“Beyond Loyalists and Patriots” Curriculum Workshop

Explore the varied impact of the American Revolution on voices often stifled or erased from its commemorations. Through a mixer activity, participants will surface choices and outcomes navigated by an array of Indigenous and Black people in the Revolutionary period — and examine what freedom means to those excluded from it at the U.S. founding. This is a pilot of a new lesson called “Beyond Loyalists and Patriots: Black and Native Americans Fight for Their Freedom in the U.S. War of Independence” by Mimi Eisen and Tiferet Ani.

There will be time to meet other social justice educators in small groups to brainstorm ways to adapt the lesson for your classroom. This participatory workshop will be facilitated by Zinn Education Project program manager Mimi Eisen and Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian.

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