Assignment one Description
Due by 02/06/23 by 11 am
1.
Times New Roman, 12pt, double space 1-inch margins, APA format. There must be a separate page with reference/s, one and a half page (1 ½) total of written work which includes an opening and closing paragraph. Please insert in-text citations appropriately. A minimum of 5 references including all course sources. American literature in education. You must include references
Textbooks:
Estes & Mintz (2016). Instruction: A Models Approach (7th edition): pp. 16-
35 (chapter 2); pp. 289-303 (chapter 16) (33 pages)
Hammond, Z. (2015). Culturally responsive teaching & the brain:
Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and
linguistically diverse students: foreword pp. vi-vii; introduction pp. 1-9;
chapters 1-3, pp. 12-51 (50 pages)
Article:
o McIntosh, P. (1988). White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack.
(pdf; 7 pages)
Videos:
o Diaz, A. (2013, September 25). Inverting the Curriculum. TEDxCambridge.
(8:50)
o Hutton, P. (2014, November 20). What if students controlled their own
learning?. TEDxMelbourne. (15:24)
o Vulchi, P. & Gao, W. (2017) What it takes to be racially literate.
TEDWomen. (12:13)
For this discussion, be sure to complete all readings (located in the
Course Schedule) and explore both Ted Talks on this page. When
finished create a post that uses the course readings and videos
to answer the following questions:
What things are important to you as you begin to design your own unit
and how have the Ted Talks and the McIntosh (1988) article influenced
your thinking?
What would you contribute to a school wide discussion on curriculum
development?
How would you make the curriculum accessible and inclusive to all?
Assignment two Description
Due by 02/06/23 by 11 am
1.
Times New Roman, 12pt, double space 1-inch margins, APA format. There must be a separate page with reference/s, two(2) total of written work which includes an opening and closing paragraph. Please insert in-text citations appropriately. A minimum of 5 references including all course sources. American literature in education. You must include references
1. create a narrative (400-600 words in size 12 Times New Roman font, double spaced) about,
how your readings and Ted Talk videos from the discussion have influenced your unit plan design.
This is your ‘reflection’ portion of the assignment where you must discuss (and use the
bold terms as your headings):
·
Influence on thinking – How the course readings and videos so far have influenced what you think you want to do for your final project
·
Racial Literacy- (Picower, 2021 from M1; Vulchi & Guo, 2017 M2 TedTalk)
·
Culturally Responsive Teaching- (define it in your own words- see Hammond p. 15) and how it impacts students in your classroom (Hammond, 2015) including the following:
· Ready for Rigor Framework (p. 17)
· Four Practice Areas (pp. 18-21)
· the impact of culture inclusion in the classroom on the brain (Hammond, ch. 2 and 3)
·
White Privilege – reflection on Peggy McIntosh’s White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack