December 2023

Primary Sources

Poetry

• Robin Williams speech

• I, Too by Langston Hughes

• I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman

• NY Times Blackout Poetry example

Unearthing Joy

• Rough Draft Lesson Plan

Hair Braids:

• 4-Year-Old Reprimanded for His Hair in School

• Kansas school forced 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his hair

• Hair Love

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

• Minnesota History Society project

Library of Congress

• Teacher Page

• Analysis Worksheets

• Lesson Plans

Games and GBL

• Mission US: No Turning Back (US, World)

• Be Washington (US)

• iCivics games

  • Convene the Council (Civics)

  • People's Pie (Econ, Civics)

• Gaming the Past website (list of game titles and teaching strategies)

Information and Research

• Can Video Games Provide Meaningful Learning Experiences?

• Using Video Games to Effectively Teach Social Studies

• How to Teach With Video Games in the Classroom

• Teaching the Declaration Through Video Games

• Five Reasons Video Games Should Be Used in Schools

Board Games

• Options for Online Board Games

• Play Play Learn

• Board Game Geek

• Board Game Central

GimKit

• GimKit home

• Video Tutorial

• GimKit Tips and Tricks

Homework

• Unearthing Joy book

  • • Read Chapter Two

• Optional

  • • Play some games

    • Make an Identity Map or Wheel of Power & Priviledge to share