part 1: 200 WORDS

1. Share a quick hello along with your preferred name and pronouns
2. After reviewing the working agreement (attached), discuss which 2 aspects of the working agreement are most important to you and why? Address any changes you would make or elements that you would like to add in discussion or mention to your classmates that might help them understand where you are coming from this semester and what you will need in this class to feel safe to discuss issues of race, class, gender, and so on, this semester.
3. After reading the NAEYC Advancing Equity Position Statement pages 3-8 (attached)
   • Share with the class one quote you felt explained why it is important to focus on equity in early childhood and why this quote stood out to you, and
   • Share one of the recommendations for everyone or for early childhood educators pages that resonated with you and why.
4. • Why you feel Anti-Bias work is needed citing specific connections and
   • Which of the ABE goals for adults you need to work on and why.
5. In 1-2 sentences, share how you are feeling at this starting point of the semester and why. Excited? Anxious?

part 2: 200 WORDS

Because we are in a condensed semester course, you will have both a regular discussion and an internet research assignment every week. Weekly research is worth 15 points and requires you to identify your own area of interest based on the current weeks readings. Each week you will be responsible for extending your own learning and sharing what you have learned with the class. As you read, it will help to note questions that come up for you as one of them may be useful for this weekly work! The question you research can be based on statistics that you read about, a historical event that is mentioned in the readings, references to books and materials that are mentioned by the various authors, and so on. In some weeks, I have intentionally chosen some older readings either as classics or to give you an opportunity to research current perspectives and issues. Number your research section #1-5 so that you don’t miss a step!

* Each week you will address these same questions:

1. What is your question? What do you want to learn more about?
2. Why did you choose to research this question? What from the readings, lectures or videos inspired your research topic? (research should always connect to the current topic of study)
3. Help teach classmates by sharing what you learned through your research? What are the main ideas of what you found? (In about 1/2 page, explain what you have learned in your research- entice your classmates to click on your research link and learn more!). Do not simply copy the text from the website or article you find.
4. In one paragraph, explain how your research specifically relates back to this class and the current topic of study besides the fact that the research has to do with anti-bias work? Challenge your own critical thinking about these topics!
5. Include the link to where your research source can be located. Keep in mind that your research should be academic/professional. Please avoid wiki pages, blogs, .com websites, videos, and websites that have a political or other polarizing agenda, etc. Sources should be academic/professional (.org, .edu, journal articles located through library searches, and so on), do not use our textbook as a resource; work to go beyond what is already being offered and presented in this class. Library research support can be located through the student help tab in the left menu if you need additional support with research. the librarians are available to help with searches but you need to schedule appointments so plan accordingly and have fun with this; you get to learn about what you want 🙂