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Amanda Soliván

@SolivanAmanda

Tulsa Public Schools Social Studies Content Manager; 2013 Colorado Teacher of the Year; loves instruction, my dog, and strong coffee

Have you seen these primary sources guaranteed to capture student interest? washingtonpost.com/history/2022/0…


2/2 Our inquiry "How Should We Acknowledge the Horrors of Our Past When We Tell Our History" asks students the questions adults are struggling to answer! docs.google.com/document/d/1Wt…


1/2 - In Tulsa Public Schools we tackle the hard history of the Tulsa Race Massacre by asking students how to acknowledge our past. What’s really at stake in America’s history wars? wsj.com/articles/whats… via @WSJ


We have hard history, and we teach it! Tulsa Public Schools is honored to share it's story about grappling with the Tulsa Race Massacre at the National School Board Association's Equity Symposium in Washington, DC this weekend @TulsaSchools @NSBAPublicEd nsba.org/Events/Equity-…


Love this Socratic Smackdown game- kids discuss texts and use evidence to make connections and ask thought-provoking questions. Perfect for humanities classes. Thank you @DBQProject for sharing this one! clalliance.org/wp-content/upl…


Join OCSS tomorrow, October 19th at 6:30! Tulsa Public Schools curricula on the Tulsa Race Massacre for grades 3-12 Presenters: Amanda Solivan, Akela Leach, & Frederick Smitherman - Tulsa Public Schools Session link: bit.ly/3kE7xoH



Tulsa staff will share strategies for tackling the #HardHistory of the Tulsa Race Massacre @OKCHE Conference this Saturday. Come see our Inquiry Design Model lessons for grades 3-12 - Sign up 👉 okche.org @OKCHE @TulsaSchools 👈@AkelaLeach


Tulsa teachers will be presenting out Tulsa Race Massacre lessons, come join us

Educators, join us and register for the free, virtual @smithsonian Educator's Day on Friday, September 17! This back-to-school program features teacher-led sessions, opportunities to hear from Smithsonian educators, and more: s.si.edu/EducatorsDay20… #SmithsonianEdu



Amanda Soliván reposted

You're invited! Join us for our first annual Educator's Day-- a free, back-to-school program featuring online sessions led by teachers from across the country and @smithsonian educators. To learn more about the program & to register, visit s.si.edu/EducatorsDay20… #SmithsonianEdu


Stories our Tulsa students learn in Oklahoma history, but every student should learn in their US History classes nationwide. Reckoning with the theft of Native American children vox.com/22594144/nativ… via @voxdotcom

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Reckoning with the theft of Native American children

Deb Haaland is investigating the history of hundreds of boarding schools that tried to “Kill the Indian, save the man.”


It’s exciting to see states acting to provide students with a more complete indigenous people! More states move to require lessons on Native American history and culture chalkbeat.org/2021/8/4/22607… via @Chalkbeat


Tulsa Public Schools work to live up to its core value of equity shows! Editorial: TPS leading way on teaching race, gender with accurate history tulsaworld.com/opinion/editor… via @tulsaworld


The Pandemic and Politics Made Life Especially Rough for LGBTQ Youth, Survey Finds edweek.org/leadership/the…


"A handful of recent studies have found that students are more engaged in school after taking classes that frankly discuss racism" chalkbeat.org/2021/7/8/22569… via @Chalkbeat


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