Standard I

I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards

Grade(s): 6

Year: 2015

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...

Let's Go Careers: SAILING into EXCITING WRITING...by exploring the life of CARGO VESSELS & World Commerce

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This lesson explores the variety of careers which center around the business of importing and exporting products all over the world. Whether it's bananas coming from countries near the equator, or...

Bird Survival Through Adaptations

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A series of historical illustrations by naturalist, Mark Catesby, will be used as a foundation for students to assess how adaptations contribute to a species ability to survive in a particular...