Identity Unit by Kara Rowland https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f 6-10 grade resources on identity en-us 2018-07-19 20:46:42 UTC 2018-10-21 19:19:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Readings karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270656934 6th: Misfits 
7th: Stargirl
8th: Outsiders

9th: Bronx Masquerade, Am Born Chinese, and Speak ]]> 2018-07-19 20:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270656934 EQs karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270657111 Who am I?
Who are we?
Who are they?]]> 2018-07-19 20:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270657111 Youth as a social and cultural construct karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270657187 How has youth been created by political and cultural institutions? (Grown-sih, On My Block, Fresh Prince, Daria, Leave it to Beaver)

Analyze shows using:
1. How would you describe the young people in the episode? How would you describe the adults? 
2. How are the young people divided from the adults and the younger kids?
3. What conflicts do the young people encounter? How do their characters feel about the resolution?
4. What power do the young people have? What choices do they make?
5. What values, beliefs, or ideas about youth are conveyed through the tv show's themes?

Read YA Lit to examine how youth as been socially and culturally situated in US history. Book Club suggestions: Romeo and Juliet, Sunrise Over Fallujah, The Book Thief, Dear Martin, The Hate U Give, I am not your Mexican Daughter]]> 2018-07-19 20:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270657187 Letter to their future self to be opened senior year karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270657632 Write a letter to themselves. They open it last day of senior year. Include: hopes, dreams, fears, and goals. Likes and dislikes, ]]> 2018-07-19 21:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/270657632 Hertitage and Identity Poems karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274451753 2018-08-21 23:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274451753 Bronx Masquerade karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274452865 Focus on "Who are They?"
Character Chart
EQs
Character Bag Project ]]> 2018-08-22 00:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274452865 Soundtrack of My Life karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274453023 Who am I? Final project]]> 2018-08-22 00:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274453023 American Born Chinese karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274453086 Additional readings :
Journey to the West
"So I Aint No Good Girl"
"Indian Education"
"Behind Bars"
"The Jacket" http://spa.walsingham.org/classdocuments/26033/The%20Jacket.pdf
"The Scholarship Jacket" https://www.wtps.org/cms/lib/NJ01912980/Centricity/Domain/1174/The%20Scholarship%20Jacket.pdf
Humans of New York
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/
StoryCorp
https://storycorps.org/listen/


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Mental Health awareness]]> 2018-08-22 00:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/274453101 American Born Chinese EQs karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/290533812
  • Why do stereotypes exist? Are they ever accurate? What is the connection between stereotypes and racism/sexism? How do stereotypes interfere with one’s ability to attain the American Dream?
  • What is the identity crisis many children of immigrants face when growing up in the United States?
  • How does one construct his own identity when he is caught between very different cultures? Is cultural identity separate from personal identity or are they mixed together?
  • How do you determine your identity when the media bombards you with images of who you should be?
  • How does the author Gene Luen Yang try to redefine what it means to look American in this graphic novel?



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    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iVRrP1D3Um-YNdJqgTGobjTDcKdZjnSpfeNI8c63abY/edit]]>     2018-10-21 17:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/295204503     The Monkey King legend karar1 https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/295220403 2018-10-21 19:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/karar1/ff4ef22gms1f/wish/295220403