I apologize for not posting yet this year. My educational responsibilities are growing as my dissertation proposal rapidly approaches. As a results, posts may be briefer and less frequent than in previous years, but I still want to share what the class is working on! So...this year, I'm teaching a broader course on critical literacies and activism through a feminist lens, but specifically designed to include more axes of identity in the curriculum. During the first weeks of school, students chose an article to analyze from this list as a diagnostic. We discussed "scout mindset" and bias using this helpful TED Talk and the story of Red Riding Hood from the wolf's PoV. We also examined statistical bias in the media. We also discussed digital citizenship for several days, which included questions like these (taken from Common Sense media lessons) as students received their own iPads this year. The first semester of the course will look at the treatment of various social groups in society. I began with immigrants as a social group, as it is something every student could relate to personally. Here's what we did for the mini unit:
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