Author Archives: Niya Johnson

The Struggle for Equality

Adell Treadwell, Fifth Grade, Bain Elementary School

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Inspirational Lessons Through Life Struggles – The Mill Children

Elizabeth Kennedy, Language Arts, Randolph Middle School

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How Communities Change… A Look Into Our Local Community and the City in Which We Live

Nikki Guevara, First Grade, Bain Elementary School

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Untaught Major Turning Points in Southern African American History

Angela Gile, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

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“Our union they do fear, let’s stand together, workers, and have a union here.” Work, Protest and Labor Unions

Alexandra Edwards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

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

Barbara Broom-Devine, Second Grade, Whitewater Academy

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The Rise of Charlotte: Coronation of the Queen City

Jennifer Dalesandro, Third Grade, Bain Elementary School

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From Red Shirts to Research: The Question of Progressivism in North Carolina, 1898 to 1959

Calen Clifton, Eighth, Martin Luther King Middle School

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My City- From Then to Now: Sequencing the History of Charlotte and its People from the 1550s to the Present

Sheena Burrus, First Grade, Clear Creek Elementary School

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Getting High School Students Involved in Voting

Sean Bradley Baker, Civics and Economics, Providence High School

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Making the Unbelievable Believable

Jennifer Osburn, English, Myers Park High School

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Kids Can Do It: Making Our School Accessible For All Kids

Emily Wegener, Literacy, Albemarle Road Elementary School

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Conflict, Disability and Art

Teresa Strohl, Visual Arts, Barringer Academic Center

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Just Say “No” to Drugs: Disability, Pharmaceuticals, and Scientific Ethics

Katherine Semmler, Chemistry, North Mecklenburg High School

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Everyone Can Learn!

Courtney Pender, Kindergarten, Elizabeth Traditional Elementary School

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