Writing About Nature

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 23.02.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Demographics
  2. Rationale
  3. Why Must Students Appreciate Nature and its Forest
  4. The Impact of International Travel: Teachers and Students Testify
  5. Philanthropic Dollars Make Dreams Realities
  6. Justice Scholars: University Collaboration
  7. Activities
  8. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  9. Notes

Creating First-Class Experiences for Forgotten Schools: Why Not Us?

Sean Means

Published September 2023

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Notes

  1. US News. “Academy at Westinghouse.” US News Education, July 2023. https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/pennsylvania/academy-at-westinghouse-139011#:~:text=Overview%20of%20Academy%20at%20Westinghouse&text=The%20school%27s%20minority%20student%20enrollment,students%20and%2055%25%20male%20students.
  2. Pittsburgh Public Schools. “Current Students Promise Eligibility Rates.” Pittsburgh Public Schools, July 2023. https://www.pghschools.org/Page/5076
  3. Pittsburgh Public Schools. “Current Students Promise Eligibility Rates.”
  4. Pittsburgh Public Schools. “Suspension Rates.” https://www.pghschools.org/Page/5070
  5. Pittsburgh Public Schools. “Suspension Rates.”
  6. US News. “Academy at Westinghouse.”
  7. Shadyside Academy. “Global Learning.” Shadyside Academy Academics, July 2023. https://www.shadysideacademy.org/academics/global-learning
  8. Spencer, Malia. “Spotlight on Asian Studies: Exchange programs prepare Upper St. Clair High School students for world beyond SWPA.” Pittsburgh Business Times, May 9, 2010. https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2010/05/03/daily58.html
  9. Mt Lebanon School District. “International Students.” Mt Lebanon School District Academics, July 2023. https://www.mtlsd.org/district/international-students
  10. Rainforest Concern. “Why are rainforests important?” July 2023. https://www.rainforestconcern.org/forest-facts/why-are-rainforests-important
  11. National Geographic. “Rainforest.” National Geographic Education, July 2023. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/rain-forest
  12. Artaxo, Paulo. “Tropical forests are crucial in regulating the climate on Earth.” PLOS Climate 1(8). August 8, 2022.https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000054)
  13. Malleret, Constance. “Record deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest shows challenge facing Lula.” The Guardian, March 10, 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/brazil-record-deforestation-amazon-rainforest-lula-bolsonaro#:~:text=Government%20satellites%20show%20that%20a,the%20month%20since%20records%20began.
  14. Hance, Jeremy. “Beyond the resorts: Traveling the real and wild Dominican Republic.” Mongabay, January 29, 2023. https://news.mongabay.com/2013/01/beyond-the-resorts-traveling-the-real-and-wild-dominican-republic-photos/)
  15. Vanque Jones, interview by Sean Means, New Haven, July 2023.
  16. “Food Deserts.” Food is Power, July 2023. https://foodispower.org/access-health/food-deserts/.
  17. Medical News Today. “What are food deserts, and how do they impact health?” July 2023. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-are-food-deserts#:~:text=Without%20access%20to%20healthful%20foods,%2C%20diabetes%2C%20and%20cardiovascular%20disease.
  18. Parker, Victoria. “Studying Abroad While Black: Examining Study Abroad from the Perspective of Black Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”  CMSO Research Brief, Accessed July 2023. https://cmsi.gse.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/Studying%20Abroad%20While%20Black%202022.pdf
  19. Parker, “Studying Abroad While Black.”
  20. Jones, interview.
  21. Parker, “Studying Abroad While Black.”
  22. Cunningham, Heather. “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding.” Journal of International Social Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, page 9. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1149451.pdf.
  23. Cunningham, “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding.” 
  24. Cunningham, “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” page 9.
  25. Cunningham,  “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” page 11.
  26. Cunningham, , “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” Journal entry, June 22.
  27. Cunningham, , “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” Journal entry, June 26.
  28. Cunningham, , “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” Journal entry, June 23.
  29. Cunningham, , “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” page 15.
  30. Cunningham, , “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” Journal entry, June 23.
  31. Cunningham, , “Using Service Learning as a Tool to Develop Intercultural Understanding,” page 5.
  32. Mike Doody, interview by Sean Means, New Haven, July 2023.
  33. Doody, interview.
  34. Doody, interview.
  35. Doody, interview.
  36. Holly Bryk, interview by Sean Means, New Haven, July 2023.
  37. Bryk, interview.
  38. Bryk, interview.
  39. Bryk, interview.
  40. Bryk, interview.
  41. Porter, Michael and Kramer, Mark K. “Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value.” Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec 1999. https://hbr.org/1999/11/philanthropys-new-agenda-creating-value.  
  42. Porter et.al. “Philanthropy’s New Agenda.”
  43. Sawchuck, Steven. “The Gates Foundation’s Education Plans Go International.” Education Week, June 3, 2018. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/the-gates-foundations-education-plans-go-international/2018/06
  44. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “Annual Report.” 2022. Accessed July 2023. https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/financials/annual-reports/annual-report-2022
  45. Influence Watch. “Bill and Melinda Gates.” Influence Watch Nonprofit. July 2023. https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation/#:~:text=The%20Gates%20Foundation%20spends%20five,and%20Democratic%20Party%20donor%20and
  46. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “12 Major Foundations Commit $500 Million to Education Innovation in Concert with U.S. Department of Education's $650 Million "Investing in Innovation" Fund | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.” Accessed July 2023. https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2010/04/12-foundations-commit-to-education-innovation-with-us-department-of-education)
  47. The Rockefeller Foundation. “The Rockefeller Foundation and WFP Launch Initiative To Strengthen School Meals for Millions of Children.” Accessed July 2023. https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rockefeller-foundation-and-wfp-launch-initiative-to-strengthen-school-meals-for-millions-of-children/ 
  48. The Australian Zoo( https://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/the-irwins/) Accesed August 2003
  49.  "Https://Www.Britannica.Com/Biography/Steve-Irwin." Britanica. Yale, May 12, 1992. https://doi.org/Online.
  50. Berrett, Taylor. "In Defense of Naive Enthusiasm: On Steve Irwin and What We Lose When We Gain Nuance." Medium. Medium, May 12, 1992. https://doi.org/January 1 2023.
  51. Chalk, Natalie . "How Did Steve Irwin Die? The Crocodile Hunter’S Tragic Death Remembered 15 Years On." INEWS (London), September 3, 2021. https://doi.org/September 03,2021.
  52. AAP, AAP. "Celebrities Cry for Steve Irwin." Theage.Com. Theage.Com, Accessed August 1, 2023. https://doi.org/September 20, 2006.
  53. Woudstra, Kristy. "Bindi Irwin Reveals Why She Wanted To Deliver Her Dad's Eulogy." Https://Www.Huffpost.Com/Archive/Ca/Entry/Bindi-irwin-reveals-why-she-wanted-to-deliver-her-dads-eulogy_n_12785544. The Huffington Post Canada, November 3, 2016. https://doi.org/11/03/2016.
  54. Woudstra, Kristy. "Emotional Farewell to 'crocodile Hunter." TheGuardian.Com. Guardian News & Media Limited, November 3, 2016. https://doi.org/11/20/2001.
  55. Woudstra, Kristy. "Emotional Farewell to 'crocodile Hunter." TheGuardian.Com. Guardian News & Media Limited, November 3, 2016. https://doi.org/11/20/2001.
  56. Justice Scholars Institute. “An Equity-Focused College Preparatory Scale-Up for Pittsburgh.” https://www.education.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/JSI-2023-Report-Final.pdf.)
  57. "Your Journey Starts Here: Ecuador." AMIZADE 1, no. 1 (2023): 9. Accessed August 1, 2023. https://doi.org/08/01/2023.

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