Category Archives: Curriculum Units

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

Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in South Africa during and after Apartheid

Lisa Modrow, Social Studies, Bailey MS

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

Injustice: Japanese Internment and Citizens’ Rights

Christa Rawald, Social Studies, Ranson MS

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

Islam, Media, and the Arab Spring “and their affairs shall be discussed among them” (وَأمَْرُھُمْ شُورَىٰ بیَْنھَُم)

M. Bassam Halaweh, Arabic, Hawthorne Health Sciences

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

Reconstructing a Failed Democracy

Arianna Bonner, Social Studies, Martin Luther King, Jr. MS

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

South African Democracy: The Rise and Fall of Hope

Amy Strong Pasko, International Programs Coordinator, North Learning Community

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Think Before You Shoot: Creating Images with Impact in the Journalism Classroom

Michele Lemere, English, Garinger HS

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Making Cells and Seeing Organelles: A Visual and Tactile Exploration of Cellular Structure

Kim Mayes, Science, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Understanding Images and Their Power

Kate Allen, Visual Art, W.A. Hough HS

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Square One: Establishing Visual Literacy in the Classroom

Justin Pierce, Visual Art, W.A. Hough HS

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Look at the World; Speak for the Trees

Jessica Young, Second Grade, Davidson ES

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Bringing Visual Literacy to Writing

Erin Murray, TD/Catalyst Hornets Nest & Statesville RD ES

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

You Must Remember This: Monumental Biographical Studies and Crafting Multimodal Autobiographies

Lecia Shockley, Third Grade, Selwyn ES

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

The Grass Is Not Always Greener

Emily Woods, Fourth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

A Day at the Valley

Emily Steib, Second Grade, Hidden Valley ES

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Finding the Human Story within an Image

Deena Aglialoro, Language Arts, South Mecklenburg HS

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