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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.

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

The Angry Black Girl: Misinformed and Misled

Antiona Green, 3rd Grade, Oakhurst STEAM Academy

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

Identifying America: Analyzing Representations of the American Identity

Deanna Kurtz, Civics/Economics, South Mecklenburg HS

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2013 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Imagining Modern Bodies: Disability and Art at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

The “Spectacle” of Disability Representations

Stephanie Misko, English, W.A. Hough High School

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