2026-04-26

Home is a Foreign Place
Learners take inspiration from Zarina Hashimi’s Home is a Foreign Place and create block print symbols of home.
Unit:Geographies of HomeIncludes
Zarina Hashimi slides, MoMA audio: Zarina Hashimi’s Home is a Foreign Place (English)
Other concepts
Active listeningAstronomical instrumentsAstronomyAudienceBelongingCause and effectCharacter traitsCollective identityCommunity mappingCompare and contrastConstellationsCreative writingCritical thinkingCultural heritageData collectionDay and nightDisplacementEarth's revolutionEarth's rotationFamilyFamily historyFolktaleFood cultureFuture-thinkingHomeHouse of WisdomIdentityImaginationIntergenerational knowledgeInterviewingIslamic Golden AgeJerusalemList poetryMap literacyMappingMeasurementMemoryMigrationNarrativeNarrative voiceNostalgiaObservationOral traditionOrbital motionPatternsPerformancePersonal historyPersonal narrativePerspectivePlace-based learningPlace identityPlant lifePower and representationPresentationPresentation skillsQuestion craftingRead-aloudReading comprehensionRecipesReflectionScholarshipScientific methodSeasonsSensory observationShadowsSound mappingStoryStorytellingSun's pathSynthesisVisual literacyVoiceWonder
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