Teaching People's History: RECONSTRUCTION
Sat, Mar 25
|Social Engagement
The Zinn Education Project facilitates this all-day workshop for educators interested in learning and teaching more about Reconstruction, the era following the Civil War and emancipation, a time full of stories that can help us envision the possibility of a future defined by racial equity.
Time & Location
Mar 25, 2023, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Social Engagement, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
This will be an all-day, participatory workshop facilitated by the Zinn Education Project for approximately 45 educators interested in learning and teaching more about the era following the Civil War and emancipation, known as Reconstruction, an era full of stories that help us see the possibility of a future defined by racial equity. Participants will engage in a series of classroom-friendly activities that both uncover the underrecognized, bottom-up history of this era and ask how the unfulfilled promises of of Reconstruction might shape our politics and curriculum moving forward.
$35. Workshop fee. All participants will receive a copy of the Rethinking Schools book, A People's History of Abolition and the Civil War, and lunch sourced from a local farm-to-table restaurant will be provided. This event was made possible through generous support from Sparkplug Foundation.
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Teaching Reconstruction
The Zinn Education Project facilitates this all-day workshop for educators. Participants will engage in a series of classroom-friendly activities that both uncover the underrecognized, bottom-up history of this era and ask how the unfulfilled promises of Reconstruction might shape our politics and curriculum moving forward. All attendees will also receive a copy of the Rethinking Schools book, "A People's History of Abolition and the Civil War" and Lunch will be provided.
$35.00
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