Students Writing Restorative Justice

The need for systemic change has never been stronger. Schools are at a breaking point. In the wake of the uncertainties of COVID and the injustice seen in the racial uprisings after the police murder of George Floyd of 2020, students are dealing with trauma that needs to be addressed in schools. The practices of restorative justice, when applied with a cultural shift within the schools, are powerful ways to support students in their healing (Morgan, 2021). Studies find that when students are at the center of creating a restorative system, it is more effective because it directly reflects the needs of those students (Darling, 2019). The research question for this project is: How can student-written lessons establish a culture of Critical Ethnic Studies and Restorative Justice in a middle and high school? This capstone explores how restorative justice practices are best integrated into a small urban secondary school, grades 6-12. The project explores how to create a curriculum that prepares students to take on leadership roles in that shift as activists and artists within a Critical Ethnic Studies class. The curriculum overview uses the Understanding by Design planning method (Wiggins and McTighe,1998), and includes two major units: The first unit uses Arts Literacy performance cycle (Landay and Wooton, 2012) and Theater for Social Change (Boal, 1985; Madell and Wolf, 2003; Rhod, 1998) as models of how to build community, develop safe space, and share about identity through the arts. In the second unit, students will examine a model activism unit in which they take the lead on sharing Restorative Practices (Boyes-Watson and Pranis, 2015) within the school by designing their own Social Emotional Learning lessons to teach to other students (Berger, Vilen, & Woodfin, 2000). Finally, students will then use the knowledge they gain in CES to create activism projects to make change in their own school community. The goal of the project is to promote student leadership in shifting schools towards a more just and equitable environment, and to embed restorative practices into a CES classroom itself

A study of industry-prepared instructional aids and services and their use by graphic arts educators

The primary purpose of this study was to determine which instructional aids and services graphic arts teachers felt were needed to improve their programs and themselves, and to compare those desired aids and services to the ones currently being provided by A.B. Dick, Addressograph-Multigraph, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, and the 3M Company. The secondary purpose was to develop a publishable list of instructional aids and services for graphic arts teachers. The graphic arts teachers\u27 needs were solicited through a survey form completed by Rochester, New York, area teachers and by those graphic arts teachers who attended a special interest session, New Curriculum Materials for the Graphic Arts , at the American Industrial Arts Association\u27s national convention at Louisville, Kentucky, April 7-10, 1970 The information describing the aids and services for two of the five participating companies was gathered through interviews at the same convention, through correspondence with two companies , and through an interview at the remaining company\u27s home office. Besides the following lists that showed how the educators rated the aids and services in order of need, the study also provided general information .describing the history of both samples\u27 uses of aids and services. Rochester Workshops and seminars for teachers Movies, student scholarships Aid to schools Periodicals Facility planning Slide shows Curriculum guides Sample materials Posters, recruiting aids, technical publications Trade show exhibits Convention Workshops and seminars for teachers Periodicals Movies Sample materials Technical publications Slide shows, posters, transparencies, curriculum guides, aid to schools Trade show exhibits Recruiting aids s Scholarships for students Facility planning The comparison of the aids and services the Industry, had available to the above lists of graphic arts teachers\u27 needs indicated that the industry, represented by the five participating companies, had met the needs of the surveyed sample of secondary graphic arts teachers wherever it was practically feasible. It was believed that the graphic arts industry has been doing more for education recently than It had ever done. And this recent trend to market educational tools will continue. It was learned that the participating companies were interested in graphic arts education for several reasons. First, there was the desire to further develop and expand the graphic arts industry with qualified manpower; second, to expand the graphic arts markets; and third, to aid in the training of students for the world of work. This study also included a description of all the aids and services provided by the five participating companies. (See appendix for this listing.) The quality of each aid and service could not be evaluated because of the number of aids and services involved. The aids and services collected for the study were categorized according to the following outline. I. AIDS II. SERVICES A. Movies A. Technical publications B. Slide shows B. Newsletters C. Filmstrips C. Workshops or seminars D. Transparencies D. Facility planning E. Curriculum guides E. Trade show exhibits F. Posters and charts F. Scholarships for students G. Material samples G. Miscellaneous services H. Miscellaneous The descriptions of the aids and services would be valuable to teachers of graphic arts or printing who are interested in knowing what aids and services are available for use in their classrooms

Spuren der Nutzung im Mithraeum von Biesheim – Mikromorphologische Untersuchungen.

L’étude géoarchéologique de la coupe réalisée dans l’allée centrale du mithraeum de Biesheim a révélé une succession de couches limono-sableuses qui correspondent à des sols en terre battue. L’examen microscopique a mis en évidence une série d’au moins 11 sols alternant avec de minces niveaux charbonneux. Ces reconstructions successives ne semblent pas dues à des dégradations mais à des activités répétées dans un contexte rituel (purification ?). Les niveaux charbonneux se composent de résidus liés à l’illumination du lieu de culte (présence de microcharbons et de suie) auxquels s’ajoutent des fragments de céramiques, des esquilles d’os brûlés et quelques rares macrorestes carbonisés témoignant de la pratique d’activités culinaires. L’étude micromorphologique a également relevé l’existence de trois niveaux de réaménagement du mithraeum. Plus épais que les autres couches charbonneuses, ces niveaux ont comme autre particularité de renfermer des fragments de chaux, de mortier, de basalte et de calcaire oolithique. De plus, l’analyse de la couche d’occupation du sommet de la séquence semble indiquer que, dans son dernier état, le bâtiment a pu changer de vocation. Certainement accumulés pendant près de deux siècles, les sols et les différents niveaux de circulation sont exceptionnellement bien conservés, ce qui s’explique en partie par le fait qu’il s’agisse d’un bâtiment semienterré. L’analyse invite à de nombreuses réflexions tant sur le contexte géoarchéologique que sur les pratiques cultuelles

In Stein gemeisselt: Petrografie und Provenienz der Inschriftträger von Augusta Raurica

Die geoarchäologische Untersuchung von 83 Inschriftträgern aus Augusta Raurica ermöglicht Aussagen zur Herkunft der Rohmaterialien, deren Verwendung und ihrem zeitlichen Auftreten zwischen dem 1. und dem 6. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Standortnah gewonnene Gesteine aus dem Umland von Augusta Raurica waren wichtig: Im 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. wurde häufig mit lokalem Kalkstein (Hauptrogenstein, Dogger) gearbeitet, der später von qualitätsvollen, ebenfalls lokalen Sandsteinen (Buntsandstein, Trias) abgelöst wurde. Ab dem frühen 2. Jahrhundert erlebte der Einsatz von Sandstein einen deutlichen Aufschwung, was für eine Ausweitung der Abbauzonen, möglicherweise in rechtsrheinische Gebiete, spricht. Ebenfalls schon ab dem frühen 1. Jahrhundert wurde ein weicher kreidiger Korallenkalk aus dem Birstal (> 20 km) nach Augusta Raurica importiert. Eine Auswertung nach Inschriftgattungen zeigt, dass die meisten Grabinschriften aus lokalen Materialien hergestellt sind, während für Weihinschriften und Bauinschriften zusätzlich auch der Korallenkalk des Birstals Verwendung fand. Ehreninschriften, die gehäuft ab der Mitte des 2. Jahrhunderts auftreten, wurden in gesägte Platten aus hartem, polierfähigem Kalkstein, darunter «Solothurner Marmor» (Kimmeridgien) und fossilreicher Jurakalk der Westschweiz, gemeisselt. Fernimporte (> 100 km) von Marmor und Lavez kommen unter den Inschriftträgern hingegen nur selten vor. Generell deutet sich eine bestmögliche Nutzung von vorwiegend lokal und regional verfügbaren Rohstoffen an, die über ein erst in Ansätzen erkennbares Versorgungsnetz nach Augusta Raurica gelangten

Late glacial environmental history and early soil formation in Northwest Switzerland

In 1996, well preserved deer bones, antler fragments and black grouse bones were found in a filled karst crack. Those animal remains were discovered in a limestone quarry in the Jura Mountains near Dittingen (canton Basel-Landschaft, Northwest Switzerland). The site is located in a gully of a dry valley beneath a loess covered high plain. In the framework of an archaeological excavation, the karst crack filling and overlying sediments (hill-washed loess, soils and colluviums) were documented. Samples for granulometry, geochemistry, micromorphology and palynology were analysed. The animal remains derived from the karstic fissure were radiocarbon dated to the early Bølling Interstadial (14’800 to 14’200 cal. BP). In addition, the palynological study shows that the overlying gully sediments were deposited between the Younger Dryas and the Middle Ages. The interdisciplinary investigation of the sediments revealed new insights into early soil formation processes, morphogenetic events and the vegetation history of periglacial environments. The new results clearly show that soil formation started immediately in the early Late Glacial. Decalcification and clay illuviation quickly developed in the course of intense vertical water flow through the sediment. It is therefore evident that luvisol development took place during the Late Glacial Interstadial (Bølling-Allerød Interstadial)