This website is designed for educators who want to deepen and sharpen their Ethnic Studies practice. It is designed to demonstrate the scope of the San Diego Ethnic Studies Oral History Editorial Collective’s (SDESOHEC) curriculum-thinking, to share our individual and collective experiences with Ethnic Studies oral history, and to offer curricular guidance.

Who We Are

Welcome to the SDESOHEC. We are a collaborative network of educators (teachers, academics, and graduate students) seeking to build community and historically responsive Ethnic Studies in our region. Our work is grounded in developing locally-based curriculum, pedagogy, guidance, and professional development through the analysis and use of Ethnic Studies oral histories.

How We’re Different

Navigating our website may feel different than navigating other teacher-oriented websites. You may notice that the focus is on the process of curriculum-thinking rather than ready-made lesson segments. We believe that this process is a critically important element of being a community-responsive Ethnic Studies curriculum developer who engages oral histories. While our work is designed to provide models and tools that may be applicable across contexts, it is grounded in our local communities and that which is relevant to their students' lives and desired futures. We attempt to showcase the thinking necessary to engage our students with Ethnic Studies conceptual ideas and practices while steering away from a one-size-fits-all approach. Finally, we are not showcasing perfection but instead the necessary and evolving process educators must go through in acting as agentive curriculum-makers.

Meet the Collective