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Contextualizing History

The below video, from TeachingHistory.org, is an introduction to what is historical thinking.

For more information, visit teachinghistory.org and Why Historical Thinking Matters.

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

"Yes, but how do we do it?" Gloria Ladson-Billings

Gloria Ladson-Billings is a leader in educational theory and pedagogy regarding the role of race int he classroom. Her work in regards to crticial race theory and the implicaitions of race in the classroom has opened up dialogues in teacher education programs, better preparing current teachers and student teachetrs for careers in the diverse classroom.

Here is a listing of books in the Fordham Library Catalog by Ladson-Billings:

The Dreamkeepers by Gloria Ladson-Billings
ISBN: 9780470408155
Publication Date: 2009-03-23
In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers, Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relevant teaching is not a matter of race, gender, or teaching style. What matters most is a teacher's efforts to work with the unique strengths a child brings to the classroom. A brilliant mixture of scholarship and storytelling, The Dreamkeepers challenges us to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students, but all children. This new edition also includes questions for reflection
Education Research in the Public Interest by William F. Tate (Editor); Gloria Ladson-Billings; James A. Banks (Series edited by)
ISBN: 080774705X
Publication Date: 2006-04-24
Gloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate argue that education scholars can and must undertake work that speaks to the pressing public issues related to education. In this volume, they are joined by renowned educators who have a reputation for engaging public interests and public policy in powerful and provocative ways. Together, they address such important issues as zero-tolerance policies, language-minority students, multicultural education, school reform, teaching for social justice, educational inquiry, curriculum, assessment, and much more. This compelling collection challenges policymakers and the public to take a greater hand in creating a quality education for all students.
Beyond the Big House by Gloria Ladson-Billings
ISBN: 0807745820
Publication Date: 2005-04-25
Gloria Ladson-Billings, acclaimed African American scholar and teacher educator, examines the field of teacher education through the accomplishments and contributions of well-known African American teacher educators-- Lisa Delpit, Carl Grant, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Geneva Gay, Cherry McGee Banks, William Tate, and Joyce King. Using in-depth interviews and storytelling, Ladson-Billings depicts deeply personal portraits of these scholars' experiences to confront race and racism, not only theoretically, but within their everyday professional lives in "the Big House" of the academy. Ladson-Billings gives these portraits even greater resonance and meaning by pairing these teacher educators with historical figures--such as Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, and Charlotte Forten--whose contributions to the struggle for social justice are a wellspring of hope and courage to all educators, and a tribute to African Americans whose political, scientific, and spiritual efforts made life better for us all. This compelling book is important reading for all educators who want to transform teacher education for the better. Features: A re-conceptualization of the process of teacher preparation presented from a unique and long-overdue perspective. Models of teacher education that support equitable and socially just practices. Fascinating portraits that examine the early teaching, research and publication, mentoring and collaboration, and satisfactions and frustrations of prominent African American educators.
Crossing over to Canaan by Gloria Ladson-Billings
ISBN: 0787950017
Publication Date: 2001-03-29
"Gloria Ladson-Billings provides a perceptive and interestingaccount of what is needed to prepare novice teachers to besuccessful with all students in our multicultural society. Thisbook is must reading for all those entering the profession ofteaching today and for those who prepare them for this importantwork." --Ken Zeichner, associate dean and professor of curriculum andinstruction, School of Education, University ofWisconsin-Madison "The multiple voices in Gloria Ladson-Billings's book arecompelling, provocative, and insightful-they provide a powerful'insider' perspective on what it really means to learn to teach allchildren well." --Marilyn Cochran-Smith, professor of education and editor, Journalof Teacher Education, Boston College, School of Education "Ladson-Billings, one of the stellar researchers and mostpassionate advocates for social justice, has written yet anothermasterpiece. By weaving the novice teachers' voices, her personalteaching journey, and language rich in compelling research andinspiring metaphors, Ladson-Billings has documented how newteachers transform schools and teach poor children of color." --Jacquline Jordan Irvine, Candler Professor of Urban Education,Emory University, Division of Educational Studies "Masterful teacher and teacher-educator Gloria Ladson-Billings hasgiven us--in highly readable form--a brilliant vision of whatteacher education might become. In Crossing Over to Canaan we get aglimpse of how a carefully constructed teacher education programfocused on teaching for social justice can produce excellentteaching, even by young, middle-class teachers-in-training, indiverse educational settings." --Lisa D. Delpit, Benjamin E. Mays Professor of EducationalLeadership, Georgia State University The author of the best-selling book The Dreamkeepers shows howteachers can succeed in diverse classrooms. Educating teachers towork well in multicultural classrooms has become an all-importanteducational priority in today's schools. In Crossing Over toCanaan, Gloria Ladson-Billings details the real-life stories ofeight novice teachers participating in an innovative teachereducation program called Teach for Diversity. She details theirstruggles and triumphs as they confront challenges in the classroomand respond with innovative strategies that turn cultural strengthsinto academic assets. Through their experiences, Ladson-Billingsillustrates how good teachers can meet the challenges of teachingstudents from highly diverse backgrounds--and find a way to "crossover to Canaan." She offers a model of teaching that focuses onacademic achievement, cultural competence, and socio-politicalconsciousness. Drawing from her own experiences as a young African-Americanteacher working in Philadelphia, she successfully weaves togethernarrative, observation, and scholarship to create an inspirationaland practical book that will help teachers everywhere as they workto transcend labels and categories to support excellence among allstudents.

Adolescence Social Studies Lesson Plans, 7-12

On this page, students and teachers of Adolescence Social Studies, 7-12 will find sample lesson and unit plans for any of the following courses:

Middle School Social Studies, Grades 6-8
Global History and Geography 1
Global History and Geography 2
American History
Sociology and Economics

All of the lessons are hyperlinked to various resources in this database and the Fordham Library catalog so you can adapt these lessons to fit your curriculum and students.

Lesson Plan Example: Spanish and Portuguese Explorers, Age of Exploration, 1400s to 1600s

Cooperative Learning Lesson

Unit Plan Example: The Great Depression and New Deal, United States History

Matrix, The Great Depression and the New Deal

The Great Depression and the New Deal Matrix

Monday

48 minutes

Tuesday

48 minutes

Wednesday

48 minutes

Thursday

48 minutes

Friday

38 minutes

Introductory Lesson

D.O.: What are the underlying causes of the Great Depression? How do they create a domino effect?

Begin with quick-write of Roaring 20s – ask students, “How was the twenties an era of social prosperity and growth? How was the twenties an era of intolerance, corruption, or social stagnation?

Presentation of the overarching and topical essential questions for the unit.

Simulation – students will be given roles and must act out and adjust according to certain obstacles. These “roadblocks” will be the underlying causes of the Great Depression and how they affected different areas.

D.O.: Why did America’s economy crash?

See Cooperative Learning Lesson Plan for more

Short prezi with definitions of key vocabulary words

Students will be given roles and must use graphic organizers to collect information about the underlying causes of the Great Depression.

D.O.: How does where you come from affect your experience?

Was the Depression “depressing” for everyone?

See Life in America Lesson Plan for more

Skill builder

Short Prezi on life in two different regions: dust bowl and cities

Students complete a station activity. 6 stations are set up around the room (2 art, 2 music, and 2 photography). Students complete a graphic organizer with guiding questions that lead to higher-order questions about art and creative expression during the Great Depression.

D.O.: What are traditional American values? How important are they in our lives?

Open discussion guided by teacher centering on the idea of tradition: Are there certain values that are traditional? What is a tradition?

Addressing the misconception – would we label the GD as a time of struggle for the American public? Why/why not? What would this do on to family life? Short prezi – importance of family values during the Great Depression

10 minute quiz at the end of class

D.O.: The Roosevelts: heroes or menaces?

5-8 minute Prezi on Roosevelts

Student-led Roosevelt research. Students are split into four teams and given primary documents, articles, etc. that support FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt being heroes or the two being disastrous to the country

The students will then share their findings in the form of a mock-debate the following day.

10 minutes at the end of class to discuss and plan for panel

D.O.: Can relief programs reach everyone? Should they?

Short prezi on New Deal – basic information and timeline

Each group will be assigned a policy or program introduced by the New Deal. They will have to use their packets to fill in a graphic organizer and create a poster about their program or policy.

D.O.: Can relief programs reach everyone? Should they?

Brief student presentations of their policy or program.

Gallery walk with graphic organizer.

10 minutes at the end of class – prepare for panel

D.O.: How do personal stories relate to the ideas we read about in textbooks?

Students plan for the panel of people born in the 1920s.

Go over structure of panel, appropriate behavior, etc.

D.O.: How do personal stories relate to the ideas we read about in textbooks?

Panel 2-4 people who were children during the Great Depression and New Deal

Students will conduct an interview of what life was like for two children in NYC (Bronx and Queens), each with unique experiences from the Depression

Students will have a reflection question to gauge understanding.

D.O.: How do the changes of the New Deal effect us today?

Go over different social programs that are the same or have evolved since the New Deal.

Prep for authentic assessment.

Authentic Assessment

Debrief Authentic Assessment, Review for Test

Unit Test – 20 multiple choice and choose 2 out of 3 long answer questions

Thinking and Reading Like A Historian

Sam Wineburg is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Educaiton and Professor of History (by courtesy) at Stanford University, and author of Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts.

Reading Like a Historian by Sam Wineburg; Daisy Martin; Chauncey Monte-Sano
ISBN: 9780807752135
Publication Date: 2011-06-10
This practical resource shows you how to apply Sam Wineburg's highly acclaimed approach to teaching, Reading Like a Historian, in your middle and high school classroom to increase academic literacy and spark students' curiosity. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay that sets the stage of a key moment in American history, beginning with exploration and colonization and the events at Jamestown and ending with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Following each essay are all the materials you'll need to teach this topic, primary documents, charts, graphic organizers, visual images, and political cartoons, as well as suggestions for where to find additional resources on the Internet and guidance for assessing students' understanding of core historical ideas. Reading Like a Historian will help you use your textbook creatively and give you ideas for how historical instruction can enhance students' skills in reading comprehension.

New York State Regents Exams

American History and Government, January 2010

Access to more information about the New York State Regents Exams in Social Studies can be found here: https://www.nysedregents.org/.

For additional resources for Regents preparation, visit regentsprep.org.

Fordham Library Catalog

Search catalog for books, ebooks, periodicals, government documents, videos, maps etc. held by Fordham at all campuses.

Social Studies Resources in the Fordham Libraries

Doing History by Linda S. Levstik; Keith C. Barton
Call Number: LB1582.U6 L49 2005 (On Reserve at Lincoln Center, Quinn Library)
ISBN: 0805850724
Publication Date: 2005-06-23
Doing History: Investigating With Children in Elementary and Middle Schools, Third Editionoffers a unique perspective on history instruction in the elementary and middle grades. Through case studies of teachers and students in diverse classrooms and from diverse backgrounds, the text shows children engaging in authentic historical investigations, often in the context of an integrated social studies curriculum.
Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient near East by Michael Roaf; Nicholas Postgate (Editor)
Call Number: DS69.5.R63 1990 (On Reserve at the Lincoln Center, Quinn Library)
ISBN: 0816022186
Publication Date: 1990
This sumptuously illustrated atlas recreates "the cradle of civilization" through a brilliant integration of text, maps, and pictures.
History Lessons by Dana Lindaman; Kyle Roy Ward
Call Number: E175.85 .L56 2004 (Rose Hill, Walsh Library)
ISBN: 1565848942
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
"History Lessons offers a challenge to the biases we bring to our understanding of American history - and a sobering glimpse into how the rest of the world views the past we take for granted."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
America by Dwila Bloom
Call Number: LB1584.B568 1997 (Lincoln Center, Quinn Library)
ISBN: 0876285892
Publication Date: 1997-10-01
Africa, Europe and Asia by Dwila Bloom
Call Number: LB1584.B568 1998 v. 2 (Lincoln Center, Quinn Library)
ISBN: 0876285906
Publication Date: 1997-09-01

Primary Sources - Documents

Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection
Collection of over 5,000 19th century Latin American pamphlets containing social and political commentary from the collection at Harvard.

World Digital Library (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Collection of primary material including images and documents from countries around the world.

Primary Sources - Images

Artstor (Platform Ends 7/31/24 - SEE JSTOR)
Hundreds of thousands of online images of paintings, sculptures, architecture and other works of art

EUROPEANA
Digital texts, images, sounds and videos from European libraries and museums.

Digital Collections of Diaries, Letter etc.

American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920
Published narratives by Americans and visitors traveling in the colonies and U.S.
Archive of War Diaries Online
Collection of links to war diaries from the Civil War, World Wars I and II.
Civil Rights Digital Library
Compilation of digitized primary source material including film archive from two Georgia television stations, oral histories, documents and photographs.
Discovering American Women's History Online.
Documenting the American South
Digitized primary source material (books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs) relating to southern history, literature and culture.
Influenza Encyclopedia: The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919
Collection of digitized primary source documents, images and narratives detailing the impact of the 1918-19 epidemic on 50 American cities.

Making of America, journals and monographs (Cornell University) This link opens in a new window
Now hosted on Hathi Trust, the Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is a digital library documenting American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Making of America, journals and monographs (University of Michigan) This link opens in a new window
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.

Education - Just for Teachers: Lesson Plans, Adolescence Social Studies

Contextualizing History

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Adolescence Social Studies Lesson Plans, 7-12

Lesson Plan Example: Spanish and Portuguese Explorers, Age of Exploration, 1400s to 1600s

Unit Plan Example: The Great Depression and New Deal, United States History

Thinking and Reading Like A Historian

New York State Regents Exams

Fordham Library Catalog

Social Studies Resources in the Fordham Libraries

Primary Sources - Documents

Primary Sources - Images

Digital Collections of Diaries, Letter etc.

Reference & Instruction Department