Vocabulary Development
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Vocabulary Development

These resources aim to increase literacy by targeting vocabulary development. The project consists of two parts: a vocabulary workbook resource for teachers and a unit plan with extending lessons for a novel study on Monster by Walter Dean Myers.

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American Social Movements & Poetry
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American Social Movements & Poetry

This resource guide focuses on the intersection between poetry and social change. Resources in this folder include links to premade lesson plans, classroom activity ideas, strategies for teaching anti-racist poetry, and mentor poems.

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Anti-Racist STEM: Climate Justice
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Anti-Racist STEM: Climate Justice

Resource guide for educators hoping to teach climate change, extreme weather and environmental justice through an anti-racist lens. Includes a set of guiding principles, digital databases, presentation on the history of climate activism in Connecticut, and a curated list of five lesson plans.

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Indigenous Perspectives on Early U.S. History
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Indigenous Perspectives on Early U.S. History

Materials for teaching early colonial U.S. history. Includes primary sources from Indigenous peoples, secondary texts on CT Indigenous history and resistance in CT, anti-racist frameworks and pedagogies for teachers and tangible activist opportunities for high school students.

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Anti-Racist STEM: Physics
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Anti-Racist STEM: Physics

Resources for teaching physics with an anti-racist lens. Some highlights include a lesson plan on biases in the Nobel Prize for Physics and the Native Drum website, which uses First Nations Indigenous culture and music to introduce students to physics concepts.

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Teaching Black/Latinx Studies: Teacher-Generated Guide

Teaching Black/Latinx Studies: Teacher-Generated Guide

This teacher-generated resource document is for all educators teaching the new Black and Latinx Studies course. It includes lesson plans, primary sources, podcasts, poetry, books, music and more. The document can be navigated by resource type, a table of contents and keyword search.

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Native American Boarding Schools
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Native American Boarding Schools

Through poetry, video, a gallery walkthrough and interactive activity, this one-hours lesson plan empowers educators and students to develop vocabulary to talk about Native American Boarding schools and related structural issues.

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