Doing Race in Social Studies: Critical Perspectives (HC) (Teaching and Learning Social Studies) - Hardcover

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A volume in Teaching and Learning Social Studies Book SeriesSeries Editor William Benedict Russell III, University of Central FloridaRace and racism are a foundational part of the global and American experience. With this idea inmind, our social studies classes should reflect this reality. Social studies educators often havedifficulties teaching about race within the context of their classrooms due to a variety ofinstitutional and personal factors. Doing Race in Social Studies: Critical Perspectives providesteachers at all levels with research in social studies and critical race theory (CRT) and specificcontent ideas for how to teach about race within their social studies classes. The chapters in thisbook serve to fill the gap between the theoretical and the practical, as well as help teachers cometo a better understanding of how teaching social studies from a CRT perspective can be enacted.The chapters included in this volume are written by prominent scholars in the field of social studies and CRT. They represent an originalmelding of CRT concepts with considerations of enacted social studies pedagogy. This volume addresses a void in the social studiesconversation about race-how to think and teach about race within the social science disciplines that comprise the social studies. Giventhe original nature of this work, Doing Race in Social Studies: Critical Perspectives is a much-needed addition to the conversationabout race and social studies education.

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