Scholarly Presentations

Recorded Presentations:

• Edward Carson, Dean of Multicultural Education, Governor’s Academy, recorded presentation (30 minutes)

• Dr. Kabria Baumgartner, Northeastern University, Sarah Parker Remond and Charlotte Forten: Influential Black Women in Essex County (26 minutes)

• Doneeca Thurston, Director of Lynn Museum/Lynn Arts discusses the exhibit Untold Stories: A History of Black People in Lynn at a CAMTalks forum at Cape Ann Museum on February 19, 2022. CAMTalks: Collecting and Exhibiting Untold Stories (there is an issue with audio initially but if you start at about 6:40 minutes, Doneeca discusses the exhibit. Kyera Singleton, director of Royall House and Slave Quarters also presents and then there is an engaging discussion afterwards between the two museum directors.)

• Brian Sheehy, North Andover High School, Race and Racism in Essex County Sports (14 minutes)

• Zobeida Chaffee-Valdes, Looking for Local History Online (31 minutes) Link to Resource Guide

• Reuben Henriques, Using DESE’s “Guiding Principle 2” for teaching social studies with a critical, inclusive, and responsive focus. USE PASSCODE: fLca=w$3 (15 minutes) NOTE: This is the same presentation that was used in previous workshops.

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Additional Readings:

Please review these articles provided by Dr. Kabria Baumgartner:

• • ’Back to School’ amid a pandemic and uprisings gives teachers a unique opportunity, op-ed by Kabria Baumgartner, Washington Post, August 13, 2020

  • How Can White Teachers Teach Black History? Six Things You Need to Know, opinion piece by Daniel P. Tulino, Greg Simmons & Brianne R. Pitts, Education Week, February 16, 2021

  • Don’t Teach Black History Without Joy, opinion piece by Jania Hoover, Education Week, February 19, 2021