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Lesson Plan, Texas History, 7th Grade, Christie García

Summer Institute June 2019

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 7.8 ABC, 7.9 AB, 7.18 ABC, 7.22C, 7,23

Lesson objective(s): 1. TLW research local areas of historical significance 2. Using multiple resources and oral histories of their own family members

Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: Journal techniques (form + sentence starters) Interviewing skills

Unidad Didáctica, Historia De Texas, Séptimo, Sylvia Garza

Summer Institute June 2019

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 7.1A, 7.2A, 7.8A, 7.9A, 7.19A, 7.13A, 7.21A

Objetivos de la lección: 1. Geografía: identificar las maneras cómo los texanos se han adaptado a su medio ambiente y cómo lo han modificado. 2. Cultura: explicar cómo las personas de diversos grupos étnicos mantienen su legado cultural. 3. Texanos nativos del Golfo: identificar esta importante era de la historia de Texas.

Diferenciación de estrategias para necesidades específicas de un estudiantado diverso: Utilización de mapas y visitas a La Sal del Rey para establecer conexiones con acontecimientos históricos locales. …

Arts For Community Development In Singapore, Kar Yee Lim

Social Space

In the National Arts Council’s Report on the Arts and Culture Strategic Review,4 it emphasised the importance of promoting social cohesion across population segments via arts and cultural initiatives. It further stated its objective to bring the arts to everyone, everywhere and every day; and to build capabilities to achieve excellence.

Setting The Stage For Special Needs Theatre, Chandran R

Social Space

When I was a child, my special ability was in sports. I was good at football, badminton and sprinting, and even had aspirations of being a professional sportsman when I grew up. However, in terms of pursuing a sustainable sporting career, I was ahead of my time by a few generations.

Mandala Summer 2019, Center For Southeast Asian Studies

Mandala

No abstract provided.

July 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Maine-ly Jewish Storytelling Festival; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Community Notices

Intertextuality, Aesthetics, And The Digital: Rediscovering Chekhov In Early British Modernism, Sam Jacob

Modernist Short Story Project

Mark Halliday’s poem, “Chekhov,” published in 1992, raises a simple yet profound question regarding the Russian playwright and author, Anton Chekhov: What do we get from Chekhov? Considering the present article’s particular focus, Halliday’s query may be used to ask how Chekhov influenced early modernist writers (circa 1900-1930) from the British literary context. However, when considering the amount of scholarly work devoted to this question, the initial simplicity of Halliday’s inquiry evaporates, giving way to a breadth of complexity, nuance, and ambiguity. Such ambiguity has led scholars attempting to trace the intertextual convergence between Chekhov and the early modernist writers …

Whose Story Is It, Now? Re-Examining Women’S Visibility In 21st Century Secondary World History Textbooks, Erica M. Southworth, Jenna Kempen, Melonie Zielinski

Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works

In 2005 Clark, Ayton, Frechette, and Keller (2005) conducted a content analysis study on secondary world history textbooks to determine whether women’s inclusion had increased or decreased between 1960s, 1980s, and 1990s. They reported women’s severe marginalization in the texts even though the percentages of women’s inclusion had increased over the course of the decades. We conducted a replication study of the content analysis performed by Clark et al. from a feminist research lens and analyzed 2000 and 2010 editions of the same textbooks to determine if female inclusion had increased. Our findings revealed that very little to no progress …

The Maya Classroom In Diaspora: Blending Community-Based Research And Advocacy In Champaign County, Illinois, Korinta Maldonado, Ryan Shosted

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Over the past ten years, professors and students from the University of Illinois have collaborated with the rapidly growing population of Maya residents in Champaign County, Illinois to develop opportunities to use, preserve, and pass on their linguistic and cultural skills

Ser Maya En El Tiempo Y Espacio Actual, Daniel Caño

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

This first essay witten by one of Guatemala's well known Maya poets expores what it means to be Maya today, across the contemporary diaspora. His title and topic "Ser Maya en el Tiempo y Espacio Actual" inspired our theme title: "To Be Maya Across Time and Space"

From There To Here: My Maya Journey And Life In America, Carmelina M. Cadena

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

In this personal commentary, Carmelina tell how she fled Guatemala when a small child, walking the journy with her mother.

La Vida En Los Estados Unidos Para Los Mayas Guatemaltecos, Henry Omar Vicente

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

El Maya intenta hablar el español para comunicarse con el latino, pero al hacerlo se da cuenta que es rechazado, es burlado.

Measuring Levels On Collectivism And Individualism With One Maya Volunteer, David J. Galban, Gilberto Simon

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Measuring levels of collectivism and individualism among Maya living in the United States will help us understand, among other variables, their struggles, and the consequences of migrating to the most individualist nation on earth.

The Rabbit And The Goat: A Trickster's Tale Of Transnational Migration Of Mayas To The United States Of America (El Norte), Victor D. Montejo

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

Victor Montejo analyzes and interprets this Maya folktale as a way of explaining current transnational migration and dislocation in Maya communities. Through the story and the discussion, we see the many aspects of Maya migration, Guatemalan ethnic relations, and the power of modern global capitalism. Written from the standpoint of the year 2009, “The Rabbit and the Goat” establishes a strong marker in time and allows the reader deep insights into the present.

The Impact Of Community Partnerships On Maya Children's Identity, Joel B. Judd, Sheryl Ludwig

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

In Alamosa, Colorado, partnerships among university faculty, school teachers, a local non-profit, and Maya families established programs over several years thart enabled students to develop and assert their identity in school, while assisting parents in cultivating aspects of Maya identity at home and in the community.

Laja’B’Kanal Yet’ Ko’ Q’In, The Lasting Dances Of Our Fiestas: Music Embodiment As A Collective Memory Of The Maya Diaspora, Juan G. Francisco Cristobal

Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis

The purpose of this article is to shed light on the music embodiment and collective memory of the Maya Diaspora, focusing on the Maya Q’anjob’al communities in the United States

02.13: Memos And Emails, Tamara Powell, Tiffani Reardon

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Identify basic memo and email formats.
2. Describe the key differences between basic memo and basic email formats.
3. Explain cc, bc, and attachment functions and when to use them.

02.10: Handbooks, David Mcmurrey

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Explain the three types of information found in handbooks.
2. Explain and apply the guidelines for handbook format and style.

A handbook, as we are defining it here, is a combination of concept, instruction, and reference information focused on a specific topic for a specific audience's needs.

02.09: Recommendation And Feasibility Reports, David Mcmurrey, Jonathan Arnett

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to do the following:
1. Explain the differences between recommendation, feasibility, and evaluation reports.
2. Define the common components of recommendation and feasibility reports.
3. Explain and apply organization strategies for reports.

02.12: Oral Presentations, David Mcmurrey, Cassandra Race

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Plan and prepare a talk or presentation.
2. Deliver the presentation.
3. Create presentation materials that reflect standards of effective presentation.
4. Evaluate presentations delivered by others, including classmates.

02.14: Technical Definitions And Descriptions, Jonathan Arnett

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Explain and apply the 5 primary characteristics of technical definitions.
2. Write a definition using appropriate content, descriptors, details, length, placement, and audience analysis.
3. Avoid common technical definition problems.
4. Explain and apply the 5 primary characteristics of technical descriptions.
5. Write a description using the 6 common parts.
6. Organize a description according to the 3 common organizational patterns.

02.11: Titles, Abstracts, Introductions, And Conclusions, David Mcmurrey

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Summarize strategies for writing effective document titles.
2. Define abstract and explain the different types of abstracts.
3. Explain the purposes of different types of introductions and summarize the common elements of them.
4. Explain the components and purposes of conclusions.

03: Ethics, Tamara Powell

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to do the following:
1. Define ethics.
2. Analyze a situation with regard to utility, right, justice, and care.
3. Explain the importance of ethical behavior.
4. Explain copyright law, why it is important, and how to make ethical decisions regarding it.
5. Explain how to ethically analyze data.
6. Explain how biases can lead to unethical decisions/behavior in technical communication.

04.01: Report Design, David Mcmurrey, Jonathan Arnett

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to do the following:
1. Explain the importance of effective report design.
2. Explain the purpose of a letter of transmittal.
3. Define when covers and labels are appropriate for reports.
4. Explain the purposes of and write a descriptive abstract and executive summary for a report.
5. Apply design principles of tables of contents and figures.
6. Apply basic design considerations on the body of a report.
7. Define the appropriateness of a conclusion, appendix, and information sources.

04.08: Graphics, David Mcmurrey

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Explain and apply the various uses of graphics in technical documents.
2. Create and format appropriate graphics for technical documents.

04.05: Lists, David Mcmurrey

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Distinguish between different types of lists in technical documents and explain appropriate situations for using each.
2. Explain and apply general guidelines for formatting different types of lists.
3. Use Microsoft Word to style lists appropriately.

04.06: Special Notes, David Mcmurrey, Tamara Powell

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Distinguish between the four most common types of special notices.
2. Explain and apply the appropriate use for each type of special notice.
3. Explain and apply standard format guidelines for each type of special notice.

05.01: Writing Process - From Audience To Rough Draft, David Mcmurrey

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Brainstorm and narrow down topics for a report.
2. Create an outline for a report.

05.02: Audience Analysis, David Mcmurrey

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Identify the four common categories of audience and explain the differences between them.
2. Analyze your audience and explain how to tailor your writing to that audience.

05.03: Task Analysis, David Mcmurrey, Tamara Powell

Open Technical Communication

Upon completion of this chapter, readers will be able to:
1. Define documentation.
2. Identify and analyze tasks in order to create documentation.
3. Differentiate between function and task orientation and explain the pros and cons of each approach.
4. Explain how to begin writing documentation.