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2023 Vol 2: Race, History, Change, and Social Activism: Baseball's Impact on America

The Kansas City Monarchs Impact on Baseball and America While at the Helm of Global Social Change

Lusette Humphrey, 7th Grade, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

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Synopsis: This unit is a focus on the importance of “the power of influence” one has for social change and impact in their respective sports and communities. The power to use influence for social change is big. This is seen across many sports arenas where athletes use their platform to bring social change that is needed in some or all parts of the world. There are several athletes such as Colin Kapernick, Lebron James, Naomi Osaika can be seen using their level of influence to bring change to their respective causes. In the past we have athletes like Jacki Robinson, Roberto Clemente, and Rube Foster as lead change agents of their time.

2024 Vol 6: Integrating Aging Education in the PK-12 Curriculum: Combating Ageism through the Classroom

Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number

Monique Hall, 4th Grade, Devonshire Elementary School

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Synopsis: In this unit, young scholars will explore the lives of centenarians who are people who have lived 100 years or more, and the concept of aging. Teaching about ageism is important for several reasons. By introducing elementary students to centenarians, it fosters respect for older generations, raises awareness about longevity of life, and sparks interest in history and culture. It also highlights the importance of diversity and individuality, promotes meaningful intergenerational connections, and encourages students to reflect on their own values and perspectives on aging. 

This unit aligns with the North Carolina mathematical standards and the lessons will be used in conjunction with CMS curriculum. 

This curriculum will be taught adjacent to the 100th day of school. This will be a school wide- initiative. 

2024 Vol 6: Integrating Aging Education in the PK-12 Curriculum: Combating Ageism through the Classroom

Shifting the Perspectives of Aging in the Education Setting is Essential to Learning

Carolyn Simmons, Pre-Kindergarten, Governors’ Village STEM Academy

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Synopsis: This unit will introduce children to the diverse awareness of ageism in education at school and in their community. I will show that children can access and identify ageism awareness and its role in their family and school culture. This unit will encourage the perception of aging and the development life cycle as a continuum. I will engage the family to build the personal connection of older adults who are significant to the child. The components for the lessons that will be taught will increase awareness and appreciation for older adults. The children will learn about contributions made to improve life as people age and mature in the cycle of life. We will learn how to change common traditions in school, such as the 100th Day of School Celebration, by bringing awareness to diminish bias and showing the contributions that are made to increase the value of life for everyone and how age is a benefit to help build our learning with vast opportunities and education. I will focus on bringing awareness about centenarians and having a more inclusive measure of participation for the 100th Days of School celebration, acknowledged as a catalyst for stereotyping older adults and changing the narrative from a negative view of the celebration. 

I plan to teach this unit during the current trimester, the first part of the year. This is during the beginning of the year’s introduction and acclamation to school. This unit will help transition to classroom structure while building the school community. 

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Black Girl Magic (Mis)Understood: Representations and Perceptions of Black Women and Girls in the Education System

Black Girl Magic: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow… Representation and Eternalism of Black Girl Magic

Tasha Sherrill, Business, Ardrey Kell High

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

Exploring Bias, Culture and Me using Flipgrid®️ and Book Creator®️

Lynne Wiesecke, 5th Grade, Albemarle Road Elementary

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Children in War and Conflict

Assume Nothing: The Role of Stereotypes and Personal Bias in Conflict

Toni Johnson, 5th Grade, Parkside Elementary School

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

It’s All About Perspective: Patriot and Loyalist Views of the Boston Massacre

Tracy Kennedy, Fourth Grade/Japanese, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Media and Minorities: Unpacking Stereotypes

Challenging Stereotypes and Redefining Great Literature: A Kindergarten Exploration

Liza Quinn, Literacy, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Visual Storytelling in Children's and Young Adult literature

Narrative Nonfiction

Tara Lee, Language Arts, Bailey Middle School

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2013 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Urban Encounters: Hispanic and African American Literature

Hidden Bias: Does It Describe Who We Are?

Jennifer Ladanyi, Language Arts, Bailey Middle School

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