Moving through Units 7–9 of the IEW methods, students will take notes, summarize narrative stories, write from pictures, put together a mini research report, and compose creative essays.

I am a registered IEW instructor and have been using IEW for many years.  I have a Master's Degree in Education.  Additionally, I have completed the Anti-Racism I course through University of Colorado Boulder to better prepare me to discuss sensitive racial topics that have occurred throughout history.  I continue to educate myself on these topics from those from the communities which are most greatly affected.  I am also working through Anti-Racism II from University of Colorado Boulder and Black History, Black Freedom and Black Love from MasterClass. 

Homework Offered
Homework will be assigned each week and should be uploaded to the classroom before class.  Each writing assignment includes a composition checklist, so what is expected is easily outlined. 
2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Papers are graded on a rubric, based on a checklist provided with each assignment. 
Grades Offered

Required reading, books may be purchased or borrowed from the library:
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom:  My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by  Lynda Blackmon Lowery 
Fire From the Rock by Sharon M. Draper 
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth 
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Code of Honor by Alan Gratz
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes