Bringing students together through music and poetry. MAPS, or Music and Poetry Synchronized, connects middle and high school students in different states. One.
Across the country, teachers prepared lessons on the days following the attack on the U.S. Capitol to help students understand the importance of the event and their part as citizens.
Making sense of Capitol violence through poetry
12 Jan 2021 Police stand guard after a day of riots at the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. File/Associated Press
Michael Melija and Carolyn Thompson,
Associated Press
A teacher in Alabama presented photographs of the insurrection at the US Capitol without commentary and asked students to write poems in reflection. A Minnesota instructor fielded comparisons to the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing. And a civics educator in Connecticut urged her rattled students to work toward making the country better.
Social studies teachers nationwide set aside lesson plans to help young people make sense of the scenes of the violent siege in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump.
A teacher in Alabama presented photographs of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol without commentary and asked students to write poems in reflection. A
Social studies teachers nationwide set aside lesson plans this week to help young people make sense of the scenes of the violent siege in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump.