IE Stories: Using Local Narratives in K-12 Instruction
These lesson plans are a collaboration with the UCLA History and Geography Project, UC Riverside’s Public History Program, Cal State San Bernardino, the University of Redlands, and The Relevancy & History Project to create a series of lessons about local, Inland Empire history. Using various archives and Storymaps from A People’s History of the IE, these lessons were designed by our teacher leaders for elementary, US History, and Ethnic Studies classrooms. a big shout out to our Teacher Leaders Lisa Patterson, Maia Ruiz, Vanessa Herrera, Amanda Sandoval, Vanessa Aranda, and Dr. Irene Sanchez for their hard work in creating these lesson plans.
Grade 3
How can we continue to help preserve our communities’ stories?
Grade 11
How did Latinx Riversiders Create a Thriving Community at the Beginning of the 20th Century?
Grade 12
What did housing segregation look like in the Inland Empire in the 1920s-1970’s?
Ethnic Studies
How have shifts in land use in and around Mira Loma, CA contributed to evolving social justice movements?
