*Check back weekly for updates. New assignments are listed at the beginning of each month.
*Subject to change weekly.
*Specific assignment materials and instructions are posted Google Classroom.
*Mindfulness: a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
DAY 1 – Monday, January 31, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography - Latin (South) America.
DAY 2 – Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 3 - Wednesday , February 2, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 4 – Thursday, February 3, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 5 – Friday, February 4, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
INTRODUCTORY ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is Ethnic Studies all about?
Who is studied in Ethnic Studies?
What sort of forces helped enable it to become a required class?
Should Ethnic Studies be a required course?
DAY 6 – Monday, February 7, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 7 – Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 8 – Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
Review instructions for the Seven Principles of Ethnic Studies Poster and paragraph.
DAY 9 – Thursday, February 10, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
View Third World Liberation Strike at SF State and UC Berkeley video.
classroom.google.com/u/0/w/MTIyOTYyODE4NTUy/t/all
Read,"The Student Strike That Changed Higher Ed Forever" and answer questions chart.
DAY 10 – Friday, February 11, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
Review instructions for the Seven Principles of Ethnic Studies Poster and paragraph.
Work on Seven Principles of Ethnic Studies Poster and paragraph.
VALENTINES DAY HOLIDAY – February 14, 2022
DAY 11 – Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 12 – Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 13 – Thursday, February 17, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 14 – Friday, February 18, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
PRESIDENTS HOLIDAY – Monday, February 21, 2022
Complete Monday Attendance Survey.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 15 – Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
DAY 16 – Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
Review for Introduction to Ethnic Studies Quiz Assessment.
DAY 17 – Thursday, February 24, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Latin (South) America.
Study for Introduction to Ethnic Studies Quiz Assessment.
DAY 18 – Friday, February 25, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Australia.
Complete Quiz Assessment: Introduction to Ethnic Studies.
View Kao Kalia Yang Ted Talk - "The Power in Sharing Our Stories" and Answer questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KdPwMNbOA.
THEME 1 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What makes me unique?
What are my core values, beliefs, and characteristics that define who I am?
How do you view yourself differently or similarly to the stereotypes associated with aspect of your identity?
DAY 19 – Monday, February 28, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Geography Australia.
What is an Autoethnography? Example, Handout and Rubric.
Work on Autoethnography Slides.
DAY 20 – Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Physical Geography Continents Test Study Guide
Work Autoethnography Slides.
DAY 21 – Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Physical Geography Continents Test.
Warm-up: Write the definition of stereotypes – characteristics imposed upon groups of people because of their race, nationality, and sexual orientation among others; and write at least 1 to 2 stereotypes people have about various ethnic groups in America.
Read Newsela article – “Why stereotypes should be avoided”.
Complete 4-question article multiple choice assessment – discuss in breakout rooms.
Homework: Student narrative paragraph – Write how do you view yourself differently or similarly to the stereotypes associated with one aspect of your identity.
Work on Autoethnography Slides.
DAY 22 – Thursday, March 3, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Basic Google Overview for Students: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgqtCi7hdo
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Module 1, Lesson 1.1.1 - Getting To Know You.
Work on Autoethnography.
DAY 23 – Friday, March 4, 2022
Mindfulness.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Module 1, Lesson 1.1.2 - Getting To Know You Group Collaborations.
Ethnic Studies Entry Survey
Begin Introduction to Ethnic Studies Vocabulary Power-point and notes.
Warm-up: Building Community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTdWTo07ktk
Warm-up: Answer Who Am I? Identity Questions in Preparing For Autoethnography Identity Questions.
View Intersectionality video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6dnj2IyYjE&feature=emb_logo
Work on Video Autoethnography.
DAY 24 – Monday, March 7, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Ethnic Studies Entry Survey
Begin and Complete Introduction to Ethnic Studies Vocabulary Power-point and notes.
DAY 25 – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on Study Guide for Introduction to Ethnic Studies Quiz Assessment: Basic Ethnic Study Vocabulary, Beginning of Ethnic Studies, 7 Principles.
Complete Video Autoethnography .
Recognizing Indigenous People Day (October 12th).
DAY 26 – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
View Third World Liberation Strike at SF State and UC Berkeley video.
classroom.google.com/u/0/w/MTIyOTYyODE4NTUy/t/all
Read,"The Student Strike That Changed Higher Ed Forever" and answer questions chart.
Warm-up: Read and discuss "Columbus Day" vs. "Indigenous Peoples' Day" What Should this Holiday be Called?
View "Why Do We Call Asian Americans The Model Minority?" video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrDbvSSbxk8
Begin Myths and Realities Surrounding the Asian Pacific Islander American Community.
DAY 27 –Thursday, March 10, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Myths and Realities Surrounding the Asian Pacific Islander American Community questions.
DAY 28 – Friday, March 11, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review instructions for the Seven Principles of Ethnic Studies Poster and paragraph.
Oral Read and Reflection - "Why Ethnic Studies Was Meant For Me" by Rosana Chavez Hernandez - Chapter 1 - Our Voices Ethnic Studies textbook.
Complete on Seven Principles of Ethnic Studies Poster.
Review Introduction to Ethnic Studies Quiz questions.
Extra Credit Volunteers Present Video Autoethnographies.
Discuss Myths and Realities Surrounding the Asian Pacific Islander American Community.
Begin Pachuco Culture, The Zoot Suit Riots and the Sleepy Lagoon Case video and questions.
DAY 29 – Monday, March 14, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin Pachuco Culture, The Zoot Suit Riots and the Sleepy Lagoon Case video and questions.
DAY 30 – Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Pachuco Culture, The Zoot Suit Riots and the Sleepy Lagoon Case video and questions.
DAY 31 – Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Discuss the Zoot Suit Riots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-K_JnhWmhw&feature=emb_rel_end
View The Origins of Humans from Africa and African Indigeneity (Anthropogeny):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSVw_QdVarA
Miss Thames’ DNA results.
Complete Business Insider Article (October 28, 2019) – Every person alive today descended from a woman who lived in modern-day Botswana about 200,000 years ago, a new study finds.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/origin-of-modern-humans-botswana-africa- 2019-10
DAY 32 – Thursday, March 17, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
United States Demographics and Map.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XGgrFb9KJRS_IxB9Ua9oiwKTyM3tVQC0
DAY 33 – Friday, March 18, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin United States Demographics and Map Assignment.
THEME 2 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What forces have remained similar and which forces have changed regarding how people of color have been accepted into white society whether they came during the Great Migration or during the 3rd wave of U.S. immigration?
What obstacles did those of my ethnicity face in finding their place in America, and how did they address those challenges?
To what degree have you taken the time to learn the history in your family and/or community?
What have been the group/individual experiences living in the United States?
DAY 34 – Monday, March 21, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on United States Demographics and Map Assignment.
DAY 35 – Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete United States Demographics and Map Assignment.
DAY 36 – Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review United States Demographics and Map Assignment.
View video "Trail of Tears"
ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/akh10.socst.ush.exp.trail/trail-of-tears/
Song about the departure of Seminole Indians from Florida for Oklahoma (Part of Florida's 1940 WPA - Work Project Administration)
Read article: "PBS Indian Removal: 1814-1838."
DAY 37 – Thursday, March 24, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete questions on "PBS Indian Removal: 1814-1838 article."
DAY 38 – Friday, March 25, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Indian Removal Community Padlet Activity.
Homework: Read article California Once Banned Black People.
DAY 39 – Monday, March 28, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on article questions – "California Once Banned Black People".
DAY 40– Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete article questions – "California Once Banned Black People".
DAY 41– Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Break-out groups and review "California Once Banned Black People article"
View video on The Great Migration and Blacks in the West during World War II Era.
DAY 42 – Thursday, March 31, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 43 – Friday, April 1, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin I Am From Poem template.
DAY 44 – Monday, April 4, 2022 – Start of Quarter 4
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work I Am From Poem template.
DAY 45 – Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin I Am From Poem final draft.
DAY 46 – Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin I Am From Poem final draft.
DAY 47 – Thursday, April 7, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete I Am From Poem final draft.
DAY 48 – Friday, April 8, 2022 – END OF QUARTER 3
Mindfulness.
Volunteer presentation of I Am From Poem.
Begin Bracero Program Notes.
www.unco.edu/colorado-oral-history-migratory-labor-project/pdf/Bracero_Program_PowerPoint.pdf
www.slideserve.com/zaide/the-bracero-program
SPRING BREAK – SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022 to SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022
DAY 49 – Monday, April 18, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 50 – Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Where I am From Quiz Study Guide Questions.
DAY 51 – Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Mindfulness.
Freshman Counselors Presentation.
Complete Bracero Program to the Dreamers’ Movement Notes.
www.unco.edu/colorado-oral-history-migratory-labor-project/pdf/Bracero_Program_PowerPoint.pdf
www.slideserve.com/zaide/the-bracero-program Systems of Power:
DAY 52 – Thursday, April 21, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 53 – Friday, April 22, 2022
Mindfulness.
Jazmin Luna's presentation Youth Coordinator of Pro Youth and Families.
View "Namesake".
Work on Theme #2 Ancestry & Migration Quiz Study Guide.
DAY 54 – Monday, April 25, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Read the article - "Key Findings About U.S. Immigrants".
www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/20/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/
DAY 55 – Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete "Key Findings About U.S. Immigrants" article Questions.
DAY 56 – Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Discuss "Key Findings About U.S. immigrant" article.
Review Theme #3 Essential Questions.
Read Systems of Power notes and complete vocabulary.
DAY 57 – Thursday, April 28, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 58 – Friday, April 29, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Overview of U.S. Housing Inequality: Redlining and Racial Housing.
Read "A Raisin In The Sun" Excerpt.
View "A Raisin in the Sun" Excerpt video.
THEME 3 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Just who is American and who belongs?
Where exactly do I live, and how does that help shape who I am and where I’m going?
How does your neighborhood, community, city, or town affect your daily decisions?
Secondary Essential Questions:
How have systems of power been used to oppress people in the United States?
How have people historically, and in the present, resisted forms of oppression in the United States?
How have people historically, and in the present, exercised their power to participate in social, political and economic systems?
DAY 59 – Monday, May 2, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Read Housing article.
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/upshot/maps-neighborhoods-shape-child-poverty.html
DAY 60 – Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue reading housing article.
DAY 61 – Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
View "A Raisin in the Sun" Excerpt video.
Break-out Room discussions.
Complete two essential questions.
DAY 62 – Thursday, May 5, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 63 – Friday, May 6, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Discuss article: "Detail Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children For Life".
Introduce Homework: Mapping My Life in California chart.
DAY 64 – Monday, May 9, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on Mapping My Life in California chart.
DAY 65 – Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Mapping My Life in California chart.
DAY 66 – Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Discuss systems of power in racism and immigration
Begin Bittersweet Root - Chinese in California Heartland video and answer questions.
DAY 67 – Thursday, May 12, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Bittersweet Root - Chinese in California Heartland Video and questions.
DAY 68 – Friday, May 13, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Discuss systems of power in education.
Read Sacramento Bee August 30th 2020 article - "Latino advocates push for affirmative action".
https://latinocaucus.legislature.ca.gov/news/1598543100-sac-bee-%E2%80%98race-does-matter%E2%80%99-why-latino-advocates-are-pushing-affirmative-action
"College Admission Scandal Reveal Worse Parents Ever"
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/felicity-huffman-and-lori-loughlin-reveal-how-to-ruin-kids-190801230.html
DAY 69 – Monday, May 16, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on completing the "Bitter Sweet Root: Chinese in California's Heartland" documentary questions by 5pm today.
DAY 70 – Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 71 – Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Mindfulness.
Begin Ethnic Studies Social Movement Chart and Power-point notes.
DAY 72– Thursday, May 19, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 73 – Friday, May 20, 2022
Mindfulness.
Understanding the attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Complete Ethnic Studies Social Movement Chart research in individual Breakout Rooms.
THEME 4 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What can we learn from previous social movements in taking our own action in addressing the inequities we have uncovered?
How can I participate in civic action, community service, and/or community education to dismantle white privilege and racism?
Where do I see myself in 10 years, and how do I plan on getting there?
DAY 74 – Monday, May 23, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
DAY 75 – Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
View video on Civil Rights Movement and complete questions.
DAY 76 – Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review rubric and begin Social Movement Google Slide Presentation Research Chart.
Begin Social Movement Google Slide Presentation Research Chart.
DAY 77 – Thursday, May 26, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue Social Movement Google Slide Presentation Research Chart.
DAY 78 – Friday, May 27, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
View - "History of the Civil Rights Movement" video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=URxwe6LPvkM
View - "Cesar Chavez" video
www.history.com/topics/mexico/cesar-chavez-video
Continue work on Social Movement Google Slides for Presentation.
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY – Monday, MAY 30, 2022
DAY 79 – Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue work on Social Movement Google Slides for Presentation.
DAY 80 – Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue work on Social Movement Google Slides for Presentation.
DAY 81 – Thursday, June 2, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue work on Social Movement Google Slides for Presentation.
DAY 82 – Friday, June 3, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue work on Social Movement Google Slides for Presentation.
DAY 83 – Monday, June 6, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete and submit Social Movement Google Slides Presentation Final.
DAY 84 – Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Practice Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentation
DAY 85 – Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Mindfulness.
Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentations.
DAY 86 – Thursday, June 9, 2022
Mindfulness Stretching.
Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentation.
DAY 87 – Friday, June 10, 2022
Mindfulness.
Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentations.
DAY 88 – Friday, June 13, 2022
Mindfulness.
Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentations.
DAY 89 – Friday, June 14 2022
Mindfulness.
Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentations.
DAY 90 – Friday, June 15, 2022
Mindfulness.
Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentations.
DAY 91 – Friday, June 16, 2022– END OF QUARTER 4 and SEMESTER 2
Mindfulness.
Oral delivery of Social Movement Google Slides Presentations.