January 21, 2021
Maria Fernanda Martinez
The "How To Adult" series was developed using questions from my high school seniors in 2020 as they were preparing to enter the "real world". There are five chapters: Personal Finance & Budgeting, Investing & Taxes, Domestic Life, Cooking, and Jobs & Internships. I highly suggest using this during senior spring to help ease the senioritis and transition nerves. The best way to implement is as inspiration and customize it to the specific questions and needs of your students. You can find the full slides on the corresponding blog post. (:
Chapter 1: Personal Finance & Budgeting
Chapter 3: Domestic Life
Chapter 4: Cooking
Chapter 5: Jobs & Internships
The first full academic curriculum I developed was for the course History of the Americas in the International Baccalaureate Programme. Jointly with my instructional coach, Abigail Molina, we established a thematic scope and sequence that was carefully designed to provide students with context and links between historical concepts. Each of these topics have their own corresponding blog post under the same title if you're interested in the specific objectives, materials, or rationale.
Paper 1: Topic 4 – Civil Rights & Protest
Paper 2: Topic 8 – Independence Movements
Paper 2: Topic 10 – Authoritarian States
Paper 3: Topic 17 – Civil Rights & Social Movements post-1950
Paper 3: Topic 14 – Political Developments in Latin America
Paper 3: Topic 7 – Nation Building & Challenges
A few very helpful google sheet organization templates for teachers
Created on: February 20, 2021
Some of my favorite tools and ideas on goal setting with students.
Created on: January 21, 2021
A lesson for Inauguration day as part of the Liberatory Civics Curriculum.
Created on: January 21, 2021
A non-exhaustive resource guide for learning about & teaching Black History with a specific focus on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s.
Created on: January 20, 2021