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Hurricane

These lessons are built on a dissection of pre-assigned readings, Hamilton-inspired free writes, and open discussions intended to make conne

Jessa Brie Moreno

Disrupting the Master Narrative

This lesson explores the creation and re-creation of Master Narratives. Students will conduct artistic research on core “American Stories...

Mariah Rankine-Landers

New Mythologies, Flip the Script

Learners investigate shadow narratives as dominant and shadow narratives as collectively oppressed stories. Learners workshop through th...

Michelle Lee

Heavy Is the Hyphen: The Letters

“The Letters" is an invitation to witness and speak aloud the story of “The Hyphen.” It’s a moment--in lesson form--to affirm every voice...

Michelle Lee

Heavy Is the Hyphen: The Listener

Listening skills unearth students’ perceptions of self and belonging to tell a new story about themselves in a voice that lives naturally...

Mariah Rankine-Landers

Let Me Tell You What I Wish I Knew

Whoever’s holding the frame gets to tell the story, shape the vision, because Europeans have told the story that’s the story we (get). - ...

Mariah Rankine-Landers

The Self As Social Gesture

In this lesson students will explore the notion of self as a social gesture for society. They will analyze societal issues through the le...

Jah-Yee Woo

We Are The Ones We've Been Waiting For

The following lessons focus on memory and self reflection and builds to learning and understanding a framework for collective and partici...

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