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EPISODE 118: JUST MERCY UNIT MAKEOVER: NONFICTION SERIES PART 3 Brave New Teaching: A Podcast for High School and Middle School Teachers

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We love a good unit makeover, and today you’ll hear part of one in action! We’re going to do a makeover on a unit that Marie has taught one time so far. It uses the text, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
This unit is part of a brand new course. As many of you may have experienced, brand new course + brand new unit = flying by the seat of your pants! In other words, it’s a good time to talk through it and think about some changes that can be made the next time that it’s used. 
The unit that we’re talking about in today’s episode looks at systems of power. You’ll hear us discuss the vision for this unit, go through some clarifying questions, and move into forming an essential question. Most importantly, you’ll gain an understanding that this process is pretty messy to work through!
Register for our virtual workshop on teaching biography and memoir: https://www.curriculumrehab.com/biographyandmemoir
Check out the show notes:
https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode118
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We love a good unit makeover, and today you’ll hear part of one in action! We’re going to do a makeover on a unit that Marie has taught one time so far. It uses the text, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
This unit is part of a brand new course. As many of you may have experienced, brand new course + brand new unit = flying by the seat of your pants! In other words, it’s a good time to talk through it and think about some changes that can be made the next time that it’s used. 
The unit that we’re talking about in today’s episode looks at systems of power. You’ll hear us discuss the vision for this unit, go through some clarifying questions, and move into forming an essential question. Most importantly, you’ll gain an understanding that this process is pretty messy to work through!
Register for our virtual workshop on teaching biography and memoir: https://www.curriculumrehab.com/biographyandmemoir
Check out the show notes:
https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode118
Follow us on Instagram: @bravenewteaching
Mentioned in this episode:
Get more Brave New Teaching each week:
Join BNT Happy Hour Here!
Get any BNT workshop for just $7! shop.bravenewteaching.com
Support the show
📚 BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES 👩‍💻
Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab Down with the Reading Quiz Shop the BNT Resource Library Connect with us on Instagram @bravenewteaching Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

31 min