EthnicStudies2021

Are you advocating for Ethnic Studies in your district? Are you wanting to navigate district leadership to support the implementation of an Ethnics Studies program in your district. This is the session for you. We will walk through the process of Dallas ISD to support your strategic planning. In addition, we will explore partnership opportunities to promote sustainability in your district.

This presentation will explore the crucial role of Social Studies educators in the shaping of student's development of Social Studies Inquiry skills and student's voice. During this session, participants will examine examples of African/African American as well as LatinX counternarratives explored in FWISD Ethnic Studies courses and K-12 infusion.

Participants will be introduced to tools and techniques that will enhance their Cultural Intelligence in an effort to provide innovative pedagogical methods relative to ethnic studies.

Historical thinking leads to critical conversations in the classroom about diverse topics. In this session, we will share strategies and resources for encouraging students to critically assess events in history and have productive, meangingful, and respectful conversations about these events.

Join us to explore the roots of Dia de Los Muertos, one of the most popular and celebrated Mexican American cultural traditions that demonstrates Mexica/Aztec and Roman Catholic influences syncretized as a result of the modern religio-cultural diversity, diffusion, collision, conversion, and resistance within Nueva España. In this interactive session with the help of Story Map, we will survey the geographies, histories, and religio-cultures of the traditions that come together in Dia de Los Muertos, which has gone global in popular culture. In diversifying classrooms, the lived religions of many peoples have become increasingly important for 21st century civics and global citizenry.

Dr. Bolton will draw from her experience teaching Black American literature to offer pedagogical strategies on teaching subjects that involve race.  She will provide tips on how to design inquiry-driven curriculum, in addition to offering guidance on ways to engineer scholarly discussions for students driven by texts chosen for study.