February updates

Hope this finds you well. We have added a homework link to the top of our hyperdoc so students can access their daily work. It will not always have their UA homework, but our core classes should be updated daily. Keep in mind, we are trying hard to limit the amount of homework the students have outside of our virtual school day. 

In Language Arts we are finishing up an African American Author group project. Students will share their slides in class on Tuesday. We will then dig in and look at stereotypes, discrimination, and microaggressions and how they affect people. This conversation and learning can be difficult so students will be asked to share only what they are comfortable with. We will share a video that students in the Middleton School District made regarding microaggressions and some visuals with "common" microaggressions. One example: Asking someone where they are from and when they say, "Madison," you might say back, "No, where are you REALLY from?" 

In Social Studies, students will look at the Ancient Egyptian Social Class structure for the next week or so. Following our closure on Ancient Egypt, we will explore more of Ancient Africa. We will look into the "Danger of a Single Story" when studying Africa. The Social Studies teachers will then present information on a few Ancient African States (Carthage, Nok, Swahili Coast, and Axum.) These will be presenting in different styles. For example, I will present on the state of Carthage using poetry and visuals that I created. After the teachers present, students will do some learning on some of the Ancient African States as well. 

Reminder that Friday, February 12th the students do NOT have school or virtual learning due to conferences. We have already reached out to you if we were interested in touching base for a conference. 

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