Tag Archives: Social Studies

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Visual Storytelling in Children's and Young Adult literature

Let’s Be Friends: Examining Why It’s Important to Have an Understanding of Friendship at an Early Age

Brandy Daniels, Social Studies, Irwin Academic Center

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

Myths and Science

Tavia Highsmith, Science, Albemarle Road Middle School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Human Agency

What are the Motivating Factors Behind Our Decisions

Lisa Hagen, Special Education, North Mecklenburg High School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Visual Storytelling in Children's and Young Adult literature

Talking Timelines: Snapshots of the Past, Present and Future

Miesha Gadsden, Third Grade, J.H. Gunn Elementary School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Visual Storytelling in Children's and Young Adult literature

A Life in Images

Mary Catherine Grant, Third Grade, David Cox Road Elementary School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Heroes, Rebels and Rock Stars: Cultural Icons in Modern Europe

Institutions and Individuals: Challenging Authority in Revolutionary France

Archie Livingston, Jr., Social Studies, Alexander Graham Middle School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Heroes, Rebels and Rock Stars: Cultural Icons in Modern Europe

How the Black Death Brought on the Modern Era in Europe

Amanda Armstrong Rahko, Social Studies, Carmel Middle School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Human Agency

Using Biographies to Understand Choices

Cassandra Black, First Grade, Ashley Park Pre K-8 School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 2: The Global Energy Challenge

Boycotts and Banners: Teaching Students to be Environmental and Civil Stewards

Adora Reid, Science, James Martin Middle School

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2013 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Urban Encounters: Hispanic and African American Literature

Cultivating the Classroom Culture

Torrieann Dooley, Second Grade, David Cox Road Elementary  School

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2013 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Charlotte as a New South City: Using the Collections of the Levine Museum of the New South

We Are Charlotteans: Extending Local Charlotte Experiences to Grade 2 Students

Barbara Broom-Devine, Second Grade, Whitewater Academy

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Environmental Science and Climate Change

Let’s Take Care of Our Earth

Torrieann M. Dooley, Integrated Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, David Cox Road Elementary School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 7: African American Literature of the Civil Rights Movement

Our Common Threads: A Month of Our American Stories Through the Art, Music, and Literature of the Civil Rights Movement

Karen Ann Donaldson, Language Arts, Collinswood Language Academy

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 4: American Political Parties: Their Failures and Their Futures

Political Propaganda in the Media and Animal Farm

Kathryn Carr Vey, Literature/Language Arts, Francis Bradley Middle School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Entertaining with Math

Patterns, Patterns Everywhere

Courtney Myers Pender, Math, Science, Social Studies, Literacy, Elizabeth Traditional Middle School

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