Teachers: Work Together to Defend Democracy.
As pressures on faculty from the Trump regime increase,
I am working on a project Defend Democracy using Google doc to assist teachers and faculty to work together standing up in support public education and our constitutional rights and responsibilities.
There is a great deal of important organizing going on.
We are gathering materials, resources, and lessons plans for teachers and faculty to assist in presenting knowledge, skills and attitudes which engage in and promote democracy. For example, there are important materials on the role of immigrants in the U.S. and how to support immigrant students during the current political assault are available. At times this part of the approach to promotion of democracy has been known as civic education.
Example of existing policy on dealing with Immigration Enforcement, Twin Rivers Unified School District. Sacramento, California.
Immigrants and Immigration Resources and Lesson Plans.
Association of California School Administrators.
https://content.acsa.org/immigrants-immigration-resource-guide/
Many more in the Google doc. Including Share my lesson plans from the American Federation of Teachers.
A first step is to consider: How are students understanding the current political/economy and the political forces advancing the authoritarian agenda in this age of AI and social media dominating more balanced news coverage.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CrLpHJXDvu87NS5VrwqUuvidD8dtVlNshImkg6ikrIE/edit?usp=sharing
If readers know of additional sources, please post links in the comments area of this blog.
In our defense of democracy, there is no neutral ground.
Teachers. Don’t give up on democracy.
Your participation is needed In this crisis of democracy. Lets work together.
Posted by D.Campbell
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