Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Curriculum Resources
Holocaust and Genocide Awareness
Westport students learn about the Holocaust primarily in Grades 8, 9, and 10 through both United States and World History contexts. Students engage with archival materials, including survivor testimonies. Grade 8 students participate in an annual program that brings a survivor to the school to speak. Genocide awareness and human rights education is embedded throughout the curriculum to support a broad range of civic and historical topics.
Westport students explore documents and artifacts to learn about Sigrid Schultz, a Westporter and reporter who exposed Nazi secrets.
Black and Latino Studies
Westport students learn about Black and Latino history in both United States and World History contexts. A full year course, Black, African American, Latino, and Puerto Rican Studies, is offered at Staples High School.
Black, African American, Latino, and Puerto Rican Studies students create a bulletin board for Black History Month to show what they learned from the Black Stories walking tour of Westport.
Guest speaker Zeke Levine, Ph.D. candidate at NYU, presented to our 7th grade social studies classes an in depth review of Jazz and Blues history and the importance of locomotives and trains at the turn of the 20th century. Zeke’s presentation was enriched with archival images and rare recordings.