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2nd Graders Go Fair Trade

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Grade: 2nd Grade: American Sign Language ClassDSCN0224
Topics: Fair Trade, Slave and Child Labor
Social Justice Skills: Letter Writing, Peer Education, Critical Thinking

Created by Mike Nappi

This unit was created to make students think critically about their world. Students learned about the use of slave and child labor in the chocolate industry and the benefits of the Fair Trade system. Students took their knowledge and educated their families and peers about the subject, wrote letters to chocolate company CEOs and took personal steps towards making more just decisions when purchasing chocolate.

Find out more: http://2ndgradersgofairtrade.wordpress.com/

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2nd Graders Insights on Iraq

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

img_17521Grade: 2nd Grade: American Sign Language Class
Topics: Iraq, Culture, War
Created by: Mike Nappi

This unit was created in response to a simple question that one of Mike’s students posed about Iraq. Mike used this teachable moment to create an interdisciplinary unit that resulted in a student created museum about Iraq in which they taught others at their school about what they had learned.

Find out more: http://insightsintoiraq.wordpress.com/

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Questioning Columbus

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

bbGrade: 2nd grade unit
Topics: Colonization, Native Americans, Columbus
Social Justice Skills: Critical thinking, peer education
Created by Mike Nappi

This unit was created when students inquired about why they had a day
off from school. The result was a student created bulletin board that
aimed to educate other students and teachers about the truth behind
the Columbus Day Holiday.
Find out more: questioningcolumbus.wordpress.com


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