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What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of Your Black Students | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

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In this lesson teachers engage their students by having them research the origin of their name. Through a historical and cultural lens students and teachers gain a better understanding and...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part V

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Days 5, 6, and 7: Researching our names, Black histories, and sharing research in creative ways It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part IV

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Day 4: Two different African naming traditions It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part III

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Day 3: Histories in African American names It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part II

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Day 2: Analysis of “The English Language is my Enemy” by Ossie Davis Teacher It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part I

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Day One: Introduction into Implicit Bias It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African American...

“Inspiring Inventions!” (Design)

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This lesson falls into the second nine weeks of school, after the study of Westward Expansion. This design project will lead to a new unit that focuses on the Industrial Revolution. Collaborating in...

Reconstruction Amendments

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Students will complete research on one of the Reconstruction amendments. After completing research, students will create a project demonstrating their knowledge of that particular amendment as if they...

Two Voices and a Tableau: Pearl Harbor and 9/11

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The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 shocked the nation. Citizens and servicemen were caught off guard and left vulnerable to the Japanese attacks. Sixty years later in 2001, the United States endured...

Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina: Commentary

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From the Jazz Age to the Digital Age: Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina - Celebrating Pulitzer Commentary with Kathleen Parker and Jim Hoagland, Moderated by Charles Bierbauer. Two Washington...