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Tulsa Public Schools to launch new 1921 Race Massacre curriculum
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Tulsa Public Schools to launch new 1921 Race Massacre curriculum
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton Mar 1, 2021 Updated 4 hrs ago
Tulsa Public Schools will soon be incorporating different topics connected to the Tulsa Race Massacre into its curriculum calendar across all grades.
Starting in May, classrooms around the district in third grade and up will start blending in lesson plans about the 1921 event, its causes and its long-term impact into their social studies classes. Related lesson plans are also in development for kindergarten, first and second grades to be introduced in the future.
“State standards only require us to cover it in Oklahoma history and U.S. history,” TPS Social Studies Content Manager Amanda Solivan said. “We wanted to think about how could we integrate learning about the Greenwood District and the Tulsa Race Massacre in kindergarten through 12th grade in a way that will increase in complexity as the students get older.”
Developed by a team of TPS teachers representing multiple grade levels and campuses, the curriculum will incorporate resources and feedback from multiple partners, including the Greenwood Cultural Center, while using a local angle to meet state instructional requirements.
For early elementary students, those lesson plans could include introducing the Greenwood District as an example of a community or as a way to develop map reading skills. For the district’s sixth grade students, a lesson on gentrification would focus on the Greenwood neighborhood rather than on a community in a far-flung city.
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Tulsa Public Schools to launch new 1921 Race Massacre curriculum
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton Mar 1, 2021 Updated 4 hrs ago
Tulsa Public Schools will soon be incorporating different topics connected to the Tulsa Race Massacre into its curriculum calendar across all grades.
Starting in May, classrooms around the district in third grade and up will start blending in lesson plans about the 1921 event, its causes and its long-term impact into their social studies classes. Related lesson plans are also in development for kindergarten, first and second grades to be introduced in the future.
“State standards only require us to cover it in Oklahoma history and U.S. history,” TPS Social Studies Content Manager Amanda Solivan said. “We wanted to think about how could we integrate learning about the Greenwood District and the Tulsa Race Massacre in kindergarten through 12th grade in a way that will increase in complexity as the students get older.”
Developed by a team of TPS teachers representing multiple grade levels and campuses, the curriculum will incorporate resources and feedback from multiple partners, including the Greenwood Cultural Center, while using a local angle to meet state instructional requirements.
For early elementary students, those lesson plans could include introducing the Greenwood District as an example of a community or as a way to develop map reading skills. For the district’s sixth grade students, a lesson on gentrification would focus on the Greenwood neighborhood rather than on a community in a far-flung city.
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