Key Readings
Muhammad, G. E. (2020). Cultivating genius: An equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. Scholastic.
Additional Readings
Baker-Rogers, A. M., & Traylor, F. M. (2020). They carried us: The social impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders. Arch Street Press.
Lieberman, A., & Friedrich, L. (2010). Epilogue. In How teachers become leaders (pp. 95-102). Teachers College Press.
Asynchronous Activity 1
Create and edit documents with ideas for teaching with primary sources in the upcoming school year.
You may focus on a lesson, a unit, sources, and/or routines you want to include.
Consider how you will include the histories African American women leaders.
Feel free to add documents to our shared Google Drive folder.
Asynchronous Activity 2
Write independently.
Share some of your writing with your journal group. Respond.
You may choose to connect in person or virtually (e.g., Zoom, email, Google Doc).
Asynchronous Activity 3
The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program hosts a members-only online forum for educators who have participated in professional development funded by the Library of Congress. This forum is called the TPS Teachers Network. We will use this forum to "go public" with practice by writing and posting on the network.
Check out some of the discussions. Feel free to respond to any of the threads or start your own. We hope you'll post something you're thinking about for the upcoming school year and ask for others to share resources.
Asynchronous Activity 4
To earn course credit, participants must complete a portfolio and submit it during the fall.
Learn more about the portfolio from the slideshow below.
After reviewing the slideshow, identify and annotate 3-4 artifacts from the past week for your portfolio.