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Kathy Carroll

History Department Chairman and Middle School Social Studies
St. John's Episcopal School - Dallas, Texas
Middle School (13 to 15 years old), High School (16 to 18 years old)
Teacher/Educator, Curriculum Coordinator, Curriculum Developer, Museum Staff, EdTech Professional
US History, World History :

I am an experienced secondary educator with professional experience in digital media education.  After an internship at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, I am continuing to consult on a curriculum development project for the museum's A Right to the City exhibit in partnership with DC Public Schools and the Esri StoryMaps platform. 

I hold a Master of Humanities from the University of Dallas and a Graduate Certificate in Digital Public Humanities from George Mason University.  I have developed online curriculum for National History Day, the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Veteran's Administration. In addition, I have also completed additional graduate work in museum education.

Kathy Carroll's collections

 

A Right to the City

<p>These items are housed in the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum and appear in the exhibit <em>A Right to the City</em> curated by Samir Meghelli.</p> <p>"The history of Washington neighborhoods reveals the struggles of DC residents to control—or even participate in—decisions affecting where and how they live. Prior to passage of Home Rule in the 1970s, Congressmen, private developers, appointed members of the local government, and even sitting Presidents decided the course of the city’s development, often with little or no input from residents.   </p> <p>In the mid-twentieth century, massive federal “urban renewal” projects, school desegregation, and major highways, both proposed and built, spurred civic engagement, protest, alternative proposals for development, and a push for self-government. By 1968, “White man’s roads through black man’s homes” became a rallying cry, pointing to the racism that afflicted the urban and suburban planning of the era.   </p> <p><em>A Right to the City</em> highlights episodes in the history of six neighborhoods across the city, telling the story of how ordinary Washingtonians have helped shape and reshape their neighborhoods in extraordinary ways: through the fight for quality public education, for healthy and green communities, for equitable development and transit, and for a genuinely democratic approach to city planning."</p> <p><br /></p>
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