[…]them to create visual content, it is very important for them to acquire visual literacy in order to communicate as effectively as possible. Some texts to consider: Nichols, “Introduction: Some Basic Issues and Concepts” Gocsik, et al., “Analyzing Film” “Everything is a Remix II” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HuenDPZw0 Explore curriculum units developed by […]
[…]the podcast titled “Wall Street Protests Stretch On, Reasons Vary” from October 3, 2011,[36] and the CBS News report on Herman Cain’s reaction to the protestors titled “Cain: Wall St. protestors playing victim card” posted online October 9, 2011.[37] Students discuss power, money, class systems, and politics. After examining these […]
[…]depending upon the type of apparatus available, would require an hour for all student groups to complete the task. The materials required for the activity are as follows: Part 1: Gaultheria procumbens leaves (20 per group); methyl salicylate (1 ml per group); distilled water; kitchen blender; anhydrous magnesium sulfate (approximately […]
[…]our understanding of the lyrical messages being played through informal group discussion, free form artistic renderings, targeted video clips and still imagery. This method of internalizing the musical arrangement of an artist, along with commentary about a song’s design from Professor Corbett, led to the progression of my unit “I […]
[…]the tide in the struggle for equality. (10) Technology Resources Students will go to www.googlelittrips.org and follow the route the Watsons took on their journey from Flint, Michigan to grandma’s home in Birmingham, Alabama. Questions are embedded along the journey which students will add to their journal. […]
[…]7, 5:00-5:50 p.m. at the Halton Reading Room at UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library. This event is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to learn about Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers’ work with professors in research laboratories at UNC Charlotte and Davidson College this summer. Fourteen CMS teachers collaborated with professors […]
[…]nation itself must theoretically be subject, and by which it should be judged. We will look at historical examples of American sacred values in core political texts, symbols, and rituals, especially in the American Revolution and the Civil War. We will examine the ceremonial role of U.S. Presidents and the […]
[…]job [as teachers] is more that transferring this culture [enlivened by the existence of stories] to our students.”2 Mahoney quotes Pirie in saying, “If we see this body of literature as a kind of fixed and permanent form of art ‘to be carved up like food and served to our […]
[…]of force and motion concepts. They will collect and record data, and use that information to complete indoor assignments to further the understanding of outdoor activities. Integration of additional elementary subjects is used within this unit and use of technology is also intertwined to promote 21st century learners. Students will look […]
[…]all rhombi are not squares have manipulatives available so they can build rhombi and squares to test their ideas. Research suggests that visuals and manipulatives greatly increase a person’s ability to correctly draw conclusions from premises. In Guy Politzer’s research on logic he found subjects were highly successful at finding […]
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