Social Justice in the Classroom

Navigating Civics Education: Insights and Strategies with Trish Everett – The Teaching History Her Way Podcast

Trish Everett, an educational designer and self-proclaimed "good-news fairy" for social studies teachers sheds light on her role in supporting educators, particularly in civics education. With extensive experience teaching government and psychology in Florida, Trish discusses the challenges she's observed in fostering civil discourse within civics classrooms.Join us for a great conversation!Note: Trish asked me to correct a statistic .  When talking about the growth of AI, she said $136.6 trillion, but meant $136.6 billion (from this source).  She also found more recent estimate for future growth of the industry to $1.3 trillion by 2032.Trish's Recommended Resources:Common Sense EducationNewseumEdInternational Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)Civics Renewal NetworkNational Constitution Center Center for Civic Education Want to get in touch with Trish?Instagram & X: @DCEverett87 LinkedIn: Trish EverettLet's be friends and continue the conversation!Instagram: @teachinghistoryherwayX: http://www.twitter.com/historyherwayOn the Web/Blog: https://www.teachinghistoryherway.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/teachinghistoryherwaySupport the production of the Teaching History Her Way Podcast by purchasing some really great history tees.  Click here to shop now or go to www.teachinghistoryherway.com and click on "Merch."
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Lindsay defines social justice in the classroom as a foundational and cultural mindset of partnership between teacher and student in which students are talking and grappling with meaningful work that has eyes beyond the teacher and changes the community for the better in some way. Additionally, they are able to see mirrors of their own experiences and backgrounds of their identities as well as step into someone else’s experience through this work. To do the work, and fit it into our classes, she tells us to take a topic that students are talking about and then use our historical knowledge and pedagogical background to bring those issues into the class by designing our lessons from the present to the past. She recommends the Social Justice Framework from Learning for Justice as a way to guide you through making work developmentally appropriate.

Lindsay also makes the excellent point that you need to make your classroom a place where students are prepared and ready to talk about the issues at hand as well as be able to work through disagreements. She’s so generously given us a template for Circle Planning, which is a really great discussion method, for our students. Get your free Circle Planning Template here!

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