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Master's Thesis: Teaching Black Experiences in Schools: The Importance of Diversifying the Curriculum in the Wake of a Divided World

Pelichet, Sydney Leigh
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African Americans—Education—United States, Police brutality—United States—Study and teaching, Critical pedagogy—United States, Racism in textbooks—United States, Culturally relevant pedagogy—United States
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Black experiences are being left out of the current curriculum. One way to educate American citizens on the Black experience is by offering a collection of lesson plans and texts that offer teachers the tools to teach Black experiences in schools. Police brutality has been a topic for conversation and this issue should be taught in academic spaces. In this thesis, I analyze the current curriculum at Dexter Middle School in Memphis, Tennessee for evidence of Black experiences in the current sixth grade English curriculum as well as design a unit that centers around police brutality and the Black experience.
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