ERIC Number: EJ1288102
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
Pages: 5
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Hearing Students' Stories about Being American
Lander, Jessica
Educational Leadership, v78 n6 p54-58 Mar 2021
When teaching a course on American diversity, Jessica Lander realized that to understand the complexity of justice-related policies and events in U.S. history, students needed to relate personally. She had students write personal reflections on what it means to be American, which dealt with issues from immigration journeys, learning a new language, to a student's role in a family enterprise. Stories were gathered into published books and Lander and several students launched We Are America: a project encouraging students across the U.S. to add their American histories.
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Diversity, Multicultural Education, History Instruction, United States History, Nationalism, Personal Narratives, Social Justice, Immigrants
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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