In Need of Just One Social Studies Text for my Sixth Graders
My students need social studies textbooks because our school has nothing on World History, please help us explore ancient civilizations and world cultures!
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My Students
Many of my students have been born and raised on Pine Ridge Reservation. Many of them have never even left the 60 square miles that define the rez. I want to expand their horizons in many ways but want to start with a solid social studies textbook that will expose them to ancient civilizations!
My students are ambitious, bright and hopeful despite all of the reasons for them not to be.
Our country has turned its back on the people that were here originally and yet my students haven't internalized the negative messages they've been sent throughout their lives...at least not yet. However, going to a school in the poorest district in our nation and watching their friends and family members never leave the reservation and coast through school with teachers that don't challenge them and without the resources they need starts to wear thin on children. Many of them have hopes of going to college and coming back to work in the schools, hospitals and community colleges on the reservation and attack issues like alcoholism, diabetes, sexual abuse and many of the other terrible aspects of their daily lives. However, without proper textbooks and classroom activities to challenge their minds and engage their passion for learning, many of them don't see school as a positive environment.
My Project
The resources that I'm requesting will help my sixth graders explore the ancient world and see different parts of the planet they live on that many of them are not even aware of. Many of my students have no concept for the rest of the United States and what exactly it means to live in a state called South Dakota. It's guaranteed that many of them have no idea what the Pyramids of Giza look like or what the Romans did for politics and the arts.
The textbooks I'm requesting will give us a starting point for exploring ancient world history, learning about different cultures and begin placing images in their minds of what anywhere other than Pine Ridge reservation looks like and hopefully help to inspire them to see the world as a mystery to be explored instead of something to just exist in.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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