Tag Archives: assimilation

2022 Vol 1: Exploring Memory and Race in America

Broadening Horizons: Perspectives of Native American Monuments

Shannon McFarland, 6th Grade English Language Arts, Alexander Graham Middle School

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Synopsis: In this curriculum unit, students examine monuments significant to Native American experiences. They will learn about and discuss the history of how tribes were displaced from their lands and children were treated inside of boarding schools. For the culminating assessment, students will design a monument dedicated to the victims of Native American boarding schools and a plaque that explains why a monument to this history should exist. 

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Refugee Stories

Climate Change and Refugees: Not my trash but my new home (school)

Mariella Fernandes, ESL, Whitewater Middle School

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2020 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Narratives of Muslim Life in America

Our Stories Matter-Why We Write

Jashonai Payne, 4th Grade, Clear Creek Elementary

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2018 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Insights into Latino Communities

My Heritage: Guiding Students On A Path Towards Self Discovery and Personal History

Mary Lacey Holmes, Social Studies, Garinger High School

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2018 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Exploring American Sacred Values

English Language Learners: Acculturation through Language and Values

William L. Wade, ESL, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

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2018 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Exploring American Sacred Values

At What Cost? Native American Children and Boarding Schools of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Tracy Kennedy, Social Studies, E. E. Waddell Language Academy

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