Ask Me About: The Committed Generation
More than 3 million Central Americans reside in the United States today, yet the resources in most schools on Latino heritage make the rich history and literature of the region invisible. Therefore, for Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), Teaching for Change has launched a campaign to support and encourage teaching about Central more »
Selected Biographies
THE COMMITTED GENERATION was a group of authors who lived and wrote in Central America during the latter half of the 20th century. Convinced that the poet must serve as the fulcrum of change in word and deed, they not only wrote tirelessly about historical and current injustice in Central America, but also worked for more »
Selected Poems and Literary Works
From We Indians Have No Childhood “While my father was in jail, the rich land-owners came, and since no one knew Spanish, they frightened us. And they told the campesinos to either leave, or stay as wage earners, because the land was theirs. Then their gunmen threatened to chase us out, and broke everything more »
Featured Books
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Teaching Activities, Films, and Websites
Featured Teaching Activities and Readings Rediscovering America (Elementary/Middle/High School) Edited by Gioconda Belli, et al. The readings listed below are just a sample of the dozens of readings in the Rediscovering America booklet for K-12. Table of Contents and Introduction The Seven Pillars of Colonialism A Dog’s Luck by Otto René Castillo The Export of more »
Civil Rights Education Reform in Mississippi
Teaching for Change is honored to be working with partners in Mississippi on enhancing and deepening the approach to teaching and learning about the Civil Rights Movement, with a focus on local history. This is a statewide initiative with a current focus on historic McComb, Mississippi. Background The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced the more »
Quaking Conversation
by Lenelle Moïse I want to talk about Haiti. How the earth had to break the island’s spine to wake the world up to her screaming. How this post-earthquake crisis is not natural or supernatural. I want to talk about disasters. How men make them with embargoes, exploitation, stigma, sabotage, scalding debt & cold shoulders. more »
Black History Is U.S. History: Ask Us About Freedom Schools
Teaching for Change promotes the importance of teaching Black History all year with Ask me about: Freedom Schools commemorative buttons. Why Freedom Schools? Teaching for Change advocates for the type of learning and pedagogy used in Freedom Schools. Why the buttons? Because Black History is U.S. History and should not be reduced to the few names more »
