https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y Group Response to Questions en-us 2020-09-15 00:44:40 UTC 2025-10-07 12:10:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f920.png hannahq3 https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/746210228 1. Eurocentric based, learned about Columbus in Elementary
2. History of science should be taught in both math and science classes. 
3. Time constraints...]]> 2020-09-15 00:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/746210228 https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/746702046 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cMj2Bnu09cD0q-8q85ldi4xVcOu2xbzMzS0NhKlF7dQ/edit?usp=sharing

]]> 2020-09-15 05:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/746702046 https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759779266 1. Ignoring colonialization and never acknowledging it in the classroom, not being comfortable with it, simplifying and glorifying instances of colonialization are ways that teachers perpetuate colonialization. Dominant narratives of history being Eurocentric. 


2. Different textbooks! One teacher used the Indigenous Guide to the United States, which showed a more realistic view of how the USA came to be. Reevaluate the standards of science and math  to be inclusive of history of science. Use the Internet! 

3. Internalized racism :((
Lack of diversity in the teaching body. Geographical challenges. No unified history curriculum. ]]> 2020-09-18 17:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759779266 https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759780684 1. They teach colonization as if it were great and they don't question it.
2. Being aware that you are part of the problem
3. Curriculum, other History teachers, students/parents ]]> 2020-09-18 17:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759780684 https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759783739 1. Using one narrative (Eurocentric narrative) and refusing to acknowledge multiple points of view or the true history, using whitewashed curriculum
2. Educate teachers as well as changing the curriculum, move away from the model of teacher as absolute authority
3. Curriculum changes- difficult to balance narratives in an already tight schedule and change policies, may be met with resistance or performative activism. Hard to broadly educate teachers who were raised on colonial education themselves.]]> 2020-09-18 17:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759783739 emmabellman https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759784632 1. Teachers can ignore colonialism and avoid bringing it up to counter what society perpetuates, the curriculum they have to follow does not allow space for this to be brought up
2.  Step away from eurocentric textbooks and introduce other sources or activities to show the full picture
3. School standards, parents may disagree with the necessity of decolonization being taught in the classroom]]> 2020-09-18 17:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759784632 https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759785803 1. It has a lot to do what you are taught in schools. A lot of what we know is the colonial viewpoint of history and if teachers do not learn alternative viewpoints they will further perpetuate colonization. The very structure of school itself is very colonial as it played a big role in the assimilation of "othered" groups into dominant American society. For example, the violent history of Native boarding schools.
2. Becoming politically conscious, speaking the truth to students. Actively fighting against colonial viewpoints and teaching a wide range of histories.
3. The curriculum is still colonial and its hard to change. Decolonizing education will take time.]]> 2020-09-18 17:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759785803 https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759790433 1. forced the eurocentric "we" perspective on students, made it seem like Native Americans were okay with colonizers taking over their land (ex lessons on Thanksgiving and the gold rush)
2. at younger ages, it might be better to simply include childrens' books written from other perspectives (eg the Native Americans' perspective of Thanksgiving), and also get rid of those patriotic/"this land is your land" songs from the curriculum of music classes. once students reach a certain age it would definitely be important to teach them the real facts.
3. it can be disheartening to teach students about the grim reality of colonialism, make them question their own identities, question the objectivity of science + make them mistrust science. also, parents and other teachers, administration may not be happy about this change. ]]> 2020-09-18 17:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahq3/krwrptwbx1gyeb9y/wish/759790433