Author Archives: Erikka Martin

Active Learning and Student Data Collection in the Middle School Classroom

Jennifer Thompson, Science, James Martin Middle School

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The Origin of Life

Julie McConnell, Biology, William Amos High School

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Teaching Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills in a Global Environment

Debra Blake Semmler, Physics, East Mecklenburg High School

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Weather Data: A 5th Grade Unit Study of Using Data to Predict Weather Events

Chrystal Cavanagh, Science, Morehead STEM Academy

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Visual Persuasion and the Use of Propaganda

Deborah Watson, Visual Art, Hopewell High School

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Architects of Peace: Pathways and Unintended Pauses in the Landscape of Our Common Home

Gloria J. Brinkman, Visual Art, North Mecklenburg High School

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Teaching Tolerance and Social Justice by Examining the Ideological Implications of World War II and the Holocaust

Heather Almaraz, Fifth Grade, Lebanon Road Elementary School

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The Changing of the Everyday Hero

Jennifer Marie Ladanyi, Language Arts, Bailey Middle School

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North Carolina: A Brief History and Economy

Melanie Greely, Grades 4-6, Chantilly Montessori

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Social Conformity versus Free Thinking

Michael Richards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

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What it means to be an Ender: A Study in the Duality of War

Megan C. Shellenberger, William Amos Hough High School

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Perception vs. Reality: Dispelling the Belief of President Theodore Roosevelt as a War Hawk

Roshan R. Varghese, History, Butler High School

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The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

Sarah Anne Korenyik, Language Arts, Northwest School of Arts

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Critical Inquiry: Teaching Students to Use Discourse Analysis to Unpack Narratives of the American Soldier in The Things They Carried and Apocalypse Now.

Christopher Williams, English, East Mecklenburg High School

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War and Honor: Use of the Outsiders to Study Aggression, Cause and Effect, and Peace

Cheryl Hanly, Language Arts, McClintock Middle School

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