Category Archives: Curriculum Units

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Childhood and the City Space in Literature

It’s Not Just Black and White, a Literacy Celebration

Jacci Fizet, Kindergarten, Renaissance West STEAM Academy

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Childhood and the City Space in Literature

Children in City Spaces: Exploring Charlotte through the Eyes of Creative Writers

Gia Wright, English, Rocky River High

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Childhood and the City Space in Literature

Who Builds the Community of Readers in Pre-K

Carolyn Simmons, Pre-K, Governors’ Village STEM Academy

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Writing in Mathematics

Explanation Creation: Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning through Multiplication

Catherine Cordero, ELL, Governor’s Village STEM Academy

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Time Travel: Using Music to Explore Past, Present, and Future Messages

I Need a Visual: Analyzing the Argument in Song Lyrics with Graphic Organizers

Debbie Brown, English, Vance High

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 2: How to Build a Human

The Body Polygraph: Applying the Polyvagal Theory to Media Skills Lesson Design

Deb Jung, 4th Grade, Winding Springs Elementary

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Africa in the Media: Past, Present, and Future

Veronica Hall, History, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Building Bridges: Using Children’s Literature to Explore Global Migration

Megan Koransky, Media Skills, Bain Elementary

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

From Carthage to cabeza de gato: Afro-Iberian Civilization from Antiquity to Present in the Spanish Classroom

Matt Kelly, Spanish, Independence High

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Hidden Figures: Africa’s Light during Europe’s Middle Ages

Matt Cramer, Social Studies, Piedmont Open IB Middle

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

“In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens”: Interrogating and Expanding Black Feminist Identities Through Africana Studies

Kenan Kerr, Language Arts, Whitewater Middle     

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Examining National Identity and Relationships through Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie

Katie Willett, History, Independence High

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Exploration of African Culture Through Film: Exploring How Different African Cultures Are Reflected in Film

Franchone Bey, English, West Charlotte High

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Understanding how Politics has Shaped the Environmental Structures within Malawi, Africa, and the Connection to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Christie Johnson, Exceptional Children, Northridge Middle

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2019 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Africa: Beneath the Headlines

Migration Concerns in South Africa: The Search for Local and Regional Solutions

Andrew Bartkowiak, History, Northwest School of the Arts

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