Culturally Relevant Pedagogy with Primary Sources Video: Tenet 2

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Watch fifth grade teacher Geoff Freeman lead his students through a primary source-based activity addressing tenet two of culturally relevant pedagogy (students develop cultural competence). See students analyze historic maps of St. Paul and create their own maps as they explore past and present culture characteristics of their school and neighborhood.

Supplementary materials

Tool for analyzing maps

Additional teaching and learning materials

  • Culturally Responsive Teaching
    This video from Teaching Tolerance, featuring scholars of culturally responsive instruction like Geneva Gay, discusses culture and its role in culturally responsive teaching.
  • Who Maps the World?
    This article from City Lab discusses how perspective affects how maps are created and how groups are using online mapping tools to change previous biases.
  • A History in Which We Can All See Ourselves
    Explore how other teachers are using primary source documents in a culturally relevant way.

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Meghan Davisson (meghan.davisson@mnhs.org), grant director

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