Category Archives: 2017

Doing Science by Inquiry-Based Learning

May 21, 2018 – 3:57 pm

Geneva D. Bell, science, James Martin MS

Tags acid, base, boiling point, Chemical Changes, chemical properties, combustion, ductile, flammability, malleable, matter, melting point, Middle School, pH, physical changes, physical properties, precipitate, reactivity, Science, solubility | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

Monuments and Memorials of the Marginalized “Off the Beaten Path”

May 21, 2018 – 3:39 pm

Eboné Lockett, English, CATO Middle College HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags English, Global Perspectives, High School, memorials, monuments, Multiculturalism, The Art of Storytelling via Visual texts | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

The Mind’s Eye: Viewing Identity with an Empathetic Lens

February 8, 2018 – 1:18 pm

Mary Draper Hager, Second Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags characters, Compare, Contrast, differences, Elementary School, empathy, external traits, identity, inferencing, internal traits, intuition, palming, portrait, schema, similarities | Permalink | Comments Off

Is Democracy Still Alive in the United States?

February 6, 2018 – 2:04 pm

Brad Baker , U.S. History, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags american revolution, Anti-Federalist, Articles of Confederation, Britain, Common Sense, Consent of the Governed, constitution, Crisis, democracy, Direct Democracy, Economics, elections, executive branch, Federalist, Founding Fathers, France, Free Will, French and Indian War, George Washington, Grand Conversation, High School, Immigrants, John Adams, John Locke, judicial branch, legislative branch, Mayflower Compact, nation, Nationalism, Patriotism, Philosophy, president, Republic, Semantics, slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Voting, War of 1812 | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Du discours de la Baule à l’éveil « de la conscience démocratique en Afrique

February 6, 2018 – 11:55 am

Mawuena Dabla-Egui, French, Harding University HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Afrique Francophone, AP French., démocratie, démocratisation en Afrique, fanatisme, Francophonie, French IB Hl2, High School, IB language B ; French IB SL1; French IB SL2; French IB Hl1, identité nationale, la langue et l’identité culturelle ; la dominance linguistique; les minorités; multilinguisme ; nationalisme ; patriotisme, multipartisme. | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Discovering Identities Through Musical Performance

February 1, 2018 – 1:19 pm

Nicholas Gattis, Band, Carmel MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Culture, identity, Instrumental Performance, Middle School, Music, Nationalism | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Art and Identity: Using Visual Art as a Means of Nonverbal Communication

February 1, 2018 – 1:18 pm

Natalie Jones, Visual Art, West Charlotte HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, collage, communication, discovery, fingerprint, High School, identity, Journal, mixed media, nonverbal communication, Visual, Visual Art, word cloud, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

Peel It: How to peel away layers to increase understanding?

February 1, 2018 – 1:15 pm

Mindy Passe, Fifth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, character traits, Comprehension, English language arts, figurative language, identity, inferences, metaphor, self-portraits, Simile, Social Emotional Learning | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

From What I Am to Who I Am: The Journey toward Self Discovery and Personal Aesthetics through Ceramics

February 1, 2018 – 1:13 pm

Marjorie O’Shea, Visual Art, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Archetypes, Ceramics, Design Thinking, High School, History of Ceramics, identity, Mandalas, Personal Aesthetics, Universal Symbols | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

1 DNA! Who am I?

February 1, 2018 – 1:11 pm

Liz Allard, Science, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags chromosome, DNA, dominant, gene, identity, meiosis, mode of inheritance, recessive, trait | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Designing an Identity Space

February 1, 2018 – 1:08 pm

Laura Steffy, Visual Art, North Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Critique, Design Presentation Board, Design Style, Expressive Lines, High School, Interior Designer, One Point Perspective, pattern, Two Point Perspective, Unity | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

A Walk in My Shoes

February 1, 2018 – 1:01 pm

Jaianna McCants, Visual Art, North Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art and Design, Expression, High School, Industrial Design, Shoe Design, Shoe History, Sneakers | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

AIM: Art, Identity, and Mathematics

February 1, 2018 – 12:59 pm

Emily Burrell, Math, Piedmont Open IB MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags area, artistic expressions, artistic license, cubes, cubism, Geometry, hexagons, identity, Middle School, rectangles, self-exploration, squares, triangles, Triangular prisims, volume | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Art & Identity: Mapping a School Community

February 1, 2018 – 12:57 pm

Carla Aaron-Lopez, Visual Art, Whitewater MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Angelica Dass, Art, Brandon Stanton, community, contemporary art, culturally sustaining pedagogy, Dawoud Bey, Humans of New York, identity, Middle School, Photography | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Who Am I, and Who Do I Hope to Become: Identity through an English Classroom

February 1, 2018 – 12:54 pm

Andy Wertz, English/Film, Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags arts infusion, Characterization, engagement, identity, intrinsic motivation, self-concept, self-discovery, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

Charlotte Teachers Institute

Category Archives: 2017

Doing Science by Inquiry-Based Learning

Monuments and Memorials of the Marginalized “Off the Beaten Path”

The Mind’s Eye: Viewing Identity with an Empathetic Lens

Du discours de la Baule à l’éveil « de la conscience démocratique en Afrique

Discovering Identities Through Musical Performance

Art and Identity: Using Visual Art as a Means of Nonverbal Communication

From What I Am to Who I Am: The Journey toward Self Discovery and Personal Aesthetics through Ceramics

1 DNA! Who am I?

Designing an Identity Space

A Walk in My Shoes

AIM: Art, Identity, and Mathematics

Art & Identity: Mapping a School Community

Who Am I, and Who Do I Hope to Become: Identity through an English Classroom

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