TEACING TEACHING

TEACHING

HARD HISTORY

AMERICAN SLAVERY

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Teaching Hard History

AMERICAN SL AVERY

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History is not the past. It is the present. We

carry our history with us. We are our history.

¡ªjames baldwin, ¡°black english: a dishonest argument¡±

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CONTENTS

Preface

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Introduction

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Executive Summary

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PART ONE | HOW SLAVERY IS TAUGHT TODAY

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Key Concepts

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Table 1 Data Organized by Key Concepts

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PART TWO | WHY WE MUST CHANGE

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PART THREE | HOW WE INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE

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Table 2 High School Senior Survey Responses Summary

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Table 3 Reported Teacher Practices

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Table 4 Teacher comfort and support measures

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Table 5 Textbooks Analyzed

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Rhode Island¡¯s Revisionist History

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PART FOUR | CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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Appendix 1 | Advisory Board Members and Affiliations

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Appendix 2 | Student Survey Questions

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Appendix 3 | Textbook Rubric

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Appendix 4 | Teacher Survey

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Endnotes

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Acknowledgments

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