How to Teach Freedom Mapping

Because K-12 Ethnic Studies classrooms operate in a number of contexts, the resources for the Freedom Mapping Project were designed to be as flexible as possible.

Teachers have the option of using content from this project in two ways:

1. As a year-long Ethnic Studies Course
   Using the course materials this way allows educators to construct a multiple semester course in which the content is scaffolded, and moves toward producing a well-developed summative project by the end of a school year.
   
2. As discrete, individual units of instruction
   Using the unit materials this way allows teachers to develop course content that serves school communities that are limited by time or their context. Teaching one or two units in the Freedom mapping project will still engage students with essential understandings and foundational theory in Ethnic Studies.