Short description: This session highlights practical resources designed by gifted educators with a theoretical anchor in Renzulli’s Operation Houndstooth framework. Aligned to Learning for Justice’s Social Justice Standards, these curricular examples form the start of a discussion on meeting the needs of your students. Participants also design or adapt curricular material to use in their classrooms.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will:
Examine examples of social justice curriculum and instructional strategies for gifted students in grades 4-8
Discuss practical tips, successes, failures, and reflections on designing and implementing a social justice curriculum for gifted students
Design a social justice lesson, choice board, instructional strategy, project, or other curricular material to use with gifted students