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Selection Criteria for the Inclusion of American Minorities in History and Government
1. Navigability
- The resource is easy to navigate.
2. Content of Materials:
- Provide historical, political, geographic, cultural, and economic contexts for the event;
- Helps place event into proper historical context to give students a better understanding of the time and place in which the event occurred;
- Content is grade-level appropriate;
- Content is historically accurate;
- Illustrations/images are developmentally appropriate and authentic;
- Focuses on stories that represent multiple perspectives and humanizes statistics into people;
- Content is accurate and unbiased;
- Aligns to Colorado History and Civics standards;
- Information is from a credible source;
- Honors intersectionality and avoids the assumption that a single identity defines a person or group or people.
3. Teacher-Facing Materials:
- Are comprehensive and easy to understand and use.
- Include suggestions for ways to use the materials with a variety of learners.
- Provides tools for a balanced approach, incorporating the perspectives of multiple groups and individuals, while centering on historically underrepresented groups;
- Include different types of primary and secondary sources.
- Include best practice guides to assist teachers in selecting texts and other materials for their students
4. Meets the Requirements of at Least One of the Elements of HB19-1192
At a minimum, the resource bank must include:
- History of Indigenous, Latino, African American, and Asian American groups, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals within these groups.
- Culture of Indigenous, Latino, African American, and Asian American groups, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals within these groups.
- Social contributions of Indigenous, Latino, African American, and Asian American groups, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals within these groups, and Religious Minorities
- Intersectionality of significant social and cultural features within these communities
- The resource bank is not exhaustive, but contains quality resources and a consistent quantity of resources across affinity groups.