Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction

In this follow-up to Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit–joy–to her groundbreaking instructional model. She defines joy as more than celebration and happiness, but also as wellness, beauty, healing, and justice for oneself and across humanity. She shows how teaching from cultural and historical realities can enhance our efforts to cultivate identity, skills, intellect, criticality, and-indeed-joy for all students, giving them a powerful purpose to learn and contribute to the world. Dr. Muhammad’s wise implementation advice is paired with model lessons and assessment tools that span subjects and grade levels.