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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

What is it Worth? Education, Expression, Economics of African American Hair

March 2, 2022 – 3:24 pm

Tim Wells, History, Mallard Creek High School

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Tags African American Hair, beauty, Culture, Economics, Natural, Polymers, Spending Power, Textures, Weaves, Wigs | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

“Capitalism versus Communism: An Analysis on Economic Differences in the Cold War”

February 20, 2019 – 12:28 pm

by James Berkman, Social Studies, MLK Middle School

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Tags Arms Race, capitalism, Cold War, Communism, Economics, Equality, Freedom, human rights, Joseph Stalin, Justice, Labor, NATO, Socialism, Soviet Union, speech, Taxes, United Nations, United States, Values, Warsaw Pact | 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

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 3: The Many Faces of Capitalism around the Globe - Past and Present

Market and Command: A Comparative and Contrastive Unit

March 22, 2017 – 11:52 am

Fred Whaples, World History, North Mecklenburg High School

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Tags capitalism, Cold War., command economy, Economics, economy, free enterprise, High School, John Smith, Karl Marx, market economy | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 3: The Many Faces of Capitalism around the Globe - Past and Present

A Fragmented Identity: The influence of imperialism on Nigerian literature

February 14, 2017 – 1:26 pm

Stephanie Misko Hynes, English, William Amos Hough High School

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Tags Achebe, Adichie, capitalism, character devel-opment, Colonialism, colonist, colonizer, cultural perspective, Economics, High School, Hobson, identity, Imperialism, Joseph Con-rad, Paolo Freire, post-colonialism, socratic seminar, violence | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Exploring Africa through Reading

February 3, 2016 – 1:15 pm

Sade Wright, Third Grade, Barringer Academic Center

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Tags Africa, Botswana, Cameroon, Compare, Comparison, Comprehension Skills, Contrast, Countries, Create, Difference, Economics, Egypt, Elementary School, Games, Ghana, Goods, Holidays, Kenya, Language Arts, Location, Malawi, Map, maps, Meals, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Recipe, refugee, Schools, Services, Similarity, South Africa, Tanzania, United States | Permalink | Comments Off

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