“For every one of us that succeeds, it’s because there’s somebody there to show you the way out. The light doesn’t always necessarily have to be in your family; for me, it was teachers and school.”
— Oprah Winfrey
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COVID-19 Curriculum
As an educator, I’m always looking for the lesson–today and in the future.
What am I learning?
What learning do I want to pass on?
What added learning can I seek and create?
At some point during this pandemic, around April, it occurred to me that there would be a need to discuss all that was happening. That teachers would want and need a set of plans, guidelines, for discussing COVID-19, whenever they returned to school. This is, after all, history in the making; this is public policy, human rights, public health, economics, mathematics, psychology–every basic and higher level subject taught was available and tangible when I stepped back and considered what was shared in the news or discussed with family and friends.
In this realizing, I took on the task of creating lesson plans on COVID-19, which I discovered, as I started writing, were much more complex than I originally anticipated. So, I decided to make a complete semester-long learning path.
This has been hours of work and readings. It’s not done, but I have the destination and overall plan pretty much set. I have gone back to it and want to add more–there is so much that can be included, and with the daily rapid changing nature of it all, so much to be included or updated. Regardless, I have work to share with you.
I have work to take and to make your own. I have a COVID-19 curriculum for those interested in learning, growth, discussions, and plans. It has goals, it has themes, it has continuity, it has lots of room for reflection and discussion–two areas of development and need that I see most critical to our current climate.
I have worked to create something meaningful, impactful, and useful–for educators and non-educators alike. I’m still on this journey but I wanted to start sharing, to provide a discussion plan, to offer this tool for learning, now. I will update, hopefully, every three weeks or so–to add the rest of the weeks, and then circle back for more additions as needed.
For now, I have the plan, the mid-point, the culminating project, and the first portion available to you. I hope it helps provide a pathway for learning, learning we are all undergoing.
Available now:
General Explanations and Framework:
1 COVID-19 Curriculum–Overview
2 COVID-19 Curriculum–Unit Plans
Week 1-3
Week 4 — still in the works
Week 5
Mid-point
9 COVID-19 Curriculum_ Mid-point Exercise
Week 6-10: TBW (to be written)
Final Project
15 COVID-19 Curriculum_ Final Project
Much of this post was taken from the initial share of the curriculum here.
Welcome Back!
On March 31, 2020 I announced a hiatus as I focused my efforts here.
April, May, June, a bit of July — a pandemic continues, a social uprising begins, and somehow we are expected to manage our personal lives as these two major events, as well as every other change, movement, and news comes along. Wow.
As we prepare for an uncertain future, in every realm, allow me to return to education.
Although no one knows for certain what classrooms or learning will look like in the fall, there will still be classrooms and there will still be learning.
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I had long ago taken a pathway of learning and instruction that was focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion, and now it has gained the attention it always deserved. I will continue to intertwine this passion onto this platform. Of course, I will continue to add a bit of humor too–we need that in our lives, now more than ever. So, really, the only thing that will change is the addition of remote and virtual elements.
Remote/virtual learning was modis operandi this past spring, and it has unleashed the call for more remote/virtual learning–given our current state of affairs, we may go back to it, right?
Whatever happens, wherever we’re headed, I’m here — and happy you’re joining me.
Announcement–until further notice
Until further notice I will be concentrating my efforts and focus here on Quarantined Praise — and its accompanying IG account.
Stay safe. Practice social distancing. We will come back to teaching, the classroom, education, books, and all other things normal, soon enough.
C is for Camacho 