October 5, 2019

The first meeting of the people’s history curriculum working group was held on October 5, 2019, with a presentation by high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Wolfe-Rocca led the group in a 45-minute climate justice lesson and described five approaches to writing curriculum. The group then met in sub-groups: one on teaching about climate justice and the other on teaching about challenging myths about U.S. Presidents. Each participant received a copy of the Rethinking Schools book, A People’s Curriculum for the Earth.

November 9, 2019

Caneisha Mills modeled a lesson on teaching the truth about early U.S. history called "America: Resisting the Myth of Memory" drawing from the Time magazine cover that features the (supposed) "founding fathers." Jessica Fundalinski introduced the core components for an inter-disciplinary (science, math, social studies, health, ELA) environmental lesson on plastic. The group met at the historic Thurgood Marshall YMCA.

December 14, 2019

MCPS high school teacher Victoria Moten modeled a lesson on the #1619Project for English Language Arts and a group of D.C. high school students introduced the annual Food Justice Youth Summit, encouraging teachers to bring their students to the event in 2020. The group met at the DCPS central office.