Shared Texts
The pursuit-driven lessons (PDLs) in Nurturing the Heart and Mind are intentionally organized around four key content areas— arts and culture , English language arts , social studies , and STEM . These areas reflect the subjects most commonly emphasized in schools and districts, and each lesson is designed to build the specific proficiencies students need to thrive within them. While each chapter centers on one content area, the learning is designed to be interdisciplinary, encouraging students to make meaningful connections across subjects and engage deeply with diverse topics. MAKE AN ELA CONNECTION
ENGLIS LANGU ARTS
English Language Arts
APPLY THE CHRE FRAMEWORK Continue the lesson by asking and discussing the following pursuit-driven questions. IDENTITY: What message would you tell yourself in a letter? SKILLS: Can you write a letter to yourself at the start of the school year and the end? INTELLECT: What is letter writing? What did you learn about Booker T. Washington from the letter he wrote to W.E.B. Du Bois? CRITICALITY: In what way does letter writing center one’s voice and perspectives? JOY: If you made a list of people you would like to write a letter to, who would you include and why?
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Photos ©: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, UMass Amherst Libraries. (Booker T. Washington letter); National Archives and Records Administration (Chinese Exclusion Act); United States Patent O ce (patent)
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