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Explores the stories we tell ourselves and each other about race and racism in our society. Making sense of the racial constructions expressed through the language and images we encounter everyday, this book provides strategies for developing a more critical understanding of how racism operates culturally and institutionally in our society.

Pioneers methods for using contemporary works of art in the social studies and art classroom to enhance an understanding of visual culture and history. This title provides theoretical background and practical suggestions for teaching US history topics through close readings of both primary sources and provocative works of contemporary art.

Examines the differences in black and white students' interpretations of US history in classroom and community settings, illuminating how racial identities work with and against teachers' pedagogies to shape students' understandings of history and contemporary society.

Addresses how educators think about and act upon differences in schools. Through ethnographic portraits of two schools with a commitment to social justice, this book analyzes the ways discourses about difference provide a key site for both producing and resisting inequalities.

Examines and confronts the passive and often unconscious racism of White teacher education students, offering a critical tool in the effort to make education more equitable.

A collection of essays about community-based and interest-based projects where storytelling is used as a strategy for speaking out for justice. This book describes grassroots projects in which communities use narrative as a way of exploring what a more just society might look like and what civic engagement means.

Discusses the interconnectivity of social justice, peace, and environmental preservation. This book offers examples of a fresh paradigm for practicing a transformative critical pedagogy. It is suitable for educators and students who want to envision and practice living, acting, and teaching for a better world.

Discusses the interconnectivity of social justice, peace, and environmental preservation. This book offers examples of a fresh paradigm for practicing a transformative critical pedagogy. It is suitable for educators and students who want to envision and practice living, acting, and teaching for a better world.

Activist Educators offers a view of assertive idealistic professionals' lives by presenting rich qualitative data on the impetus behind their activism and the strategies they used to push limits in fighting for a cause.

A collection of essays about community-based and interest-based projects where storytelling is used as a strategy for speaking out for justice. This book describes grassroots projects in which communities use narrative as a way of exploring what a more just society might look like and what civic engagement means.