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How The Monuments Came Down
In collaboration with Field Studio
Educators' Resources
LInks to the film, a Smithsonian Forum panel discussion, the VPM Curriculum Guide, a Bunk Exhibit, and additional New American History Learning Resources for teaching about monuments and memorialization.
Standards
C3D2.Civ.9.9-12 Individually and with others, students: Use appropriate deliberative processes in multiple settings.D2.Civ.10.9-12 Individually and with others, students: Analyze the impact and the appropriate roles of personal interests and perspectives on the application of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.
Virtual film screening and panel discussion held December 2, 2021. View the film here, then revisit the panel discussion.
How the Monuments Came Down
Complete film - Educator screener version
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How the Monuments Came Down Panel Discussion - Session Resources
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This collection of Learning Resources does not follow our traditional New American History 5Es model. We share it in collaboration with our friends at Field Studio, creators of The Future of America's Past. We hope you will find these resources helpful as you and your students explore the ways we view history through monuments and memorialization.
This Curriculum Guide, developed by 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson, includes resources for using the film both in its entirety and with smaller clips provided in the PBS Learning Media links included below.
How the Monuments Came Down
VPM Curriculum Guide for Educators
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The following curriculum resources from PBS Learning Media includes links to shorter clips from the film to use with the VPM Curriculum Guide.
How The Monuments Came Down
How the Monuments Came Down explores Richmond’s complex history through the lens of Confederate monuments, supported by an extensive visual record never before presented in a single work.Through personal stories from descendants and history-makers, the film uncovers how Confederate monuments came to shape Richmond’s landscape and why protestors demanded they come down.
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How the Monuments Came Down | PBS LearningMedia
How the Monuments Came Down explores the complex history of Richmond, Virginia through the lens of Confederate monuments, supported by an extensive visual record never before presented in a single work.
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How the Monuments Came Down | Smithsonian History Film Forum panel discussion
How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond, Virginia. The feature-length fil...
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Listen to this brief audio clip from NPR, All Things Considered, where filmmakers Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren discuss their film, How the Monuments Came Down, about 160 years of history in Richmond, VA., and the removal of the confederate statues along Monument Ave.
'How the Monuments Came Down' Filmmakers On Why Lee Statue Didn't Come Down Sooner
Filmmakers Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren discuss their film, How the Monuments Came Down, about 160 years of history in Richmond, VA., and the removal of the confederate statues along Monument Ave.
www.npr.org
On Monument Avenue
Archived resources from the Monument Ave. Commission and updates since the removal of the Confedererate monuments in 2020-21. From the American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA.
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Whose Heritage?
Explore our resources to find out more about the history of Confederate monuments and what you can do to help remove these symbols.
www.splcenter.org
The following New American History resources are provided to help follow up on a broader classroom discussion on monuments and memorialization and contested landscapes across the country. First, explore the topic with this Bunk Exhibit.
Bunk Exhibit: Monument Wars
The 2015 massacre of nine churchgoers by a white supremacist in Charleston touched off a wave of soul-searching about Confederate monuments around the country. Since then, dozens of towns and cities have decided to remove the statues in their communities. This exhibit explores discussions about what we choose to memorialize – and why.
www.bunkhistory.org
The following is from our New American History Learning Resources Library, a 5Es model of learning experience for APUSH and high school history classes to explore monuments and memorialization in more depth.
Confederate Monuments and History in Public Spaces
What do Confederate symbols tell us about the story Americans tell about their history?
resources.newamericanhistory.org
This post from our Executive Director, Ed Ayers, via our New American History Medium blog, first appeared on our website in June of 2020, setting the historical context for the protests following the death of George Floyd, and the demand for the removal of the Confederate Monuments in Richmond, Virginia and other cities across the United States.
Explaining Today
How our embattled present heightens the need and hunger for historical understanding
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See more about how monuments that have been removed in recent years have been reinterpreted as part of an art exhibit including this one at the MOCA Los Angeles.
Monuments exhibit at the MOCA Los Angeles
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