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How Has COVID Affected Me?

April 19, 2025 – 9:47 am

Amy Stonehouse, English as a Second Language, North Mecklenburg High School

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Synopsis: In this curriculum unit, I will provide students with the opportunity to reflect on how COVID has changed them because it is clear in the work that they complete and the behaviors in class. Over the past two years, we have gone from in-person, normal school days, to virtual learning, to hybrid learning, and back to in-person, albeit far from normal. We would be naive to think that this drastic shift in learning has not changed our students and how they see themselves. I’ve learned a great deal about myself through the process. I have learned that virtual teaching is not one of my talents. I’m willing to be that my students have discovered similar things about themselves.

My unit will focus on self-reflection and discovery, from who my students were before the pandemic and how they have changed. I plan on incorporating a personality test to help students discover characteristics about themselves that they may not have thought about before COVID. I will also incorporate journaling and time of reflection throughout the unit.

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2022 Vol 4: What is Identity?

Langue et Identité ( Language and Identity)

April 19, 2025 – 9:41 am

Mawuena Dabla, French, Harding University High School

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Synopsis: In this unit, students will explore different aspects of identity as related to language. Due to the exponential growth of immigration to developed countries, various speech communities have been created in those countries1. As you can see, language and identity have been debatable issues with the increase in immigration. We can define identity through different aspects; however, this curriculum will focus on the language part only. In fact, there are a few topics related to language and identity. The language we learn growing up is undeniably related to our identity. For example, I speak Ewe because I was born and raised in Togo in West Africa. As immigrants in the United States, the ultimate question we ask when we hear a random stranger speak the same language as us, is: “Are you from Togo?” We wouldn’t ask that question if we didn’t know that Ewe people can be from Togo. Thus, Ewe is a part of the Togolese identity. Not only we will learn about the notion of identity, but also, we will discuss how our identity can be related to the language we speak. This unit will take approximately four weeks.

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2022 Vol 4: What is Identity?

Intersecting Identities: Exploring How Identities are Reflected in Literature and Film

April 19, 2025 – 9:33 am

Franchone Bey, English, West Charlotte High School

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Synopsis: This unit will focus on how identities are created in literature and film. Students will be able to identify how the influence of stereotypes influence self-identity. Through critical analysis of images in texts and the media, students will be able to recognize the power that these images have in shaping perception. Students will also be introduced to how schemas develop as a result of reinforced repetition of stereotypes. The repetition of images, and character types have had an impact on society and culture. Students will be introduced to a broad history of stereotyping in film and defining stereotypes. Students will identify stereotypes and then explore the negative effects of racial stereotyping today.

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2022 Vol 4: What is Identity?

Seeing Themselves in Books: An Exploration of Student Identities

April 18, 2025 – 12:45 pm

Johnna Hauck, 5th Grade, Shamrock Gardens Elementary School

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Synopsis: In this unit, students will learn about identity and explore their own identities through a series of literacy-based lessons in order to answer the question: How can our identities shape our lives? Front Desk will be the text used throughout these lessons. This will allow for students to engage with 5th grade literacy standards, but also lend itself to conversations and activities about identity. Students learn about identity and other concepts that intertwine with identity from a fiction text. This learning will then be applied to students exploring their own identities and experiences. Questions about identity are embedded throughout the unit in order to spark interest, engagement, and reflection on the part of students. Conversations drive most lessons forward, and encourage students to question their beliefs as well as events taking place in the world today. These content areas are integrated throughout the unit with one overarching goal – to encourage students to critically examine how identity shapes our lives including our relationships, our choices, and the way we think and act.