Category Archives: 2012

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Environmental Science and Climate Change

A Place at the Table: GMOs and Sustainability

Deborah Yu-Yuk Jung, Science, Winding Springs Elementary

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Implementing Common Core Standards

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 6: "All immigration is local": Exploring the New Geography of Immigration

Charlotte’s Mobility and Mobiles

David Morway, Art, Lansdowne Elementary I. B. World School

Final Unit (PDF)

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 6: "All immigration is local": Exploring the New Geography of Immigration

L’Expérience d’un immigré

Courtney M. Armstrong, French, Jay M. Robinson Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 6: "All immigration is local": Exploring the New Geography of Immigration

Common “Threads” of the Immigrant

Barbara Biesak Wesselman, History, Design, Northwest School of the Arts

Final Unit (PDF)

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 6: "All immigration is local": Exploring the New Geography of Immigration

¿Cómo son los hispanohablantes? Who are those from Spanish-speaking countries?

Brittany Head, Spanish, Jay M. Robinson Middle School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

Reading the American Dream: Critical Literary of Theory in The Greaty Gatsby and Finding Forrester

Tiffany DiMatteo, English III, Myers Park High School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

Increasing Media through Media Texts

Susan Sparks, English II, Independence High School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

Freedom and Oppression in the Muslim World, as Shown in the Media and Through the Eyes of Americans

Melissa N. Yoch, International Baccalaureate English, Harding University High School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

The Afterlives of Images- Responsible Citizenship through Media Literacy

Gloria J. Brinkman, Visual Arts, Harding University High School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

To Thine Own Self Be True: Examining Gender Roles and Stereotypes through a Pre-Adolescent Lens

Dan Barber, Language Arts, Writing, Health, Irwin Academic Center

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

Follow Me- Historiography and Propaganda in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Amy Strong, Twentieth Century History, North Mecklenburg High School

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

The Father-Son Pair in World Literature: A Representation of the Relationship between the Individual and State

Torrie K. Edwards, English II, William Amos Hough High School

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

Do We Need Political Parties in the United States

Sean Bradley Baker, Civics and Economics, Providence High School

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

The 21st Century Political Party

Patrick O’Neil, AP Government and Politics, Mallard Creek High School

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

The Attainability of the American Dream

Leah Conway, AP US History, Hon. US History, Mallard Creek High School

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