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Author Archives: Niya Johnson

William Shakespeare: Cultural Icon of Renaissance England

January 28, 2015 – 4:46 pm

Brooke Wilson, English, West Mecklenburg High School

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Tags English Sonnets, Macbeth, Renaissance England, shakespeare | Permalink | Comments Off

Outliers of Modernity: A Look at the Artists and Art Periods that Shaped Europe’s Modern World

January 28, 2015 – 4:39 pm

Elizabeth Lasure, Visual Art, Mallard Creek High School

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Tags Beethoven, Goya, Napoleon, Neoclassicism, Romanticism | Permalink | Comments Off

Institutions and Individuals: Challenging Authority in Revolutionary France

January 28, 2015 – 4:13 pm

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

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

Tags Absolutism, Code Napoleon, Enlightenment, french revolution, Guillotine, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

How the Black Death Brought on the Modern Era in Europe

January 28, 2015 – 3:44 pm

Amanda Armstrong Rahko, Social Studies, Carmel Middle School

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Tags Black Death, Leonardo da Vinci, Martin Luther, Medieval Europe, Middle Ages, Printing Press, Reformation, Renaissance, Social Studies, the Plague, world history | Permalink | Comments Off

Moral Agency: Philosophy and Responsibility in Elementary School

January 24, 2015 – 10:02 pm

Torrieann Martyn Dooley Kennedy, Language Arts, David Cox Road Elementary School

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Tags class discussion, Language Arts, mentor texts, Philosophy, Socratic seminars | Permalink | Comments Off

The Weight of Choice

January 24, 2015 – 9:59 pm

Morgan Andrews, Psychology, William Amos Hough High School

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

Tags 21st century, Choice, Development, human agency, morality, Philosophy, Psychology | Permalink | Comments Off

What’s Your Super Power?

January 24, 2015 – 9:54 pm

Laura Champury, Language Arts, Francis Bradley Middle School

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

Tags Character Education, Characterization, fiction text, fifth grade, informational text, Language Arts, Point of View, sixth grade, speech, superpowers | Permalink | Comments Off

Analyzing Characters and their Motivations: Are Their Choices Right or Wrong?

January 21, 2015 – 4:52 pm

Kendra McCall, Language Arts, Reedy Creek Elementary School

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

Tags Analyze, character, Choices, Free Will, Philosophical Thinking, Right, Wrong | Permalink | Comments Off

If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?: Being an Agent of Environmental Change

January 21, 2015 – 4:49 pm

Heather Nash, Science, East Mecklenburg High School

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

Tags Biology, Earth Science, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Science, Human Impact, Philosophy, pollution, special education, Sustainability | Permalink | Comments Off

Agency in Education: A Psychological Perspective

January 21, 2015 – 4:46 pm

Hannah Wegner, World History, Harding University High School

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

Tags Choice, Education, human agency, Philosophy, Psychology, Student Research | Permalink | Comments Off

The Rights and Wrongs in Children’s Literature

January 21, 2015 – 4:40 pm

Erin Muffler Murray, Kindergarten, Barringer Academic Center

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

Tags characters, fairy tales, Kindergarten, morals, Motivation, Philosophy, right and wrong, rules | Permalink | Comments Off

The Five Senses: How We Use Them to Help Us React to Situations

January 21, 2015 – 4:37 pm

Connie Danna, Pre-K, Lebanon Road Elementary

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

Tags children, five senses, hearing, Pre-K, reaction, seeing, smelling, tasting, touching | Permalink | Comments Off

Using Biographies to Understand Choices

January 21, 2015 – 4:34 pm

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

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

Tags and Biographies, Biographies, Character Education, Choices, first grade, literacy, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

The Impact of Philosophical Issues on Voting

January 21, 2015 – 4:32 pm

Sean Baker, History, William A. Hough High School

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

Tags Consent of the Governed, Crisis, democrat, elections, executive branch, Free Will, judicial branch, legislative branch, Philosophy, Plato, Political Parties, politics, president, republican, Socrates, the Civil War, the Great Depression, Voting, World War II | Permalink | Comments Off

Was Charlie Given the Chocolate Factory Because He DID Good Or Because He WAS Good?

January 21, 2015 – 4:28 pm

Amy LaLonde, Language Arts, Tuckaseegee Elementary

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

Tags character traits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Choice, Free Will, Language Arts, third grade | Permalink | Comments Off

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Charlotte Teachers Institute

Author Archives: Niya Johnson

William Shakespeare: Cultural Icon of Renaissance England

Outliers of Modernity: A Look at the Artists and Art Periods that Shaped Europe’s Modern World

Moral Agency: Philosophy and Responsibility in Elementary School

The Weight of Choice

What’s Your Super Power?

Analyzing Characters and their Motivations: Are Their Choices Right or Wrong?

If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?: Being an Agent of Environmental Change

Agency in Education: A Psychological Perspective

The Rights and Wrongs in Children’s Literature

The Five Senses: How We Use Them to Help Us React to Situations

Was Charlie Given the Chocolate Factory Because He DID Good Or Because He WAS Good?

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