Tag Archives: Racism

Integrating Philosophy into Literacy: Discussing Japanese American Incarceration

March 2, 2022 – 3:13 pm

Johnna Hauck, 5th Grade, Devonshire Elementary School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags ethics, Japanese-American Incarceration, morality, Philosophy, Racism, Xenophobia | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Refugee Stories

Chew On This: Environmental Racism and Food Justice

March 2, 2022 – 2:18 pm

Jennifer Myers, World History, Mallard Creek High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags Climate Change, environmental racism, Food Justice, Injustice, pollution, Racism | Permalink | Comments Off

Mapping The World Around You: Using Digital Mapping and Inquiry to Interpret Historical Moments of Segregation

March 1, 2022 – 3:16 pm

Jasmine Dozier, World History, iMeck Academy at Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags Constitutional Amendments, De Facto, De Jure, Digital Mapping Sociology, gentrification, marginalized, Racism, Segregation, Social Stratification, urban renewal, world history | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Southern Children's Literature

Writing Your Story: Narrative Storytelling from the Heart: Examining How Identity is Reflected in Southern Children’s Literature Novel “The Watson’s Go To Birmingham”

February 18, 2022 – 11:54 am

Franchone Bey, English, West Charlotte High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags Creative Writing, high school English, Media, Minorities, Racism, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Influence of Media on Perception of Black Women

January 27, 2021 – 10:36 am

Franchone Bey, English, West Charlotte High

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags British literature, Creative Writing, film and literature, Media, Minorities, Racism, speech and debate, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

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

The Rise of American-Born Muslims, In An Era of Islamophobia, Post-9/11!

January 21, 2021 – 11:25 am

Roshan Varghese, Social Studies, Butler High

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 9/11, 9/11/2001, American Diversity, American History, bigotry, discrimination, Islam, Islamophobia, Racism, September 11th, world history | 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

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Developing Unity in the Colorful Classroom

January 31, 2020 – 11:49 am

Denatia Palmer, Language Arts, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags apartheid, discrimination, Enlightenment, hate, ignorance, minority, misinterpretation, poverty, Prejudice, Racism, Segregation, Stereotypes, Unity | Permalink | Comments Off

“I, Too, Sing America:” analyzing sex, race, and STEM in 20th Century America.”

January 24, 2020 – 3:22 pm

Shealynn Womble, Language Arts, Governor’s Village STEM Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags central idea, Civil Rights, classism, discrimination, Gender, historical inquiry, historical thinking, inference, Jim Crow, NACA, NASA, objective summary, plot, Point of View, Prejudice, primary sources, race, Racism, secondary sources, Sex, sexism, social class, society, STEM, textual evidence, the cold war, the Space Race, theme, World War II | Permalink | Comments Off

Curriculum Units

Making a Menace to Society: The Criminalization of Black Men and Boys

January 24, 2020 – 2:26 pm

Yasmin Forbes, African American Studies, Mallard Creek High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags 13th Amendment, 3 Strikes Policy, Black Codes, Black Power Movement, Blackness, Central Park 5/Exonerated 5, Chain Gangs, Civil Rights Movement, COINTELPRO, Convict Leasing, Crime, Criminal, lynching, Marginalize, mass incarceration, Media, Myth, Pig Laws, police brutality, Race Riots, Racism, revolution, stereotype, The Scottsboro Boys, Trope, Vagrancy Laws, War on Drugs, white privilege, white supremacy, whiteness | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Frankly Speaking: White Privilege

Stranger Things? The World We Know but Ignore: White Privilege and “Being Normal”

January 24, 2020 – 2:17 pm

Latonda Mitchell, 5th Grade, Mountain Island Lake Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags “world”-traveling, coded language, coping, disenfranchise, majority, normal, power, race, Racism, racist, unearned, white privilege, whiteness | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Frankly Speaking: White Privilege

The Search for Identity: Understanding Privilege and Black Invisibility

January 24, 2020 – 2:14 pm

Kimberly Palmer, English, Merancas Middle College

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Color Blindness, Colorism, Double Consciousness, Minority Invisibility, Prejudice, Privilege, Racism, Tolerance, White Fragility, White Priority, white privilege | Permalink | Comments Off

The Use of Critical Literacy in the Spanish Immersion First Grade Classroom To Explore Equity, Fairness and Social Justice

January 24, 2020 – 1:53 pm

Adriana Hart, 1st Grade, Collinswood Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags critical literacy, diversity, poverty, Racism, social justice | Permalink | Comments Off

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

I Prefer Living in Color – Opening Windows to the Beauty of Varied Identities

January 24, 2020 – 12:47 pm

Lecia Shockley, 1st Grade, Selwyn Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags acceptance, anti-bias, Appreciate, beliefs, bigotry, celebrate, consider, cross-cultural, cultural competence, curiosity, customs, differences, discrimination, diversity, dominant culture, Ethnicity, evaluative practice, global learner, inclusive, intolerance, minority, multi-ethnic, multicultural, multiracial, Narratives, opportunity, Other, Personalized Learning Learner Profile traits, power, Prejudice, Racism, society, stereotype, tradition, understanding, value, white privilege | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Africa in the Media: Past, Present, and Future

December 19, 2019 – 3:26 pm

Veronica Hall, History, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Colonization, Imperialism, Media, Racism, third world country | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Racism

Integrating Philosophy into Literacy: Discussing Japanese American Incarceration

Chew On This: Environmental Racism and Food Justice

Writing Your Story: Narrative Storytelling from the Heart: Examining How Identity is Reflected in Southern Children’s Literature Novel “The Watson’s Go To Birmingham”

Influence of Media on Perception of Black Women

The Rise of American-Born Muslims, In An Era of Islamophobia, Post-9/11!

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

Developing Unity in the Colorful Classroom

Making a Menace to Society: The Criminalization of Black Men and Boys

Stranger Things? The World We Know but Ignore: White Privilege and “Being Normal”

The Search for Identity: Understanding Privilege and Black Invisibility

I Prefer Living in Color – Opening Windows to the Beauty of Varied Identities

Africa in the Media: Past, Present, and Future

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