This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
The past few years have created a heightened interest in Social Justice in my U.S. History classes. I teach in a Title I school with most of my students being of color. Being in the 8th grade, they have started to question why things are the way they are when it comes to people of color. Their questions allow me to show them the connections between the past and the current situation we find ourselves in today in the United States. Students often do not like history because they say it is "boring." When I can get them to understand the past has a direct effect on today and they make those connections and “they get it,” that is why I teach history.
Black Was the Ink is a unique way of telling the story of Reconstruction.
It has the main character going back and forth in time to Reconstruction until he can clearly make connections to his life today.
I need my students to understand that, although not acceptable in any way, social injustice has been happening since the beginning of time. This book goes back to Reconstruction and moves forward until the present day. I need my students to understand they are not alone in this fight and together, they can move mountains! I believe that reading this book will expose them to important civil rights leaders and may spark a fire in them they did not know existed.
More than half of 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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