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2023 Vol 3: All Roads of Through Run Through Oz

The Wiz in You

Marian Myers, 8th Grade, Northridge Middle School

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Synopsis: This curriculum unit will focus on teaching self-awareness and how students’ personality, attitudes, interests, values and learning styles can influence career decisions. The first part of this unit involves personal character education. Strategies include self-assessments (https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/identity-charts-0), discovering interests and skills for working with people, working with data, working with things, or working with ideas, interactive notebooks, goal-setting and decision-making activities, role plays, and analyzing real-life scenarios. By integrating character traits like caring, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, citizenship, and fairness into all areas of the school experience, students gain better self-awareness, self-confidence, and the desire to become more socially responsible. Part two of this unit focuses on career exploration of interests and skills (https://www.careeronestop.org/), job market trends, education and training needed, cost-of-living /reality-checks, mock interviewing, completing applications and networking. A gallery walk strategy will provide opportunities for group work to research and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of various career decisions. 

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 7: "Oh My, Aren't You Wearing Some Nice Plastic!" The Chemistry and Culture of Black Women's Hair

The Chemistry of Hair and Why Representation Matters

Krystal Cartus, Science, Wilson STEM Academy

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