Category: Education
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Racial Trauma: Unchaining Ancestors’ Stories to Heal Cities
By Susana F. Molina in The Urban Activist on February 22, 2021 February is Afro-American History Month. It pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity. This year’s […]
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Kingswood Oxford Students Make Important Progress in Witness Stones Project
In the Kingswood Oxford News published on January 21, 2021. The Witness Stones Project is an ongoing one in the Kingswood Oxford School history department each year that engages the […]
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How to Bring the Witness Stones Project to Life
By Katie McCarthy on the Atlantic Black Box Project on January 17, 2021 This 2020-2021 academic year marks the third year that my students at Kingswood Oxford in West Hartford […]
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Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut: Project-Based Learning on the Hilltop
By Kristina Miller in Salisbury School News on January 15, 2021 History Faculty Rhonan Mokriski ’90 and his students embarked on a project-based learning course this year entitled, “Searching for Slavery in […]
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Salisbury School Students Chronicle the Lives of African Americans
A blog on the Atlantic Black Box Project, started on December 24, 2020. History teacher Rhonan Mokriski and his students at the Salisbury School have been pursuing a project-based learning […]
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Statement on History and Social Studies Education in Connecticut
The Witness Stones Project is proud to join Connecticut historians, social studies professionals, and teachers in supporting the Connecticut Council for the Social Studies’ Statement on History and Social Studies […]
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Witness Stones and Teaching Teachers Hard History
By Witness Stones Project Founder and Executive Director Dennis Culliton. Published by The Atlantic Black Box Project on August 6, 2020. For all of the educators reading this post: […]
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Witness Stones & Hard History
On August 3, 2020 Witness Stones Project Co-Chair and Connecticut Representative Patricia Wilson Pheanious and Witness Stones Project Founder and Executive Director Dennis Culliton took part in a Connecticut Association […]
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Searching for Slavery in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut
By Rhonan Mokriski on The Atlantic Black Box Project on August 1, 2020 I teach at an independent school in the sleepy Connecticut town of Salisbury (pop 3,598 in 2018). […]
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“Look at the Whole Story”: CT Educators Rethink Lessons on Racism, Slavery
By Meghan Friedmann in the New Haven Register on July 31, 2020 A team of educators hopes to empower teachers to educate their students about racism and slavery in southern […]