Sharon Middle School Peer Leaders, Advisory, Identity, and Names curriculum

 

Overview

Public records request for the Sharon grades 9-12 English language Arts and SS curriculum.

Response

Google Drive with Advisory curriculum

Request

I have recently learned about political topics taught in the Sharon Middle School classes and I want to know more about the curriculum.  This is a public records request under MGL ch. 4, sec 7(26), which requires a response in 10 business days.

  1. Curriculum used to train peer leaders in Middle School. This includes all presentation materials, slides, reading materials, handouts, questionnaires, surveys, URLs or identifying names of videos, URLs of webpages. Also any documents containing a description of: the curriculum, topics of study, discussion guides, names of curriculums, book titles. Name of training/curriculum that is used to train the teachers who run the peer leader program.

  2. Curriculum used in Middle School Advisory classes. Same types of documents as in (1).

  3. Curriculum used for Middle School Social Studies Identity unit. Same types of documents as in (1).

  4. Curriculum used in Middle School ELA Names unit. Same types of documents as in (1).

According to  MGL ch. 4, sec 7(26), public records includes curriculum materials. Paragraph (l) only excludes quizzes, tests, and answer keys for future assessments.  The curriculum materials I listed are all public records. 

If some records match my request, but you believe you may withhold them due to statutory provisions, please provide a custodial index which lists the record and its reason for exclusion.

Thank you.

Martin Luther King lesson uses the Black Power raised fist as its logo.

Dr. Martin Luther King Advisory Lesson

Teachers are given a slide deck to show their students.

The third slide features two raised fists to represent Dr. Martin Luther King’s civil right’s movement. The raised fist is the symbol of the Black Power movement, which was a collection of groups that broke with Dr. King and repudiated his principles of nonviolence. The raised fist is now used by the Black Lives Matter movement, which engages in violence and rioting for social justice.