A Look Inside Movement: Themes in Black and African American Studies

The second edition of Movement: Themes in Black and African American Studies is all-new and available now for trial. Explore some of our favorite features below.

Using the lenses of migration, economics, inequality, leadership, and culture, Movement delves into Black American history. Fully aligned to the AP African American Studies standards, this second edition is designed with scaffolded support for students to learn the terms and tools they need to analyze the contributions of Black and African American communities in the United States. This resource features contributions and research from renowned Black scholars.

Standards Alignment

The second edition is directly aligned to the AP African American Studies standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for African American Studies (2020) standards, and C3 Framework. It also fits with the California Ethnic Studies Framework and Model Curriculum.

Inquiry-Based Learning

Movement follows the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Inquiry Arc. Each unit is centered around a compelling essential question that guides student investigation across lessons. Supporting reflection, discussion, and inquiry questions are woven throughout the unit to support social studies thinking skills and making connections across time periods and students’ lives. While the main narrative focuses on history, other social studies domains (civics, economics, culture, geography) are incorporated throughout the book and highlighted in Connect It features that reinforce disciplinary thinking.

Primary Source Analysis

The book also emphasizes primary source analysis. Historical photographs and excerpts are incorporated throughout lessons, and each unit contains four primary student-facing analysis activities where students examine art, historical documents, literature, and maps that connect to the unit’s theme. Each unit culminates in activities where students demonstrate skills that were scaffolded throughout the unit and participate in reflection and research in which they must gather evidence to support arguments in relationship to their learning.

Additional Features

• Features that focus on individual impacts in history allow students to connect with the content through the accomplishments and activities of real people.

• Spatial explorations of historical topics and trends allow visual learners to interact with the content using curated maps and charts to encourage thoughtful discussion through the lens of geography.
• In-depth investigations of artists and art allow students to connect artistic representation with their exploration of social studies. Questions and activities related to the artwork guide student analysis to increase visual literacy skills.
• Spreads that consider authors of many genres, and that include samples from their works, provide opportunities for readers to learn about connections that they can make to other texts. Scaffolded questions encourage students to make connections between authors and to their own lives.
• Story- and art-based features encourage students to interact with the themes and content of the unit through an exploration of historical cultural narratives. Consider This questions ask the students to use analysis skills to make connections.