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EqSTrEAM: Equity in Sci Tech Eng Art Math for REPRESENTATION

By drjoybjohnson2
Grade Level
9-12
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How do manufacturing and consumer choices impact general health of an ecosystem?
  • What do we gain when we learn about the lived experiences of other people?
  • How do different people or groups represent and express their power?
  • How can the lived experiences of individuals reflect social inequities?
Texts
Informational

A Rumbling in the Mines

This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
History
Economics
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Immigration Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
August 22, 2016
Teaching Strategies
Word Work

Meaning-Making Paragraphs

Students learn the meaning of vocabulary words by writing the word in multiple ways. Students write guided paragraphs about words from the central text then share their writing with peers.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
CCSS
L.6-12.5, L.6-12.6
July 19, 2014
Close and Critical Reading

Reading Against the Grain

In reading against the grain students analyze the dominant reading of a text and engage in alternative or "resistant" readings. Resistant readings scrutinize the beliefs and attitudes that typically go unexamined in a text, drawing attention to the gaps, silences and contradictions.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
CCSS
RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.2, RL.6-12.6, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.2, RI.6-12.6
July 19, 2014
Student Tasks
Do Something

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
July 13, 2014
Do Something

Spotlight on Change Agents

Students investigate, interview and profile a person working for equity and social change. The person can work on the local, national or international level, with an organization or as an individual. The compiled profiles will form a resource for other students in the future.
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
July 13, 2014
Plan Built By
drjoybjohnson2

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