The Art of Reading People: Character, Expression, Interpretation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.01.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background
  4. Demographics
  5. Objectives
  6. Strategies
  7. Mini-Lessons (Classroom Activities)
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Appendix A
  10. Endnotes

The Other Side: Experiencing Cultures through the Eyes of My Students

Joy Beatty

Published September 2011

Tools for this Unit:

Teacher Resources

Banks, James A., and Cherry A. McGee Banks. Handbook of research on multicultural education. New York: Macmillan Pub. 1995.

Cisneros, Sandra. The house on Mango Street . New York: Vintage Books, 1991.

Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963 . New York: Delacorte Press, 1995.

Davis, Kathryn. "Cultural Geography." Cultural Geography: Geography 10. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/geography/classes/geog010/kdavis/geog010f04.doc (accessed August 14, 2011).

Elementary, rd. "Report Card Selection ." Virginia Department of Education. http://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/ (accessed August 14, 2011).

Goode, Diane, and Cynthia Rylant. When I was young in the mountains . New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1982.

"Goodwill Hunting." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . http://youtube.com (accessed August 14, 2011).

"Gullah Gullah Island Theme Song." youtube.com. /www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wow3g5rGw5Y (accessed August 14, 2011).

"Hillside Court, Richmond, VA Neighborhood Crime Map, Statistics, Alerts and Reports." Spot Crime. http://www.spotcrime.com/va/richmond/hillside+court (accessed August 14, 2011).

Housel, Debra J., and Christopher Paul Curtis. A guide for using The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963 in the classroom: based on the book written by Christopher Paul Curtis. Westminster, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 2002.

"Kagan Winter Academy." Kagan Publishing & Professional Development - KaganOnline.com. http://www.kaganonline.com/Newsletter/index.html (accessed August 14, 2011).

Low, William. Chinatown . New York: H. Holt, 1997.

Myers, Walter Dean, and Christopher Myers. Monster. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

Myers, Walter Dean. "Lois Smith, 12." In Here in Harlem: poems in many voices. New York: Holiday House, 2004. 38.

Myers, Walter Dean. "Macon R. Allen, 38." In Here in Harlem: poems in many voices. New York: Holiday House, 2004. 5.

Myers, Walter Dean. "C.C. Castell, 49." In Here in Harlem: poems in many voices. New York: Holiday House, 2004. 26.

Opala, Joseph A.. The Gullah: rice, slavery and the Sierra Leone-American connection. Freetown, Sierra Leone: USIS, 1987.

Phillips, Gary, Christopher Wagner, and Annie Jack. School culture assessment . Rev. ed. Vancouver, BC: Agent 5 Design, 2003.

RapOnionTV. "A Day at Hillside." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . http://youtube.com (accessed August 14, 2011).

"Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority." map2004. http://www.rrha.org/html/public/map2004.pdf (accessed August 10, 2011).

"The Public Housing Dliemma:Richmond, Va." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . http://youtube.com (accessed August 14, 2011).

"Where I'm From, a poem by George Ella Lyon, writer and teacher." Official site of George Ella Lyon, writer and teacher. http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html (accessed August 14, 2011).

Comments:

C R G

December 11, 2011 at 8:06 pm

Wow!

Joy, This is an awesome lesson for teachers to really get to know their student at the beginingof each year. Those not from Richmond, VA can alter sm of the activities to fit their studnets neighborhod. Great job!

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