Using the present to explore the past. Tamara Spears and Jordan Lanfair suggest a Social Studies unit about Resistance & Kanye West, and a set of English Language Arts lessons examining holidays—from Juneteenth to Columbus Day—to understand the legacy of American slavery. Visit the <a href= "https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/sample-lessons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show notes for this episode</a> to find a complete transcript and a list of resources to help you teach the ideas explored by our guests.

Using the present to explore the past. Tamara Spears and Jordan Lanfair suggest a Social Studies unit about Resistance & Kanye West, and a set of English Language Arts lessons examining holidays—from Juneteenth to Columbus Day—to understand the legacy of American slavery. Visit the show notes for this episode to find a complete transcript and a list of resources to help you teach the ideas explored by our guests.

Using the present to explore the past. Tamara Spears and Jordan Lanfair suggest a Social Studies unit about Resistance &amp; Kanye West, and a set of English Language Arts lessons examining holidays—from Juneteenth to Columbus Day—to understand the legacy of American slavery. Visit the <a href="https://www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/sample-lessons" rel="noopener noreferrer">show notes for this episode</a> to find a complete transcript and a list of resources to help you teach the ideas explored by our guests.

Sample Lessons – w/ Jordan Lanfair and Tamara Spears

From Learning for Justice and host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., Teaching Hard History brings us the crucial history we should have learned through the voices of leading scholars and educators. The series, which includes four seasons that originally aired from 2018 to 2022, begins with the long and brutal legacy of slavery and reaches through the victories of and violent responses to the Civil Rights Movement and Black Americans' experiences during the Jim Crow era to the issues we face today. 

Join us as we relaunch this podcast series, highlighting an episode each week and including a new resource page with key points from the conversation, resources and connections for building learning experiences.

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From Learning for Justice and host Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ph.D., Teaching Hard History brings us the crucial history we should have learned through the voices of leading scholars and educators. The series, which includes four seasons that originally aired from 2018 to 2022, begins with the long and brutal legacy of slavery and reaches through the victories of and violent responses to the Civil Rights Movement and Black Americans' experiences during the Jim Crow era to the issues we face today. Join us as we relaunch this podcast series, highlighting an episode each week and including a new resource page with key points from the conversation, resources and connections for building learning experiences.

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