The project required: 1) the determination of ten seminal content areas, developed by UnidosUS and the organization’s network of professors and specialists; 2) the design of a rubric for review, based on the Institute’s Knowledge Map™ quality measures and further calibrated to the UnidosUS content; and 3) the selection of textbooks for review based on demographic criteria and available data. [...] HISTORY CURRICULA FOR HIGH SCHOOL WHY IDENTITY MATTERS Educational theorists have argued since the late nineteenth century that student engagement rests in part upon the relevance of the classroom experience to students’ lives.* The last several decades have witnessed increasing cognizance of the contribution that the affirmation of cultural identity makes to the learning environment.† The first f. [...] HISTORY CURRICULA FOR HIGH SCHOOL METHODOLOGY The project required 1) the determination of ten seminal content areas, developed by UnidosUS and the organization’s network of professors and specialists; 2) the design of a rubric for review, based on the Institute’s Knowledge Map™ quality measures and further calibrated to the UnidosUS content; and 3) the selection of textbooks for review based on d. [...] Defined as the extent to which the textbook’s account connects the Universal content to universal questions about the human condition (good Questions and evil, the meaning of life, the just society, suffering, human nature, power, etc.). [...] FINDINGS BY METRIC Below are the study results describing the extent of textbook coverage of topics related to the experience of Latino people, the degree of balance between discussion of inequality and agency and contribution, the quality of language, the use of authentic images and artistry, and engagement with universal questions.
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