Empowering Histories is a site set-up by Matt Vriesman, the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year.
Here’s how he describes it:
All my materials are organized chronologically by AP units and are tied directly to the College Board’s Key Concepts. However, these lessons work great in on-level high school and middle school history classrooms as well. All of the “supplementary materials” could easily be turned into full lessons, but I understand the pressure of trying to fit in all of the content and the writing skills required for this course, and only so much time can be devoted to each idea. Each lesson is designed not only to expose students to modern antiracist historical research, but also to facilitate their growth as analytical historical writers, therefore some of my best practices for thesis writing and document analysis (S.P.Y. Method) are sprinkled throughout. I understand that every history teacher has their own “must use” secondary sources for the curriculum and its impossible to use every good source, therefore, some of the “slides presentations” are designed for you to be able to introduce students to an important empowering or antiracist idea, even if you don’t have time in your curriculum for the full lesson.
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