Tag: Civil Rights Movement
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Expanding Historical Narratives Through Classroom “Meet and Greets”
Some of the most successful and engaging activities I’ve used this year have been classroom “meet and greets.” These activities have served as exciting introductions into new historical units, and each time, students have been excited to learn more and to dive deeper into the upcoming unit. The creation of these “meet and greets” was inspired…
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Ms. Green at NCSS!
I have been out of school Thursday and Friday, and am presenting at the NCSS conference in Washington DC. Yes, that’s right, our Little Longhorns get to do the coolest projects, and teachers from around the country want to hear about what we’re up to! This post is mainly for teachers looking for direction and…
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The 2016 Civil Rights Movement Timeline Exhibition
I am just blown away by the work our fifth graders did for their civil rights timeline presentations! We have spent the past six weeks researching both the African American civil rights movement and the Chicano movement, all of which led up to this amazing timeline exhibition. We started out by talking about the dominant narrative…
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Challenging the Dominant Narrative
This year in Ms. Green’s class, we’ve started a conversation that will last the whole year. We’re talking about what it means to challenge the dominant narrative. The dominant narrative is the story that’s usually told, and that most people are comfortable hearing. In a US history context, this dominant narrative says that rich white…
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Analyzing Poetry with John Legend & Common
My fifth graders did not do so hot on the poetry section of their middle of year benchmark. I can rage about standardized tests all I want, but at the end of the day, our sweet kiddos have to pass. So I was faced with the choice between doing STAAR practice, or finding a creative…
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The Civil Rights Movement, a Journey through Time & Literature
This week we started our unit on the Civil Rights Movement! Here in fifth grade at UT Elementary we work backwards through history, starting with present day and then rewinding back to the causes for the way things are today. This is great for me, because we get to start out the year with incredibly…
Ms. Green's Class 