Tag Archives: Culture

What is it Worth? Education, Expression, Economics of African American Hair

March 2, 2022 – 3:24 pm

Tim Wells, History, Mallard Creek High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags African American Hair, beauty, Culture, Economics, Natural, Polymers, Spending Power, Textures, Weaves, Wigs | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Refugee Stories

Who are Climate Refugees? A Guide to a Digital Advocacy Toolkit

March 2, 2022 – 2:16 pm

Lindsay Adams, Social Studies, JT Williams Secondary Montessori School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags advocacy, civic duty, Civic Responsibility, Climate Change, climate refugees, Culture, environment, Immigration, inequalities, Justice, migration, natural disasters, residential segregation, war and politics | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Embodied Teaching and Learning

Embodied linguistics and “Papel Picado” in the Spanish I class

March 2, 2022 – 1:40 pm

Milagros Ugueto, Spanish, Independence High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags Culture, embodiment, Linguistics, movement, papel picado, school, Spanish, TPR, Vocabulary, World Languages | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health

The Musical Remedy for Stress

March 2, 2022 – 1:14 pm

Amy Stonehouse, English Language Learners, North Mecklenburg High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags coping, Culture, ethnomusicology, Language, migration, Music, refugee, sociocultural, stress, tone, translation | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

March 1, 2022 – 3:13 pm

Brad Baker, U.S. History, Hough High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 1920s, Brown v Board of Education, Civil Rights, CMS v Swann, Culture, gentrification, Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Mapping, New Negro, Plessy v Furguson, Segregation, Urban Shifts, Urbanization | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Muslims in America: A journey in time from slavery to today’s community pillars

January 21, 2021 – 11:15 am

Radwa Ahmed, 4th Grade, Waddell Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 4th grade, African, Culture, discrimination, diversity, identity, Immigrants, Muslim, Racism, religion, Slaves, Stereotypes, Tolerance | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Our Stories Matter-Why We Write

January 21, 2021 – 10:58 am

Jashonai Payne, 4th Grade, Clear Creek Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 4th grade, acceptance, assimilation, Culture, identity, Islam, Muslim Americans, Poetry, Stereotypes, stories, Tolerance | Permalink | Comments Off

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

The Narrative of You: Discovering Identities of Young Children by Appreciating Differences in Race, Religion, and Culture

January 21, 2021 – 10:45 am

Caroline Demmitt, Kindergarten, Selwyn Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags acceptance, affective insurgency, appreciation, awareness, critical thinking, Culture, diversity, identity, Kindergarten, multicultural education, narrative, ownership, race, religion | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Muslim Contributions to the Development of Modern Mathematics and American Culture

January 21, 2021 – 10:40 am

Ashley Robinson, 5th Grade, Briarwood Academy Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 5th grade, Art, Culture, Geometry, Islam, Mathematics, Muslims, Patterns | Permalink | Comments Off

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Anti-Racism and Pedagogy: What Does it Mean to be an Anti-racist Teacher?

“The Race to an Anti-Racist Community”

January 21, 2021 – 9:34 am

Kharma Edwards, Literacy Facilitator, Shamrock Gardens Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 2nd grade, 3rd grade, acceptance of others, anti-racism, building community, Culture, empathy, morning meeting, race, self-love | Permalink | Comments Off

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 1: African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

Self-Esteem: Uplifting Young Black Females Using African American Poetry

January 20, 2021 – 12:06 pm

Vashti A Mosby, Language Arts, Northridge Middle

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 6th grade, African American, Culture, discrimination, race, self-esteem | Permalink | Comments Off

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 1: African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

January 20, 2021 – 11:45 am

Marie Calabro, 4th Grade, Pinewood Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, African American, boycott, citizen, Citizenship, Civil Rights, country, critical patriotism, Culture, Equality, equity, Patriotism, Poetry, protest, Segregation, SEL, slavery, society | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Childhood and the City Space in Literature

Celebrating and Exploring Diversity and Community through Multicultural Literature with integrated Arts: Our “Maybe Something Beautiful”

January 24, 2020 – 12:38 pm

Julie Soto-Pendleton, 2nd Grade, University Park Creative Arts

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags achievable, beautiful, Civil Rights, community, Culture, diversity, equal rights, Ethnicity, family, friends, goals, hope, impossible, invisible, multicultural, neighborhood, Schools, segregated, separate, Tolerance, Traditions, triumph, united, visible, vision | Permalink | Comments Off

Our Communities and Its Impact on Our Learning

January 24, 2020 – 12:36 pm

Juanita Razor, Language Arts, Wilson Middle

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Choice, communication, community, conflict, consequence, Culture, identity, narrative, perspective, Prejudice, social bias | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Building Bridges: Using Children’s Literature to Explore Global Migration

December 19, 2019 – 3:22 pm

Megan Koransky, Media Skills, Bain Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags cultural, Culture, economic, emigrant, environmental, global learning, Immigrant, migrant, migration, political | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Culture

What is it Worth? Education, Expression, Economics of African American Hair

Who are Climate Refugees? A Guide to a Digital Advocacy Toolkit

Embodied linguistics and “Papel Picado” in the Spanish I class

The Musical Remedy for Stress

Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

Muslims in America: A journey in time from slavery to today’s community pillars

Our Stories Matter-Why We Write

The Narrative of You: Discovering Identities of Young Children by Appreciating Differences in Race, Religion, and Culture

Muslim Contributions to the Development of Modern Mathematics and American Culture

“The Race to an Anti-Racist Community”

Self-Esteem: Uplifting Young Black Females Using African American Poetry

African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

Celebrating and Exploring Diversity and Community through Multicultural Literature with integrated Arts: Our “Maybe Something Beautiful”

Building Bridges: Using Children’s Literature to Explore Global Migration

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