Curriculum Title Reviewed: Understanding Intolerance through World History

	Reviewer 1	Reviewer 2	Reviewer 3
How used in a classrm?	NA	I wouldn’t. Skip the art contest, skip the festival. Have a diversity day with representatives of various community groups sharing the podium. Music and speakers, films, readers, theatre.
Which grades?	10^th grade	9-12	10^th
Subjects?	ELA, Social Studies, Art, Music, and FACS	SS, ELA	Social Studies/ELA
Appropriateness, possibility to strengthen: Learning Goals/Academic subjects	This section is fine.	Where is literature here? Are kids reading Primo Levi or Elie Wiesel? Even Anne Frank? Seeing films (fiction/docs.)?	Learning goal #2 is a little unclear in wording and in how it will appear in the project. What literature? What the students produce?
Community needs	Yes, needs are addressed.	They’re all jumbled here. Addressing intolerance and genocide ¹ multi culti food fest. Many great goals and good ideas BUT too many!	Good
Character virtue prominence	This section is fine.	Objective 2, Justice and Fairness, better addressed by ongoing contact with local human rights NGO’s and agencies as well as work within school community. Who “create(s) guidelines”? Vague!	Good
SL activities	These are fine.	1. Unclear	Are the memorial program and the multicultural festival to take place at the same time/event?
Reflection activities	These are very good.	“Reflections” 2+3 aren’t really reflections. #2’s an activity, #3’s a celebration	Need to more specifically reflect the character virtues.
Costs	$150-$500	Re planning, #2: Why must guest speakers be “victims”?	Depending on the nature of the memorial, could be manageable or exorbitant.
Time needed	1-2 months	Months	At least 2 months
Teacher preparation required	Teacher will instruct students about the Holocaust and facilitate project.	(na)	Doable
Possible improvements	“Memorial program” also involves living community members; maybe the name could be changed to an “Honor Program”	Choose a single focus (I suggest bringing speakers.) Create dialogue within school community re Jim Crow diversity, tie current tensions within community to history e.g. racism, anti-Semitism, Patriot Act and Jap. Internment.	Clarify further how the memorial will work and how/if it is tied to the festival.
Assessment items	Rubric too general. Assessment is fine.	Too easy. Need essays.	Pretty obvious questions and no longer-answer questions.
Experience needed in CE	Little or no experience	Moderately experienced	Moderately experienced
Experience needed in SL	Little or no experience	Very experienced	Moderately experienced
Rate the project in the following areas:
Doability	Strong	Weak	Average
Addressing the character virtues	Strong	Average-Strong	Average-Strong
Relevance to actual academic content	Strong	Average-Strong	Average-Strong
Reflection activities	Strong	Weak-Average	Average
How strongly are each of the character virtues addressed by this project….
Caring	Very Strong	Somewhat	Somewhat
Citizenship	Very Strong	Somewhat	Very Strong
Fairness	Very Strong	Somewhat	Strongly
Giving	Not at all	Somewhat	Somewhat
Respect	Very Strong	Strongly	Strongly
Responsibility	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly
Trustworthy	Not at all	Somewhat	Not at all

Curriculum Title Reviewed: Using Shakespeare to Breakdown Ethnic and Geographic Barriers

	Reviewer 1	Reviewer 2	Reviewer 3
How used in a classrm?	As a part of an English unit (Shakespeare, form writing, creative writing, etc)
Which grades?	7-12 (though older may grasp to form better)	9-12	9-12/6-8
Subjects?	English, European history	ELA	Language Arts/Social Studies
Appropriateness, possibility to strengthen: Learning Goals/Academic subjects	Very strong and should be very easy to fit into project.	Work w/juniors and seniors.	Shouldn’t there be a learning goal about appreciating diversity and social equity?
Community needs	Extremely relevant and can be applied to many different areas (Socioeconomic, geographic, etc)	Breaking down stereotypes, increasing respect always great.	Good
Character virtue prominence	Virtues seem very simple (in a good way) – direct and can be meaningful to student situations.	Excellent.	Good
SL activities	Yes – very concise. Tips on finding partners would be helpful (For example, you could recommend contacting the Department of English chair or another school initially)	Very clear. Finally get the web address!	#1 isn’t really a service activity.
Reflection activities	Yes, would allow for adequate and meaningful reflection.	Good reflections, esp. 2 &3.	Need to connect to virtues.
Costs	Costs would be necessary to allow students to meet face to face. Seem minimal and feasible.	Transportation	Doable if both schools have computer access.
Time needed	Good space of time – they’ll know Shakespeare backwards and forwards!	2 months	At least 2-3 months.
Teacher preparation required	Making contact with another school, devising a systematic approach (w/ the other teacher) to effectively address the issues between the two schools.	Knowledge of region, Shakespeare	Extensive because the inter-school partnership would require a strong teacher partnership
Possible improvements	A list of recommended topics would be helpful – for example: Race: Othello Image: Sonnet 130 (My Mistress’ Eyes…) Class: King Lear	Expand peer educator aspect. Expand KWL model.	It might be difficult to have two schools in different situations both have access to online equipment.
Assessment items	Great assessments – very relative and could be used with any Shakespeare lesson.	Good.	I’d like to see a little more virtue emphasis in the questions. Currently only one addresses character ed.
Experience needed in CE	Moderately experienced (The more experience the better to objectively lead a barrier-breaking project.)	Moderately experienced	Moderately experienced
Experience needed in SL	Little or no experience.	Moderately experienced	Moderately experienced
Rate the project in the following areas:
Doability	Strong	Average-Strong	Average
Addressing the character virtues	Average-Strong	Strong	Average
Relevance to actual academic content	Strong	Strong	Average-Strong
Reflection activities	Average-Strong	Average-Strong	Average
How strongly are each of the character virtues addressed by this project….
Caring	Very Strong	Very strong	Somewhat
Citizenship	Strongly	Strongly	Strongly
Fairness	Somewhat	Somewhat	Strongly
Giving	Strongly	Somewhat	Somewhat
Respect	Very Strong	Very strong	Strongly
Responsibility	Somewhat	Somewhat	Somewhat
Trustworthy	Somewhat	Somewhat	Not at all