A Relevant Curriculum

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu and Educational Opportunity

How can schools affirm students’ identities, remove barriers, and keep academic expectations high?

Students begin with Chapter 3, “A Relevant Curriculum,” from Kunjufu’s Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children. They examine his 22,800-hour estimate and use it to ask what repeated classroom experiences teach children about their abilities and whose ideas matter.

What students investigate

• How Mexican American families challenged school segregation in Mendez v. Westminster.
• How Native Hawaiian educators used immersion to sustain ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiian language.
• What a San Francisco ethnic studies study can tell us about culturally relevant instruction and how students could evaluate a proposal for their own school.

The five-day RST includes a student packet, separate teacher notes and answer key, a 15-question assessment, and a 19-point RACE writing task. Students defend a proposal using three sources and identify a measurable outcome.

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