Leilani Sabzalian - Böcker

The Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery is often presented as an exciting adventure story of discovery, friendship, and patriotism. However, this same period in U.S. history can be understood quite differently when viewed through anticolonial lens and the Doctrine of Discovery. How might educators critically interrogate the assumptions that underlie this adventure story through their teaching? This book challenges dominant narratives and packaged curriculum about Lewis and Clark to support more responsible social studies instruction. The authors provide a conceptual framework, ready-to-use lesson plans, and teaching resources to address oversimplified versions of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Indigenous perspectives, along with contemporary issues, are embedded in each lesson to encourage active and critical engagement with history and the legacies of conquest those living in what is now called the United States have inherited.Book Features:Offers a new look at social studies curriculum about the Corps of Discovery—and Manifest Destiny—through the Doctrine of Discovery. Includes examples of how Indigenous peoples have long engaged in philosophical, legal, and political challenges to the principles of the Doctrine.Provides social studies lesson plans for elementary and secondary classrooms.Offers useful curriculum materials to help teachers present a deeper examination of this topic.

Challenge colonialism in education and learn ways to incorporate Indigenous studies in your elementary or secondary classroom. This powerful book offers foundational knowledge around the movement for Indigenous studies curriculum in K-12 schools, as well as strategies to support more respectful and responsible teaching of Indigenous studies.Inside, you will learn about Indigenous pedagogies and how to integrate foundational ideas such as sovereignty, survivance, and relationality into your teaching and curriculum. Through a keywords approach, chapters offer robust conceptual introductions, connections to classroom practice, and a wide array of teaching strategies and resources to help you move your learning into practice.As you read, you will build strategies to name and disrupt colonialism, recognize and affirm Indigenous identities and knowledges, foster ethical land relations, and identify your roles and responsibilities in relation to decolonization and resurgence.

Indigenous Children’s Survivance in Public Schools examines the cultural, social, and political terrain of Indigenous education by providing accounts of Indigenous students and educators creatively navigating the colonial dynamics within public schools. Through a series of survivance stories, the book surveys a range of educational issues, including implementation of Native-themed curriculum, teachers’ attempts to support Native students in their classrooms, and efforts to claim physical and cultural space in a school district, among others. As a collective, these stories highlight the ways that colonization continues to shape Native students’ experiences in schools. By documenting the nuanced intelligence, courage, artfulness, and survivance of Native students, families, and educators, the book counters deficit framings of Indigenous students. The goal is also to develop educators’ anticolonial literacy so that teachers can counter colonialism and better support Indigenous students in public schools.