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Moffa, Eric; Winston, Jake – Social Studies, 2023
During the 2020-2021 academic year, Virginia piloted a state-designed secondary African American history elective in 16 school divisions. Using the framework of Racial Pedagogical Content Knowledge (RPCK), this study examined the treatment of race in the new course by analyzing the state-created curriculum materials and interviewing three teachers…
Descriptors: African American History, History Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Race
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Bowman, Kimberly R. – Social Studies, 2020
Understanding history involves being able to construct knowledge about the past from historical traces left behind. In this article, the author describes a five-step strategy using historical obituaries to recreate the social landscapes of the past and raise critical consciousness regarding power relations in different contexts. The strategy is…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Consciousness Raising, Social History, Social Studies