Teachers in the Movement (TIM) Oral History Project
The Teachers in the Movement (TIM) Oral History Project at UVA examines educators’ experiences inside and outside the classroom during the civil rights movement.
As a researcher with TIM, I regularly conduct interviews with educators and assist with project management. I also served as lead organizer and planner of the 2021 annual institute for K-12 educators: “Narratives and Storytelling in Teaching Black History,” which focused on critical histories and teaching historical counter-narratives through oral histories and music.
Educating for Democracy K-12 Curriculum Resources
UVA’s Educating for Democracy (EFD) Initiative provides K-12 resources that address issues regarding race and justice and are developed through the lenses of developmental science and critical history. These materials provide historical counter-narratives often neglected within traditional curricula and provide a space for students to engage in dialogue.
As a researcher with EFD, I led the unit planning, research, and writing on the middle school “Black Power Movements” unit, which traces the activism of organizations and movements such as SNCC, the Black Panther Party, and Black Lives Matter across the continuum of the broader Black Freedom Struggle. The unit provides primary sources, activist bios, and summaries.
Pictured left: Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963. Negative by Marion S. Trikosko, 1963. Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648849/ Retrieved from https://unsplash.com/@libraryofcongress/