SCDEP Mrachek MS

SCD Enrichment Program's course is designed for students of color that are currently in advanced Programs (Gifted and talented, honors, Advanced Placement) classes OR who would like to be in these courses.

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Course curriculum

1. SCDEP Program Pre-Survey
2. Expectations and Rules
1. What does Gifted and talented mean?
2. Understanding Giftedness
3. Gifted |High Achiever| Creative
4. YOUR Definition of Giftedness
1. Understanding the Connection between intelligence and Ethnicity
2. Students Intelligence and Beauty Bias
3. Interpretation of Biases and Finding our Genius
4. How pop culture shapes reality - and stereotypes
1. Cultural Superpowers
1. The African Origins of Mathematics and Algorithms
2. Definitions
3. Fractal Examples
4. African Fractal Evidence Lab
5. African Fractals Simulation
6. The African Origins of Mathematics and Algorithms
7. Closing Discussion
1. North Star
2. Life Style
3. Occupation (career) Choices based on Lifestyle
1. Reading the Ocean: The Ocean Was Their Textbook
2. What is this?
3. Advanced Vocabulary
4. Read this article
5. Critical Thinking
6. Wayfinding vs GPS
7. Navigating Challenge
8. Navigating Activity
9. What we learned
1. We are Gifted!
1. Advanced Skills and Goal Setting.pdf
2. Advanced Cultural Characteristics: Goal Setting
1. E Portfolios
2. Portfolio Template
3. Digital Portfolio Rubric
1. Critical Thinking Skills
2. Socratic Steps
3. 6 Steps for Critical Thinking
4. Critical Thinking Activity
5. What do you think?
6. Helpful Information
7. Read all four source cards. Each source is useful for a different part of the decision and each has limits. Dont label a whole source good or bad. Decide what question the source can answer how strongly it can answer it and what else you would need before
8. Check the Evidence
9. Make the School Start Time Decision
10. Reflect on Your Thinking
1. Oral Traditions
2. The Hopi Origin Story
3. Raven Story
4. First Nations
5. Groit Traditions
6. What happened when we passed a story on?
7. Your Culture
1. Bell Ringer
2. Bell Ringer
3. Whole Group: Listen to the song with English/Spanish Lyrics
4. Anacaona Lyrics
5. Station Worksheet
6. Station 1: Anacaona Article
7. Station 2: Watch Taino History video and complete questions
8. Independent Work(after stations):
9. Conclusion (whole group): Answer these Questions
1. Essential Question and Objectives
2. Warm Up
3. User Manual
1. Field Trip
1. Passion Projects
2. Portfolio Work Time
1. Business Professional Visit
1. College readiness and History Trivia
1. Future Goals Dashboard
2. Portfolio and Passion Project Work time
1. Middle School and High School Breakout Sessions
2. Mock day
3. Notes from Mock Day
1. Lesson North Star
2. College readiness and History Trivia
1. Portfolio Work Time
2. Presentation of Learning
1. Colonization of Africa
2. Critical Thinking Stem Questions
1. HBCU Panel

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SCDEP Mrachek MS

Course curriculum

Intro to SCDEP

Day 1:Session 1- Gifted Identity

Session 1- Identity Connections

Session 2- Multicultural Nomination Tool

Session 5- African Fractals

Preparing for your future: Desired LifeStyle

Pacific Islander Wayfinder

Advanced Skills Testing/ Goal Setting

Cultural Superpower Goal Setting

College Prep Sessions: ePortfolios- Breakout Sessions

Mini Lesson: 6 Steps of Critical Thinking

Oral Traditions

Session 9: Anacaoa (Taino History)

My Gifted Brain User Manual

Filed Trip/ Black American West Museum Presentation -Black Denver History

Passion Project Topics

Business Professional Visit

Day 4: Session 1- Warm-up | Trivia

Day 4: Session 2- Portfolio (Future Goals Dashboard)/Passion Project Work time

Day 3: Session 3- Mock High school and College Day

Session 8: Ethnic Studies Trivia

Day 3: Session 4- Presentation of Learning

Anti-Blackness

Day 5: Session 4- HBCU Panel Presentation

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