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BLM at School Week of Action: Planning Template

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LISTEN TO BLACK WOMEN: DMV AREA BLACK WOMEN EDUCATORS PLANNING AND DREAMING FOR LIBERATION

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Black Lives Matter at School Marketplace of Knowledge at Bruce-Monroe ES

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Black Lives Matter at School Marketplace of Knowledge at Bruce-Monroe ES

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On March 24, the entire school community at Bruce-Monroe ES @ Park View (BMPV) (DCPS) was invited to participate in the Black Lives Matter at School Celebration of Learning. The school was transformed into a Marketplace of Knowledge that was the culmination of a six-week project that involved all grade levels in deep explorations of Black Lives Matter. The day included dance performances, a fashion show, and tours of the walls lined with colorful and captivating images and writings exploring the Black Lives Matter at School guiding principles.

The school wanted to create a sense of community and connectedness, similar to that found in marketplaces in Black Villages; a place to congregate, cultivate relationships, pursue opportunities, and engage in economic and consumer activism. The project was part of the school's commitment to continuing its journey towards becoming an anti-racist, anti-biased, inclusive school community.

Dr. Tamyka Morant, assistant principal, leads the BMPV Equity Team responsible for creating the interdisciplinary unit plans for the Black Lives Matter at School principles and creating the parameters for the Celebration of Learning unit to ensure accessibility and engagement for all grade levels. Grade level teams chose their own principles for deep study from a grade-band list that is embedded in the yearlong curriculum and allows for deep study of all 13 principles by the time students matriculate from BMPV to middle school. Students explored essential questions regarding their assigned principles, such as: How can art be used to amplify Black voices? Who or what events were agents of change? How has studying this BLM Principle helped me grow as an antiracist agent of change?

The celebration of learning kicked off with an assembly for students and families. Third graders opened the assembly by singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," then each early childhood class took a turn showing off the clothing they created in the style of a Black clothing designer. Finally, second graders took the for a "Beat Your Feet" dance performance. The performance was the culmination of a six-week study of go-go's music and history with Washington Performing Arts.

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Black Lives Matter at School Marketplace of Knowledge at Bruce-Monroe ES - D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

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On March 24, the entire school community at Bruce-Monroe ES @ Park View (DCPS) was invited to participate in the Black Lives Matter at School Celebration of Learning. The school was transformed into a Marketplace of Knowledge that was the culmination of a six-week project that involved all grade lev

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I SAW DEATH COMING: RECONSTRUCTION AND THE WAR ON BLACK FREEDOM

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Reconstruction violence and the Ku Klux Klan hearings

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Reconstruction violence and the Ku Klux Klan hearings

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Curated Menu for Black Lives Matter at School's Week of Action

This week is Black Lives Matter at School's Week of Action, and GDS's Lower School received a fantastic menu of ready-to-go resources for classrooms thanks to two of our staff affinity group co-leads.

Each day is dedicated to one of the 13 guiding principles of the Movement for Black Lives -loving engagement, empathy, restorative justice, diversity, and collective value-and includes lesson ideas, videos, discussion starters, books, inspiring quotations, and art. Items are also organized for our youngest Hoppers (PK-1st) and big kids (2nd-4th).

With all the wonderful child-centered resources out there, it has proven meaningful to GDS Lower School faculty to have this curated guide. We hope that educators and parents across the country will also find it valuable.

Many thanks to Azureé Harrison-Lower School instructional coach and Staff of Color co-lead-and Julia Tomasko '05 -4th grade teacher and co-lead for AWARE (Alliance of White Anti-Racist Educators). Stay tuned more teaching outcomes from Lower School at GDS!

UPDATE: Pre-K welcomed Dr. Denisha Jones, an education justice advocate and member of the national BLM at School Week of Action steering committee since 2017, for a discussion of the guiding principles. Students asked questions and gave heart-melting compliments to Dr. Jones. Thank you, Nichelle and Barbara, for hosting! As the students waved good-bye, one gave a spontaneous "Black Lives Matter!" cheer.

THE MENU BEGINS BELOW!

Guiding Principle: Loving Engagement

❤️ Sesame Street explains Black Lives Matter
(Pre-K-1st or 2nd grade)

Black Lives Matter at School
(2nd grade and up)

🖤 Black Lives Matter song for kids

💚 If you have more time...

1. Read Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi

2. Ibram X. Kendi talks about why he wrote Antiracist Baby

3. Learning guide from #DisruptTexts

TUESDAY

Guiding Principle: Empathy

❤️ Sesame Street Read aloud - We're Different, We're the Same by Bobbi Keats (Prek to 1st)

🖤 Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester read aloud (2nd and above)

💚 If you have more time...
We're All Alike...We're All Different lesson plan/activity

Guiding Principle: Restorative Justice

❤️ Kid President - How to Disagree
(All grades)

🖤 Activity: Restorative Circle

💚 If you have more time...

Guiding Principle: Diversity

❤️Sesame Street - Our Different Skin Tones
(Pre-K-1st grade)

Different - A Short Film
(2nd grade and above)

🖤Activity

💚If you have more time...
Comfort Food Lesson by Paula

Guiding Principle: Collective Value

❤️ Youth Activist Joshua: Feeding the Hungry (Pre-K-1st grade)

Kids Can Solve Big Problems - Michael Platt, TEDxYouth
(2nd grade and up)

🖤 ...and Martin by Woke Kindergarten

💚 If you have more time...
Let The Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
Learning Guide

💚 OTHER USEFUL QUICKLINKS💚
National BLM at Schools Visuals
Teaching for Change Elementary resources (Padlet)
Guiding Principles for the Movement for Black Lives

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Curated Menu for Black Lives Matter at School's Week of Action

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Story - Georgetown Day School is a coed, preK-12, non-sectarian private school in Washington, DC with small class sizes and a diverse school community.

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BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY IN FIVE MINUTES OR LESS: CELEBRATING HIDDEN STORIES YOU MAY NOT KNOW

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BLM Curriculum Fair Reconstruction workshop

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Final Proposal for BLM School Conference.pptx

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Mary Church Terrell's "Lift As We Climb": Black Activism in the Nation's Capital By Alisa Hardy

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Object Details

Artist

Brian Lanker, 31 Aug 1947 - 13 Mar 2011

Sitter

Eleanor Holmes Norton, born 13 Jun 1937

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, and Mark and Cindy Aron

Object number

S/NPG.2021.127

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Brian Lanker Archive

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 70.9 × 71.4 cm (27 15/16 × 28 1/8")

Sheet/Mount: 79.9 × 75.6 cm (31 7/16 × 29 3/4")

Mat: 88.2 × 87.1 cm (34 3/4 × 34 5/16")

Frame: 90.8 × 89.9 × 4.4 cm (35 3/4 × 35 3/8 × 1 3/4")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Necklace

Costume\Jewelry\Earring

Exterior

Nature & Environment\Plant

Architecture\Building

Architecture\Door

Architecture\Stairs

Costume\Jewelry\Watch\Wrist watch

Eleanor Holmes Norton: Female

Eleanor Holmes Norton: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Delegate\Washington, DC

Portrait

Record ID

npg_S_NPG.2021.127

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4689af452-a152-4f07-9f37-e92e0ad671de

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Eleanor Holmes Norton | Smithsonian Institution

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Artist Brian Lanker, 31 Aug 1947 - 13 Mar 2011 Sitter Eleanor Holmes Norton, born 13 Jun 1937 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J.

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Object Details

Photographer

Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007

Names

Egypt, Ophelia Settle

Collection Creator

Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Topic

Portraits -- African American women

Photographer

Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007

Culture

African American Culture

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Frank R. Jackson papers

Frank R. Jackson papers / Series 1: Photographs / Studio Portraits / Egypt Family

Extent

1 Photographic print (3 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches )

1 Negatives (photographic) (4 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches )

Container

Box 1, Folder 4

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.06-068, Item acma_06-068-080

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Negatives (photographic)

Collection Citation

Frank R. Jackson papers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Carole Hyman.

Collection Restrictions

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Record ID

ebl-1600088445040-1600088445051-4

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7e47c5712-ca5d-4ef5-b362-45ee83135c7d

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Photographer Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007 Names Egypt, Ophelia Settle Collection Creator Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007 Place Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) Topic Portraits -- African American women Photographer Jackson, Frank R., 1908-2007 Culture African American Culture See more items in Frank R. Jackson papers Frank R.

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Mary S. Peake, the Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe

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Mary Peake exemplifies the achievements and limits that were placed on freed African Americans during the nineteenth century. The daughter of a free black woman and a prominent Englishman, Peake was educated in Alexandria, Virginia. While supporting herself as a dressmaker, she secretly began teaching from her home, instructing African Americans of all ages.

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Mary McLeod Bethune | National Portrait Gallery

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Artist Lois Curtis and advocate Elaine Wilson were each housed in institutions and shelters. From ages 11 and 15, respectively, they were isolated from society due to cognitive and developmental disabilities. At the state-run Georgia Regional Hospital, doctors decided both women were ready to move to programs that would offer greater independence. But the state stopped the women from moving. Wilson said, "When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself. I was trapped...I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God. When am I ever going to leave here?"

Curtis and Wilson sued the state of Georgia. Attorney Sue Jamieson of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society led their case to the Supreme Court. The case was called Olmstead v. L.C., referencing Tommy Olmstead, Georgia's commissioner of human services, and Lois Curtis. The case attracted attention from the media and activists. Jamieson remembered, "We were climbing the steps of the United States Supreme Court, moving through hundreds of persons with signs, many in wheelchairs, who had spent most of the previous night in a disability civil rights vigil."

On June 22, 1999, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced the court's decision in the case: the Georgia Department of Human Resources and Georgia Regional Hospital violated the 1990 American with Disabilities Act. The case declared that unjustified isolation due to disability was a form of discrimination. Wilson was placed with a caretaker and took public speaking training. She became an advocate. Curtis eventually moved into her own home and devoted time to her art. In 2011, Curtis met President Barack Obama and gifted him one of her original paintings, a self-portrait. Curtis, Wilson, and Jamieson's work allowed many more people with disabilities to live independently.

Watch the video in Spanish. See the full video series about women who fought for change.

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How Artist Lois Curtis Won Disability Rights | Smithsonian American Women's History

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Artist Lois Curtis and advocate Elaine Wilson were each housed in institutions and shelters. From ages 11 and 15, respectively, they were isolated from society due to cognitive and developmental disabilities. At the state-run Georgia Regional Hospital, doctors decided both women were ready to move to programs that would offer greater independence.

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Learn the stories of American women throughout history who fought for change.... Learn more

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For the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, Ariel Alford, African American History teacher at Hayfield Secondary in Alexandria, Virginia, married the "Black Villages" principle with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) "Black Resistance" Black History Month theme. Using the Black Panther Party as a primary focal point, students explored "Community as Resistance."

Students were first introduced to Black writers, poets, and photographers who have recorded the power of community among Black people. They eventually created unique visual presentations and taught middle school students at Hayfield what they learned.

Students closely analyzed photographs of the community by Andre D. Wagner and shared what words and sensory associations they make when they are part of a community. They raised questions like,

"What is community?"

"How have Black people expressed 'community' with one another - past and present?"

"What are some common spaces, places, or activities that bring Black people together in community with each other?"

"How have Black communities organized themselves to resist systems of injustice?

Students provided examples of community - barber shops, family reunions, and schools, just to name a few. Then they thought about how communities - collections of people - can band together and resist oppressive forces.

Reading about the Black Panther Party, students affirmed some knowledge they had already been exposed to. They were aware of the free breakfast program and the Party's belief in armed resistance. The students were surprised to learn about how intentional and comprehensive their community care programming was in wrapping around folks in need, and how widespread Black Panther Party chapters were across the country.

Students subsequently facilitated teach-ins via structured lessons with Allen Johnson's 7th grade English students. These teach-ins are an example of community action to directly respond to the attacks on teaching the truth in the state of Virginia under governor Glen Younkin's administration.

Resources:

Read a teaching story about Alford's class from the 2022 Week of Action.

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Community as Resistance at Hayfield Secondary - D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

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Students were introduced to Black writers, poets, and photographers who have recorded the power of community among Black people, then created unique visual presentations and taught middle school students at Hayfield what they learned.

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Leveraging the Photo Essay – BLM Curricular Fair 1.20.24