Literacy Autobiography
One of the most shocking realizations that I have come to in the last year is that I have no recollection of ever being read to as a child by my parents or siblings. I imagine that I was likely read to here and there, but it was apparently so infrequent that I [...]
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More of my story….
Posted in My Life, language, tagged autobiography, discourses, Ebonics, education, history, literacy, social capital on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An intriguing piece of a lesson plan I’m constructing…
Posted in Social Justice Education, tagged culturally relevant curricula, culturally relevant pedagogy, lesson planning, mathematics, minimum wage, poverty, social class, Social Justice Education on October 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Necessary Background Information: Students will find that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has calculated that one-third of a family’s total income could be set aside for food. This led to the original poverty line at $3000 in 1963. This and other information surrounding this activity lends itself easily to fraction, decimal, and percentage manipulation, and [...]
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