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HORACE MANN

(1796-1859)

Ideology based on strong protestant repiblicanism beliefs, and believed that education was a child's "natural right", and that moral education should be the heart of the curriculum.

Mann was a member of the Massachusetts

state legislature, and then secretary of the

Massachusetts Board of Education.

He advocated state controlled boards of education, more uniform curriculum, and more state involvement in teacher training.

Believed that education was the force that would make all things equal- "Education....is the great equalizer of the conditions of men- the balence-wheel of the social machinery." -H. Mann

WEEK 1

the cycle of racism

The lesson plans of this week will be about recognizing fellow students' cultural backgrounds, recognizing and becoming accepting/understanding of those of various racial backgrounds.

Students will learn:

  • About the power of racial slurs BEFORE they occur
  • Find other students cultural backgrounds, then give a presentation
  • to notice how "non-norm" representations of people are portrayed in society/pop culture
  • historic denial of education to people of color

WEEK 2

the cycle of poverty and classism

The lesson plans for this week will be about working against myths and stereotypes of wealthy and poor people

Students will learn:

  • to evaluate the myth that poor people are poor only because they did not work hard enough
  • To understand generational poverty, and the privileges that come with generational wealth
  • how poor people/working class people have made contributions to our society, despite denies to education in history

WHAT IS SOCIAL REFORM?

PIONEERS

A reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change, or change in certain aspects of society, rather than rapid or fundamental changes. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary movements.

WEEK 3

the cycle of sexism

  • Horace Mann (1796-1859)
  • Emma Willard (1787-1870)
  • Mary Lyon (1797-1849)
  • Prudence Crandall (1803-1890)

The lesson plans in this week will be about identifying "gender roles" in society and understanding the limitations.

Students will learn:

  • how gender roles might deny opportunities for both boys and girls
  • our country's history of sexism (education for women)
  • to recognize tendencies of sexism in dance (men's/women's performance roles)

FIVE WEEK CURRICULUM

WEEK 4

the cycle of able-ism

WHAT IS

RECONSTRUCTIONISM

IN EDUCATION?

"Interrupting Cycles of Oppression"

Social reconstructionism in education is a philosophy that emphasizes the need to address social questions. It says that social reform should be the aim of education. It states that humans must learn to resist oppression.

Lesson plans in this week will be about understanding and recognizing "differently abled" bodies.

Students will learn:

  • how "differently abled" applies to more than "disabled" ones
  • to critically examine where people with disabilities are limited in the community
  • history and current issues of people with physical, mental and/or emotional disabilities

PRUDENCE CRANDALL

(1803-1890)

WEEK 5

relating social reformation ideas to the arts

In 1831 Crandall founded the Canterbury Female Boarding School in Connecticut. She accepted an African American student Sarah Harris. Immediately white parents protested and removed their daughters from the school.

In response she reopened the school and made it an academy for African American girls.

The town retaliated with racist laws and violence. Crandall was forces to close her school in 1834.

Students will get into groups of five and pick their favorite topic from weeks 1-4. They will research the ways in which the different issues of oppression in society have affected the dance and performing arts world in the past and/or in the present. The students will then create a visual presentation 5-10 minuets long.

COMMON SCHOOL MOVEMENT

The "common school movement" was a description of a particular type of formal education, one that would become available to all citizens, developed and managed through increased governmental activity at the state level and supported by local property taxes.

EDUCATION REFORM IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA

Main three important core components of education reform developed in the antebellum period:

  • Education for the common man and woman
  • Greater access to higher education for women
  • Schooling for free blacks

SOURCES

Winslow, Barbara. "Education Reform in Antebellum America". History Now. 2009-2014. Web. 22 April 2014. http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/first-age-reform/essays/education-reform-antebellum-america

Russo, Pat. "What does it mean to teach for social justice?: Working to Inturrupt the Cycle of Opression". June 2004, revised December 2006

Reconstructionism: Teaching/Learning as Social Reform

By: Crineshia Mitchell

Ashleigh Christian

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