What is the significance of 1619?
The year 1619 is the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia, marking the beginning of American slavery.
What is the 1619 Project?
The 1619 Project details the impact of United States slavery on the economy, health care, education, popular music, racial segregation, etc. The purpose is to illuminate how slavery is the very foundation on which the country was built and exists. The media used are a series of photos, podcasts, and essays.
It seeks to challenge the notion that the United States began with 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims’ or the 1776 Declaration of Independence.
What is the 1619 Summer Incubator?
The Summer Incubator is a paid 3-part teacher development program that invites education professionals to propose projects that use 1619 materials to engage their students and communities with themes of democracy.
Applications due June 20th.
Where to learn more about the Summer Incubator?
Where to apply?
REFERENCES:
Defining Democracy: The ‘1619’ Summer Incubator, URL.
The 1619 Project. Wikipedia. URL.
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