High School Curriculum
Female Leadership Academy
Department Address
1515 Hughes Way
Long Beach, CA 90810
Department Phone
(562) 997-8112
High School Curriculum
Ethnic Studies & Identity Course
A-G Approved (September 2015)
Monthly Themes:
- Key Concepts in Ethnic and identity Studies
- Perceptions of self and stereotypes
- Female and Male roles and the implications of these roles
- Positive and negative effects of segregation in the African American Community
- Segregation in Latino communities
- Challenges of assimilation and cultural preservation of Asian /Pacific Identities
- Challenges of assimilation and cultural preservation in the Native American community
- Exploration of the factors that perpetuate poverty
- Mapping the Margins/Socioeconomic status and Intersectionality