Teaching when the world is on fire /

"Is it okay to discuss politics in class? What are constructive ways to help young people process the daily news coverage of sexual assault? How can educators engage students around Black Lives Matter? Climate change? Confederate statue controversies? Immigration? Hate speech? In Teaching When...

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Other Authors: Delpit, Lisa (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Lisa Delpit
  • Politics matters. I shall create! / William Ayers ; Teaching politics in the age of Trump / Justin Christensen ; The three illusions / Julia Putnam ; Standing up against hate / Mica Pollock ; Yes, race and politics belong in the classroom / H. Richard Milner IV
  • Safety matters. Cops or counselors? / Pedro A. Noguera ; How Hurricane Harvey altered my perspective as a teacher / Jeff Collier ; I was raised to believe education could keep me safe / fredrick scott salyers ; Calling on Omar / Carla Shalaby ; School justice / T. Elijah Hawkes
  • Race matters. Don't say nothing / Jamilah Pitts ; Black teachers, black youth, and reality pedagogy / Christopher Emdin ; How one elementary school sparked a citywide movement to make black students' lives matter / Wayne Au and Jesse Hagopian ; The fire / Sarah Ishmael and Jonathan Tunstall in conversation ; Engaging and embracing black parents / Allyson Criner Brown ; Who to I belong to? / Natalie Labossiere ; To my sons' future teacher, colleague, sister/brother, co-madre, maestra, comrade, friend / Crystal T. Laura
  • Gender and sex ed matter. Sexual harassment and the collateral beauty of resistance / Camila Arze Torres Goitia ; Believe me the first time / Dale Weiss ; Nothing about us, without us, is for us / Hazel Edwards and Maya Lindberg in conversation
  • Climate matters. Climate science meets a stubborn obstacle: students / Amy Harmon ; Teachers vs. climate change / Bill Bigelow
  • Culture matters. Teaching middle school students to advocate / Carolina Drake ; Why I teach diverse literature / Noah Cho ; Love for Syria / Cami Touloukian ; Correct(ed): Confederate public history / James Loewen ; Creating inclusive classrooms for Muslim Children / Deborah Almontaser ; Appendix: Books on immigration for young readers / Jay Fung.