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Direct linkMcDermott, Mairi; Lenters, Kim – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2021
Humour, when engaged in the classroom, tends to be used as a means to hook youth into the 'real' material of school, when officially sanctioned at all. Humour can be dangerous, not-the-least in its potential to produce chaos, presenting difficulties in the rigid climate of accountability and standardisation. As we animate, humour can trouble…
Descriptors: Humor, Play, Critical Literacy, Psychological Patterns
Maxwell, Lesli A. – Education Week, 2013
Seventh and 8th grade English-learners in selected urban schools will soon dive into some of the most celebrated speeches in U.S. history. They'll dissect, for example, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream," and Robert F. Kennedy's "On the Death of Martin Luther King." Though their…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Language Proficiency, Language Arts, Academic Standards
Nancy L. Oesterreich – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In 1967, Martin Luther King affirmed, "In elementary schools, Negroes lag one to three years behind Whites, and their segregated schools received substantially less money per student than do the White schools." (as cited in Startz, 2020, para. 1) Two years prior, the main intent of the ESEA of 1965, which also created Title I, had been…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Low Income Students
Ledbetter, Mary; Field, Sherry L.; Baumi, Michelle – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2013
In a fifth grade classroom at The University of Texas Elementary School (UTES), a unit on the Constitution sets the stage for a year of integrated learning. The very next unit of study focuses on the civil rights movement. Teaching UTES students, who come from diverse backgrounds, means exposing them to many points of view so that they may form…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Change Agents, Peace, Grade 5
Dorfman, Shari; Rosenberg, Ruth – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2013
Fifth-grade teachers Shari Dorfman and Ruth Rosenberg strive to help their students see the possibilities that exist within themselves, so that their students can begin to envision their own future. To this end, Dorfman and Rosenberg choose to celebrate the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by sharing the stories of lesser-known…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Empowerment, Learning Activities, Reading Programs
Bickford, John H., III; Byas, Theresa – History Teacher, 2019
Research indicates that history-based curricula--specifically textbooks and trade books--about Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) are problematic and limited. If race relations are arguably America's long, unsettled tension, then Dr. King was one of its most impactful figures. Using the relevant historical research as a framework and the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Civil Rights, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
