Teach Out Proposal

 Teach Out Proposal 

Who: My 3-5 grade students

What: Equity vs. Equality - Teaching students the difference between the two and why equity is what we want to strive for in education and in life rather.

Where: My classroom/School

When: If I’m able to do it soon then soon, or over summer/Beginning of school year

Why: I want to teach my students about equity vs. equality and how it relates to them. I want them to be aware of what it means to have equitable opportunities rather than equal ones. We see inequality and inequity everywhere today and if students are taught while they are young what it means to have equity, they will be more aware when it is not happening and will begin to not say, “That’s not fair!” if another student gets a certain accommodation that they do not. As the year goes on, I will then be able to reflect/connect back to this lesson and begin talking about other important social issues (e.g., unfairness of standardized testing, set curriculums meant to show success, Black Lives Matter, inequality among races and academic levels in schools, etc.) and we will be able to discuss how these are unequal and how they should be more equitable and why it’s important that they are.

How: 

• Bandaid Lesson (example: https://www.uucharlottesville.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Curriculum-Gr-3-5_9-Equality-Equity.pdf ) 

• Was that helpful?

• Write why or why not

• Have students write why it is important to have equity instead of equality

• “Equity is important to me because ________.”

• Use visuals and video?

• https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TikTok-Bandaid-Lesson-Freebie-7183579?st=9dc182eabda0e6c45f32b4bd87d20444 

Articles: 

• The “Learning Loss” Trap https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/the-learning-loss-trap/ 

• “Literacy with an Attitude” - Finn https://drive.google.com/file/d/18oYkhqKhuR4kUchebkg92zQ3_MtsDbBr/view 

• Other People’s Children - Delpit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k3VtwcPSs8Mhe2NDkKWQrXh5witWF2WZ/view 

• Privilege, Power, and Difference - Johnson https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QsehF5eFDiGKNB8RA_M3oQ6DQVxhkYWC/view 

• Ignoring Diversity, Undermining Equity https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/ignoring-diversity-undermining-equity/