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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
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White Opposition to the Desegregation Order
This reading gives an overview of the opposition to Judge Garrity’s desegregation order from Boston’s poor and working-class white neighborhoods.
Movements for Boston Educational Justice, 1972-1979
Teachers can use or adapt this timeline of movements for educational justice in Boston to provide students with additional context as they explore Supporting Question 3.
Articles and Discussion Questions | Boston Educational Justice Gallery Walk
A collection of articles that provides snapshots of what the pursuit of educational justice in Boston looks like today.
Quotations | Boston Educational Justice Gallery Walk
This selection of quotations about educational justice in Boston is intended to be used in a Gallery Walk activity.
Educational Justice Today Graphic Organizer
Students use this handout to reflect on the connections between past and present educational justice issues in Boston.
Changing Demographics in Boston and Its Schools
An overview of the changing demographics in Boston and its schools.
Boston Educational Justice, 1980–2022
A timeline of significant dates and events in the movements for educational justice in Boston from 1980–2022.
Introduction: A Contested History
Scholars discuss how and why the history of Reconstruction is so contested.
Year-by-Year Titles | Boston Educational Justice Timeline
In preparation for the human timeline activity, teachers should print this handout and hang the years (1961 to 1974) in chronological order around the classroom.
Isabel Wilkerson: The Warmth of Other Suns, and America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns, speaks at a Community Conversation.
The Story Behind Bilingual Education in Boston
This clip from "Dos Idiomas, Una Comunidad: The Story Behind Bilingual Education" provides insight into the experience of Latinx parents organizing around bilingual education in Boston.