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Curriculum Planning Begins with Self-Reflection

Dr. Kimberly Parker discusses the internal work that teachers need to do during the curriculum development process in order to engage and support students in their learning.

Last Updated: August 16, 2022

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Language

English — US

Subject

English & Language Arts

Culture & Identity

Facing History & Ourselves, “Curriculum Planning Begins with Self-Reflection,” video, last updated April 12, 2022.

Activity

Students identify pivotal moments when a central character learns something important about themselves, others, and their real or fictional world.

Lesson

Students use Clint Smith’s talk “The Danger of Silence” to create “blackout poems” that express their ideas for how they can use their voices to empower themselves and others.

Students engage in discussion in a San Francisco classroom.

Assessment

Create a culminating experience for your students where they identify and explain an example of individual or collective agency in the world today that inspires them.

Two Black students write at their desks.

Text Set

Designed for students in grades 11-12, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a 1–2 week unit exploring the essential question, "How do I empower myself to speak up and take action on behalf of myself and others?”

Four students at their desks, working in a group.

Activity

This mood meter activity develops students’ vocabulary for describing their feelings and their empathy muscles.

Text Set

Designed for students in grades 8-10, this text set includes lesson plans and multi-genre texts for a 1–2 week unit exploring the essential question, "What makes me, me?"