EDUCATOR PANEL
Teaching About Desegregation Busing in Boston:
A Conversation About the 50th Anniversary with Educators
Monday, November 18, 2024 4-6 pm
Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Ballroom, Section C (3550C)
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA
On Monday November 18th, 2024 (4-6 pm), the UMass Boston College of Education & Human Development and the Labor Resources Center & Labor Studies Program co-hosted a panel of educators where they discussed how they teach about the 50th anniversary of desegregation busing in Boston. Part of the Boston Desegregation and Busing Initiative series.
You can view a recording of the event on the UMass Boston Social Studies Education YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dliTZjsS9ng
Or, the Google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/117hPT0CaF2h3rMwshvJaKGw58_dRmmZb/view?usp=sharing
LESSON PLANS
Below are K-12 lesson plans that were developed by elementary and secondary education students at UMass Boston to commemorate the 50th anniversary of desegregation busing in the Boston Public Schools. We hope these will be helpful for teachers at all grade levels in teaching about this important historical event and ask you to share these resources with others.
Elementary School
Grades 1-2 (Caitlin DeMedeiros, Carla Aranda, and Ivy Salley)
Grades 3-4 (Kirsten Gonzalez and Nina O’Brien)
Grades 5-6 (Marcos Aguilar, Bailey Spriggs, Julia Casilla Peguero, Madjeena Philippe, and Victor Joyner)
Middle School
Grade 7 Geography (Andrew Carroll, Zachary Remy, Sam Grant, Conor Driscoll)
Grades 8 or 12 Civics (Greg Jacobs, Cameron Kelly, Rachael Ellison)
High School
Grades 9-12 Ethnic Studies (Anthony Ochoa Fader, Aidan Burke, Emma Rose Olson, Will Jacobs, Claire Holt)
Grades 10-11 U.S. History (Alex Spencer, Mike Gately, Luc Jean)
