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Thanksgiving is upon us and so is the yearly conundrum: what, as educators, do we say and do surrounding Thanksgiving? In this episode, we unpack our own experiences learning and teaching the lie of the “First Thanksgiving” and the mindset shift we both engaged in so that we could begin revealing the truth.
It’s important to note that neither of us grew up knowing the truth about Thanksgiving; we both experienced the “traditional” white-washed teaching of the “First Thanksgiving.” It required a lot of self-directed learning on the topic to get to where we are now… which is the case for SO many educators. There are many adults, teachers even, that still don’t know that the “First Thanksgiving” is a falsehood. It’s our job to do better when we know better and to help others do the same.
“Righting a wrong” isn’t the only reason to stop teaching the lie of the “First Thanksgiving.” There are so many reasons – to create space and hear the narratives of marginalized peoples in our historical record, to ensure that we’re allowing our learners opportunities for critical discourse, and to honor the humanity and dignity of indigeous peoples in America today.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave an incredible TED Talk on the danger of a single story. This applies to so much of our discourse – written, oral, recorded – but I’m particularly struck by it in terms of how history is presented to learners.
This post, from Jessica Lifshitz, is an incredible resource for teaching beyond the single story. We strongly encourage you not only to read and use this piece, but to follow Jess on Twitter: @Jess5th.
After watching Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk, we have been digging into her idea of the “danger of a single story.” pic.twitter.com/FXuTMh9rLR
Leverage local resources and use this time as an opportunity to honor and teach about local tribes (November is, in fact, Native American History Month). The National Congress of American Indians has a database that can be utilized to find tribes local to your area.
Use the correct terminology with your learners and conversations surrounding that as a springboard for further exploration of history. This article is a great place to start exploring the language-aspect of this conversation.
Teach about thankfulness as a general practice rather than emphasizing the lie of the “First Thanksgiving.” Tamara has created an entire unit on thankfulness, which you can find here.
Utilize visuals – such as paintings like “The First Thanksgiving” – to discuss bias, historically and in modern representations of history. Ask the curious, open-ended questions that lead to learners comparing and contrasting the positioning/perspectives in the visuals. (Example: “What do you notice about the body language of the pilgrims vs. the Native Americans?”) Beyond the Bubble offers many great options, including this activity on “The First Thanksgiving.”
Use primary and secondary sources and allow students to analyze them in contrast to modern texts and representations of the time. The Library of Congress offers a free teacher’s guide and resource set for just such an exploration of Thanksgiving, past and present.
Culminate your study with a high engagement activity like the one Tamara details here, the activity she shares in this episode. Learners are able to work collaboratively, which not only increases their overall engagement but allows for differing perspectives.
Use tradebooks, such as “Encounter” by Jane Yolen (affiliate link), to present students with multiple perspectives of a time-period. While “Encounter” tells the story of Columbus’s arrival to San Salvador from the perspective of a Taino boy, it’s a good entry point for discussions of perspective surrounding “The First Thanksgiving.”
Social media is a virtually inescapable part of our society. Social media’s impact on teaching has been complicated, and has, in some ways, led us away from conversations about best practices. In this episode, we unpack the role of social media and best practices in teaching, and discuss why best practice is never a dirty word.
Equity in education covers so many facets of our learners and our educational system. Everyone has a niche – something that they’re passionate about within their role as an educator. Every niche has issues of equity that must be address. Start there. Live there. Be passionate about equity within your niche.
Our practice as teachers is the centerpiece of our life’s work; we’re passionate about what we do and why. But we must – MUST – be willing to have conversations about what’s best for students and be willing to be reflective about our wants versus students’ learning needs. Conversations about best practices have to be an integral part of our spaces.
Whether we like it or not, most of us are influenced by what we consume on social media. If, in your education spaces, you are following only accounts that show you the beautifully curated “window-dressing” of teaching you run the risk of burning yourself out trying to achieve it and watering down your practice in the process. We owe it to ourselves to cultivate a well-balanced diet on social media: following those that are where we are, being a model – and a hand – to those that want to be where we are, and following those that inspire us and reinvigorate our practice. Following a diet of “candy bar” window-dressing will leave us filling full for a moment, but empty over time.
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True friendship is so rare yet so necessary in the work of educational equity. For one, equity can often be a heavy topic. It can be difficult to exist in that heaviness without someone that gets you and understands where your perspective is and where you’re coming from. There’s no end-point to this work toward equity. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
When you’re living in that head-space… you need someone that’s going to sustain you, not someone that’s going to make you feel good for a couple of minutes and then you’re left living this and doing this work all on your own. It’s an awesome thing to be able to connect with people – whether it’s at your school site or online (like we did). It’s necessary in this work because it’s hard and can get gritty… and you do need someone that’s got your back.
What we did on this episode is interview one another so that you can get to know the women behind Equi-TEA, as well as a little bit more about why we’re so passionate about this work. We hope you’ll enjoy getting to know us – please connect with us in the comments to tell us a little about you!
Equi-TEA is a collective project, developed by two friends and educators, focused on issues of equity facing education today.