Essential Questions:
- Who are social justice leaders and how am I similar?
- How can people create change in American society when injustice is present?
Continue reading A Seven Year Old Can Be a Social Justice Leader!
Category Archives: Anti-bias Curriculum
Teaching West African Dance: Authenticity Without Appropriation
Essential Questions:
- How can I best represent a culture that is not my own?
- What makes an experience authentic?
- How can I, as a white teacher, best support students of color while exploring culture and heritage?
Continue reading Teaching West African Dance: Authenticity Without Appropriation
Do You See What I See? Do You See Me?: Exploring Identity in Second Grade
Essential Questions:
- Who am I at this particular time?
- Can my identity change?
- Who is in this community?
- What does this mean for me being in this space with my identities?
- How do I belong?
Continue reading Do You See What I See? Do You See Me?: Exploring Identity in Second Grade
Thoughtful Decision-Making: What and When
Essential Questions:
- How can we use vetted curricula to inform and inspire our choices rather than dictate our plans?
- How can we design–or thoughtfully choose–DEI lessons that are embedded in curriculum and grounded in student experience?
- How does teacher documentation support teacher development and student learning?