Educators from the Ida B. Wells Education Project will be presenting a workshop at the 4th Teaching History Conference at UC Davis. The Teaching History Conference began in 2015 as a way to bring together practitioners and scholars across the K–16 continuum to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by history educators at all levels. This community includes teaching and learning environments beyond the classroom such as museums, digital platforms, and any public space in which history education happens. One of our core values is to create a space in which K–12 teachers, university and college faculty, graduate students, teacher educators, education researchers, and history practitioners from a range of contexts can learn from each other while exploring shared problems of practice.
In our workshop, educators from the Ida B. Wells Education Project will share our framework, practical activities, and tips for teaching about present day and historical oppression in ways that center Black humanity and empower students to challenge racism in their own lives.