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Tulsa Race Massacre

Eric Schulz

Hi everyone.  Hope your summer has been awesome.  While on a recent trip, I watched a documentary on the Tulsa Race Massacre while I was waiting for my wife to finish up a meeting.  It has been on my mind ever since.  Are there OER materials that cover this topic or have any of you taught this topic in a world history class?  What do you do when you encounter a topic that you think might be left out of your school's curriculum?  

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  • As a follow up question, this post makes me wonder what other teachers have done to set up discussion routines in their classroom? Specifically, how do you make sure to have positive difficult discussions? 

  • in reply to Kristin Rimal

    I don't know if I do anything specifically other than try to create a tone for our classroom.    From the beginning, I always allow kids to share their opinions but if they say anything I think is questionable, I call them on it and ask what their source for that information is.

    I'll give them time to look it up and I think they know we can always continue the conversation.

    I teach middle school students and most of them are "scared" of starting a deep conversation.  When it happens I get a lot of blank stares and eyes boring wholes in desks.   I usually say something, " This is going to be difficult but you need to hear this."

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  • in reply to Kristin Rimal

    I don't know if I do anything specifically other than try to create a tone for our classroom.    From the beginning, I always allow kids to share their opinions but if they say anything I think is questionable, I call them on it and ask what their source for that information is.

    I'll give them time to look it up and I think they know we can always continue the conversation.

    I teach middle school students and most of them are "scared" of starting a deep conversation.  When it happens I get a lot of blank stares and eyes boring wholes in desks.   I usually say something, " This is going to be difficult but you need to hear this."

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