Trico Blue

Oct 14, 2024 | socialstudies.org | Iain Anderson |Farina King |Christopher Clark |Trico Blue

A classroom examination of Cherokee perspectives during the Civil War can challenge stereotypes and highlight Indigenous agency while linking historical narratives to the present. A teacher of second-grade students in an economically disadvantaged and racially and linguistically marginalized elementary school, shares her experience carrying out an inquiry-focused lesson about Indigenous People’s Day.