources for teachers include a running script useful as a model for guiding conceptualization as well as extensive teacher notes with practical suggestions for personalizing activities.

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