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2021 Curriculum Units Vol 7: "Oh My, Aren't You Wearing Some Nice Plastic!" The Chemistry and Culture of Black Women's Hair

The Foundations of American Government: Natural Rights: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Naturalness, 1st Amendment is Everyone’s Right

March 2, 2022 – 3:33 pm

Lynn Roach, Social Studies, West Charlotte High School

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Tags constitution, Declaration of Colonial Rights 1774, Declaration of Independence 1776, Declaration of Rights & Grievances 1766, English Bill of Rights, Enlightenment Era. Enlightenment Thinkers: John Locke, Jean-Jacque Rousseau and Baton de Montesquieu, Olive Branch Petition 1775, Preamble | Permalink | Comments Off

African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship: Citizenship, Rights, and the Constitution

January 20, 2021 – 11:51 am

Pia N. Townes, Social Studies, Wilson STEM Academy

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Tags 8th grade, abolition, Citizenship, constitution, cross curriculum, Freedom, Injustice, Jim Crow, literacy test, missouri compromise 1820, missouri compromise 1850, poll tax, popular sovereignty, Ratify, reconstruction amendments, Social Studies, women suffrage | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Nurturing Nature

Civic Duty: It’s Not Just Jury Duty

March 11, 2019 – 3:23 pm

Victoria Natland, Civics and Economics, Garinger High School

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Tags Civic Duties, Civic Responsibility, constitution, DDT, environmental justice, Epigenetics, Genetics, Hereditary, pollution, Watchdog | Permalink | Comments Off

Is Democracy Still Alive in the United States?

February 6, 2018 – 2:04 pm

Brad Baker , U.S. History, W.A. Hough HS

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Tags american revolution, Anti-Federalist, Articles of Confederation, Britain, Common Sense, Consent of the Governed, constitution, Crisis, democracy, Direct Democracy, Economics, elections, executive branch, Federalist, Founding Fathers, France, Free Will, French and Indian War, George Washington, Grand Conversation, High School, Immigrants, John Adams, John Locke, judicial branch, legislative branch, Mayflower Compact, nation, Nationalism, Patriotism, Philosophy, president, Republic, Semantics, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Voting, War of 1812 | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

The Deception of the American Democracy

February 1, 2018 – 12:41 pm

Raymond Beamon, World History, West Mecklenburg HS

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Tags completive, constitution, democracy, elections, electoral college, fair, free, gerrymandering, High School, inclusion, mass incarceration, service learning, slavery, Voting | Permalink | Comments Off

…a Constitution? Using Metacognitive Inquiry to Disaggregate Democracy in North Carolina

January 29, 2016 – 12:17 pm

Calen Randolph Clifton, Social Studies, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

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Tags constitution, democratic ideals, evidence, federalism, History, inquiry, metacognition, Middle School, modeling, popular sovereignty, primary sources, republicanism, separation of powers, Social Studies, struggling readers, think-aloud | Permalink | Comments Off

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