Using New Faces in the Classroom

New Faces: Latinos in North Carolina is designed for use by Social Studies and English teachers as part of their yearlong curriculum. Lesson plans are designed to correlate with North Carolina Standards of Study.

This curriculum project is broken down into 4 classroom units:

• Unit 1: About Latinos
• Unit 2: Latino Youth
• Unit 3: Latino Workers
• Unit 4: Challenges and Contributions

Each classroom unit contains:

• Lesson plans
• Student handouts
• Vocabulary sheets
• On-line activities
• Evaluation tools
• Background and support material

The classroom materials are delivered via a printable PDF document with lesson plans, resources, and materials to help implement this curriculum. All materials are available from this web site.

Many of the activities include clips of independently-produced film and video. The video material tells N.C. and U.S. economic stories. These clips are available on a free DVD or can be viewed online.

Some of the activities incorporate current events from NC newspapers and other publications and others involve on-line investigation. The on-line exercises have been designed to support the specific classroom experience, but can also be used independently by students on their own time. Also, many activities that include use of online tools have been adapted so that students without access to the internet or a computer can participate.

Many folks, from a variety of different perspectives, will have strong opinions about the ideas and issues addressed in the New Faces curriculum. We believe the activities and resources here are respectful of all students. We also believe the program is balanced by factual information so that students may make their own decisions and communicate effectively and openly with one another about any differences that may exist. Background for teachers on how to create a respectful and safe atmosphere for the discussion of what some may consider controversial topics has been included where appropriate in the curriculum.

All we ask of you is that after you are finished using the New Faces materials with your class, please complete the online evaluation form for this project. Your comments will help us improve our web-based learning offerings.