Digging into History and Education at James Madison's Montpelier

Catalog description

Students will learn about, reflect on and critique the ways in which systemic racism influences American society, U.S. education systems and their own lives. The course is organized to promote race reflection through critical explorations of the ways race and racism are inscribed within places and spaces. Students will critically engage with course texts and materials, unearth artifacts on an archaeological dig at Montpelier, explore numerous exhibits at Montpelier and other local historic sites in and around Orange County, Virginia, and confront structural racism while planning anti-racist K-12 curriculum.