Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Loyola University Maryland; Founding Executive Director, The Emilie Frances Davis Center for Education, Research, and Culture
Trump Syllabus K12: Lesson Plans for Teaching During the New Age of Resistance (#TrumpSyllabusK12)
December 2, 2016
*The Trump Syllabus K12 will go live as of 7:00p TONIGHT (12/08) at the start of the Trump Teach-In at Red Emma’s Bookstore and Coffeehouse. (ES= Elementary School; MS=Middle School; HS=High School)*
I. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: “America is a Divided Nation”
-Karsonya Wise Whitehead
Tips for Facilitating Classroom Discussions on Sensitive Topics
-Alicia Moore & Molly Deshaies
SECTION ONE: EXAMINING CAMPAIGN 2016
I. What the 2016 Election Has Taught Us (MS)
-Baba Ayinde Olumiji
II. Exploring the (New) Political Climate (MS)
-Nadiera Young
III. Exploring the Reasons Why Trump Won (MS/HS)
-Gloria Ladson-Billings, Ph.D.
IV. Exploring the Fake News Cycle (MS)
-Baba Ayinde Olumiji
V. Using Photographs to Explore Differing Political Perspectives (ES)
-Alicia Moore, Ph.D.
VI. Understanding and Criticizing the Electoral College (HS)
-Jocelyn Thomas, Ph.D.
VII. Trump and Gender Bias, By the Numbers (HS)
-Kelly Cross Ph.D.
VIII. Advocacy Training (ES/MS)
-Brittany Horne
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
(Poem) Oya for President
-Alexis Pauline Gumbs
