The Mission Project: Teaching History and Avoiding the Past in California Elementary Schools

Autor/in	Keenan, Harper Benjamin
Titel	The Mission Project: Teaching History and Avoiding the Past in California Elementary Schools
Quelle	In: Harvard Educational Review, 91 (2021) 1, S.109-132 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Keenan, Harper Benjamin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8055
Schlagwörter	History Instruction; Elementary Education; Grade 4; United States History; Assignments; Violence; Social Bias; Social Studies; Land Settlement; Indigenous Populations; Museums; Field Trips; Informal Education; Racial Bias; Institutionalized Persons; Learning Activities; Controversial Issues (Course Content); American Indian History; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Elementarunterricht; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Gewalt; Gemeinschaftskunde; Siedlungsraum; Sinti und Roma; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Exkursion; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Lernaktivität; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Kalifornien
Abstract	In this article, Harper B. Keenan investigates the treatment of violence in elementary history education through a case study of a fourth-grade unit on the colonial history of California featuring "the mission project," a long-standing tradition in California's elementary schools that has students construct a miniature model of a Spanish colonial mission. Grounded in broader social and historical contexts, the study explores how the use of model making invites children to engage with colonial history and what the assignment reveals about how adults teach children about the violent past. Keenan argues that the mission project perpetuates a societal pattern of "ritual avoidance." (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01