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Tag Archives: Challenging Curriculum

Black Kids Don’t Get to Wait to Talk About Police Violence–White Kids Shouldn’t Either

July 9, 2016by Benji Hart 16 Comments

I’m presently between jobs, and am working the summer as a counselor at a music camp for elementary aged kids. It’s an expensive and elite program, and a majority of […]

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Economic Justice, Education, Ethnic Studies, Liberalism

Just Practice – Workshop Series 2015

February 11, 2015by Benji Hart Leave a comment

Just Practice, a training series started last year by Shira Hassan, will be resuming next month. The series focuses on strengthening activists’, youth workers’ and community members’ harm reduction and transformative justice […]

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Education, Ethnic Studies, The Arts, Vogue Studies

Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair This Saturday!

November 16, 2012by Benji Hart Leave a comment

Teachers for Social Justice in collaboration with Rethinking Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union will be hosting the 12th Annual Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair tomorrow, Saturday the 17th of November at […]

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Education, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power, The Arts

Lesson Plan – History Is a Weapon: Introducing the Social Studies

November 15, 2012by Benji Hart 7 Comments

Many of the educators I’ve been working with this semester have been challenging me to think more critically about the expectations and requirements placed on teachers in public classrooms. They […]

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Curriculum, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

Learning the Vernacular: Slang in the Classroom

September 8, 2012by Benji Hart 6 Comments

My sixth grade teacher was the only Black male educator in our entire school system when I had him as an eleven year old. In my racially and economically diverse […]

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Economic Justice, Education, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

Rigor vs. Liberation: Admitting When School Is Boring

June 11, 2012by Benji Hart 5 Comments

A Black Studies professor whom I had in college, who radicalized me profoundly and inspired my love of Ethnic Studies, was also one of my least favorite teachers. His courses, […]

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Education, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

Lesson Plan – Nothing About Us Without Us: Introducing Disabilities Studies

May 13, 2012by Benji Hart 8 Comments

1. Freewrite: At the start of the lesson, the statement “Nothing About Us Without Us” is written up on the board. Ask students to take five minutes and write a […]

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Curriculum, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power

Traditions of Struggle: Teaching as a Spiritual Practice

April 17, 2012by Benji Hart Leave a comment

Struggling myself don’t mean a whole lot, I’ve come to realize/that teaching others to stand and fight is the only way my struggle survives.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon, Sweet Honey […]

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Education, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power, The Arts

Vogue Studies: Imagining Creative, Inclusive Movements Through a Study of the Ballroom Scene

March 31, 2012by Benji Hart 14 Comments

Voguing–which I would argue is the only uniquely queer art form–has been the single most influential element in the formation of my own identity as a queer man of color, […]

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Education, Ethnic Studies, Queer Power, The Arts, Vogue Studies

Lesson Plan – En la lucha: Learning as Struggle

February 14, 2012by Benji Hart 2 Comments

This is a multilingual lesson plan for a class towards the beginning of a new year or semester. By introducing the three Spanish terms, ‘la gente,’ ‘el pueblo,’ and ‘la […]

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Curriculum, Ethnic Studies, Liberalism

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