Tag Archives: stories

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Narratives of Muslim Life in America

Our Stories Matter-Why We Write

January 21, 2021 – 10:58 am

Jashonai Payne, 4th Grade, Clear Creek Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 4th grade, acceptance, assimilation, Culture, identity, Islam, Muslim Americans, Poetry, Stereotypes, stories, Tolerance | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Writing about Our Lives

Limitations in Many Languages: Memoirs of Immigrant Students

March 20, 2019 – 3:09 pm

Olga Patricia Cancino, English, Ardrey Kell High School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Analyze, cite, collaborative discussions, digital book, Journal, limitations, literacy, Memoir, narrative, ninth grade, nonfiction, sensory language, stories, theme, tone, writers | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

You Must Remember This: Monumental Biographical Studies and Crafting Multimodal Autobiographies

January 31, 2018 – 6:01 pm

Lecia Shockley, Third Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags academic conversation, Autobiography, Biography, collage, Courage, disability, Elementary School, evaluative practice, memorials, monuments, remembrance, Research, southern recollections, stories, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

Holidays, Memorials, and Me

January 31, 2018 – 5:00 pm

Rhonda Doe, Kindergarten, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags beginning, celebrate, change, collaboration, Comprehension, Different, end, events, graphic organizers, Holidays, Kindergarten, Memoirs, memories, middle, opinion, retelling, Sequencing, Similar, statues, stories, time, value, writers, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Connecting Children to Four African Cultures through Musical Experiences

February 2, 2016 – 3:05 pm

Lana J. Withrow, Music, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, children, Dance, drums, Elementary School, folktale, Games, Kenya, Language, Mali, marimba, masks, mbira, Music, singing, South Africa, stories, Zimbabwe | Permalink | Comments Off

Myths and Science

March 11, 2015 – 5:30 pm

Tavia Highsmith, Science, Albemarle Road Middle School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Common Core State Standards, continents, Culture, diversity, English, ESL, exceptional children, Language Arts, LEP, life-long learning, maps, Myths, Science, Social Studies, stories, wonder, world | Permalink | Comments Off

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