{"id":29375,"date":"2018-02-20T14:19:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=29375"},"modified":"2018-02-20T14:19:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:19:02","slug":"new-curriculum-gives-schools-online-tools-to-teach-race-riot-history-thats-often-glossed-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2018\/02\/20\/new-curriculum-gives-schools-online-tools-to-teach-race-riot-history-thats-often-glossed-over\/","title":{"rendered":"New Curriculum Gives Schools Online Tools To Teach Race Riot History That\u2019s Often Glossed Over"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tulsa Historical Society And Museum<\/p>\n

The curriculum on the Tulsa Race Riot includes discussions on articles, video clips and photos, including this one of the flourishing Greenwood District before the riot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Tulsa Race Riots lasted 2 days. Thirty-five blocks of black neighborhoods were destroyed and at least 39 people died. Historians now agree it was among the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. History. However, State Senator Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, says many Oklahoma teachers often brush over the topic, or teach it incorrectly. He hopes a new Tulsa Race Riot curriculum can change that.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt has been dirty secret that we haven\u2019t pushed,\u201d he said Tuesday, unveiling the program at\u00a0 Frederick Douglass Mid-High in Oklahoma City. \u201cIt\u2019s time for us to look at the past, and change the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The curriculum includes a set of books, websites, photos and activities that teachers can access online<\/a>.There are various lessons tailored to different grade levels, and teachers can choose from a one-day syllabus, or something that can be spread over five days.<\/p>\n

Matthews worked with history teachers, local librarians, African American historians and Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford to create the curriculum. The Race Riot lessons are not mandatory. Matthews says they\u2019re simply a way for teachers to easily access accurate material if they want it.<\/p>

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The Tulsa Race Riots lasted 2 days. Thirty-five blocks of black neighborhoods were destroyed and at least 39 people died. Historians now agree it was among the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. History. However, State Senator Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, says many Oklahoma teachers often brush over the topic, or teach it incorrectly. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29379,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29375\/revisions\/29379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}