Teaching Critically about Lewis and Clark: Challenging Dominant Narratives in K-12 Curriculum

by Jeff Edmundson, Alison Schmitke, Leilani Sabzalian

The Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery is often presented as an exciting adventure story of discovery, friendship, and patriotism. However, this same period in U.S. history can be understood quite differently when viewed through an anticolonial lens and the Doctrine of Discovery. How might educators critically interrogate the assumptions that underlie this adventure story through their teaching? This book challenges dominant narratives and packaged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807763713
• ISBN13: 9780807763711
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.1"