Teaching With FRONTLINE’S UN(RE)SOLVED

Teaching With FRONTLINE’S UN(RE)SOLVED

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Oct 19, 2021 3:00 PM

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In advance of our featured session, Shining a Light on a Dark Past: FRONTLINE’s Un(re)solved at the virtual 101st NCSS Annual Conference, please join us for an introduction to the multi-platform project, UN(RE)SOLVED that examines the stories of lives cut short and the federal effort to investigate more than 150 cold cases that date back to the civil rights era under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. We will preview the web interactive and the associated curricula materials developed and available on PBS LearningMedia.

Erika Howard, FRONTLINE Impact Producer will provide background on this project that encourages students to confront America’s legacy of racist killings and understand the reasons justice has proved elusive for decades. Alysha Butler, Senior Manager, Inclusive Social Studies Curriculum, will showcase a wealth of associated classroom materials, including a student activator activity, a student background reading, and timeline activity, and a graphic organizer to guide students through their work in the interactive. Alysha also will provide tips on integrating these untold stories into your instruction. Whether you have two hours or two weeks to address our nation’s legacy of racism and the long road to justice, you will leave this webinar with ideas and resources to engage your students.

There will be ample time for collaboration and Q&A. The webinar will be recorded.

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Alysha Butler recently joined GBH Education as Senior Manager, Inclusive Social Studies Curriculum. In this role, Alysha works on a variety of social studies projects such as the new PBS LearningMedia U.S. History Collection, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and FRONTLINE educational resources, as well as new concept development. Alysha is the lead creator of classroom resources for FRONTLINE’S UN(RE)SOLVED which will be published on PBS LearningMedia in the fall of 2021.

 A 20-year veteran teacher, Alysha currently also teaches social studies at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, D.C. In 2019 she was recognized as the Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year and the Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of United States History.

Erika Howard leads the direction for impact and public programs for the documentary series, FRONTLINE. She joined FRONTLINE from POV/American Documentary, where she served as the Senior Director of Station Marketing and Audience Engagement.  In that role, she created engagement campaigns and partnerships for such projects as Dark Money, Bill Nye: Science Guy, Whose Streets, and Minding the Gap. She previously served as the Marketing Manager for Women Make Movies and has presented on panels at the Cannes Film Festival, SXSW, the Athena Film Festival, NYU, PBS conferences, and other festivals around impact, audience engagement, and multicultural audience growth.