Research Question:How does curriculum selection in the United States reflect a one-sided version of Americas history and how does that selection leave out important stories of the marginalized and oppressed including groups like Japanese Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans?
Thesis Statment:Traditional history curriculum and popular history text books largely ignore the experiences of the marginalized and oppressed, misrepresenting how multifaceted and complicated American history truly is, thus creating a one-sided version of history that is both problematic and dangerous; when students aren't exposed to diverse experiences and narratives of the oppressed, such as Japanese Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans, they are more susceptible to misunderstanding and ignorance.
TED Talk Location And Time:Sara Price's room, Wednesday 5/25 from 12:40-1:15
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Action Project: Amache Silk Screen Printing
Description: I created a video covering the history of screen printing at the Amache Japanese Internment Camp, as well as the process that I took learning how to screen print myself. The goal of my video was to draw a connection to the past and present, showing a compelling history and how that history inspired me to learn about a process I have been curious about for some time now. I am working with the Amache Preservation Society, and they are hosting an upcoming in person pilgrimage so my screen print is a brochure that is promoting the upcoming event. However, the screen preparing process didn't work, so at exhibition I will be handing out digitally printed brochures.