Category Archives: Curriculum Units

Collaging the Subconscious and Painting the Revealed Surreal: Uncensoring the Inner Theatre through Right Hemisphere Activities

February 10, 2016 – 1:09 pm

Noelle Peerey, Visual Art, Hopewell High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags : Creativity, Altered Art, Analog Drawings, Artist Voice, Automatic Drawings, brain, Carl Jung, Censor, collage, Conscious, Creative, Dreams, Experimental Techniques, Found Objects, Free Association, Frottage, High School, journaling, Layering Techniques, Left Hemisphere, Life Long Learner, Painting, Process Journal, Reflection, Reflective Writing, Research Workbook, Right Hemisphere, Self Awareness, Sigmund Freud, Sketchbook, Subconscious, Surrealism, The Elements of Art, The Principles of Design, Uncensored | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Teaching Statistics with Raptors in IB Biology

February 9, 2016 – 1:39 pm

Connie Scercy Wood, Biology, East Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Carolina Raptor Center, Chi-Square, Correlation, Ecology, High School, Math, Sample Size, Science, Statistics, T-Test | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Using Genetics Data in a Greenhouse Biology Classroom

February 9, 2016 – 1:30 pm

Adora Reid, Science, South Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Analysis, Biology, brain, data, Data Analysis, Genetics, Greenhouse, High School, Mendel, Science, Scientific Teaching, strategies | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Good Luck Animals

February 3, 2016 – 2:27 pm

Teresa Strohl, Visual Art, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags balance, beckoning cat, brain, Elementary School, good luck, Jun Kaneko, left and right brain, low relief tiles, Tanuki, visual notetaking, Yin and Yang | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Analyzing Tragic Heroes to Increase Awareness of Multiple Perspectives

February 3, 2016 – 2:22 pm

Stephanie Misko, English, William Amos Hough High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags adolescent brain development, Aristotle, catharsis, Characterization, High School, Hosseini, Journal, Language Arts, mind map, neuroscience, perspective, Point of View, Reading, soliloquy, The Kite Runner, tragedy, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tribal learning | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Down the Rabbit Hole…Implementing Comprehension Strategies, Character Traits and Reader’s Theatre from Alice in Wonderland

February 3, 2016 – 2:13 pm

Nikki Guevara, First Grade, Bain Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Alice in Wonderland, character traits, Elementary School, reader’s theatre, Reading, reading strategies, storytelling | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Explorons le Petit Prince d’Antoine de Saint Exupery

February 3, 2016 – 1:49 pm

Mawuena Dabla, French, Harding University High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags advanced, AP French., French SL1; French SL2; French Hl1, High School, Hl2, IB DP French, le Petit Prince, Saint Exupery, theater | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Mask Making: The Seen and Unseen

February 3, 2016 – 1:43 pm

Kelley Hund-Shelley, Visual Art, Butler High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags African masks, ancient Greek theater masks, armature, color scheme, craftsmanship, exaggeration, High School, mask-making, motif, Northwestern Indian Masks, paper mache, pattern, personal voice, Research, scarification, simplification, spirit masks, storytelling | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Demystifying Hogwarts: Good, Evil, and the Influence of Supernatural Figures in the Harry Potter Book Series

February 3, 2016 – 1:37 pm

Jennifer Dalesandro, Third Grade, Bain Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Author’s Purpose, character traits, Children's Literature, Elementary School, evil, good, Harry Potter, inference, inner theatre, Language Arts, supernatural figures, symbolism | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Increase Reading Level through Movement and Morning Meetings

February 3, 2016 – 1:31 pm

Amy Thomas, First Grade, Reedy Creek Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Brain Gym, Elementary School, English, GoNoodle, habit, Morning Meetings, prepare, Reading, stamina | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Africa in the Global Fashion Industry: Beyond masks, safari coats, and romance

February 3, 2016 – 1:20 pm

Wendy Potter, Family/Consumer Science, David Butler High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, Colonialism, fashion design, globalization, High School, textiles | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Exploring Africa through Reading

February 3, 2016 – 1:15 pm

Sade Wright, Third Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, Botswana, Cameroon, Compare, Comparison, Comprehension Skills, Contrast, Countries, Create, Difference, Economics, Egypt, Elementary School, Games, Ghana, Goods, Holidays, Kenya, Language Arts, Location, Malawi, Map, maps, Meals, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Recipe, refugee, Schools, Services, Similarity, South Africa, Tanzania, United States | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Words of African Wisdom through Leuk the Hare in a French Immersion Classroom

February 3, 2016 – 1:10 pm

Pamela Shembo, Fifth Grade, Waddell Language Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags African culture, baobab, Birago Diop, close reading, Elementary School, folktale, French Immersion Program, griot, hare, reader’s theater, storytelling | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Connecting Children to Four African Cultures through Musical Experiences

February 2, 2016 – 3:05 pm

Lana J. Withrow, Music, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, children, Dance, drums, Elementary School, folktale, Games, Kenya, Language, Mali, marimba, masks, mbira, Music, singing, South Africa, stories, Zimbabwe | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Forensic Anthropology: Stories in Bone

February 2, 2016 – 3:00 pm

Jackie Smith, Science, William Amos Hough High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags anthropology, bones, Civics, forensic anthropology, forensics, High School, International Criminal Court, mass graves, mitochondrial DNA, Science, skeleton, world history | Permalink | Comments Off

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Category Archives: Curriculum Units

Collaging the Subconscious and Painting the Revealed Surreal: Uncensoring the Inner Theatre through Right Hemisphere Activities

Teaching Statistics with Raptors in IB Biology

Using Genetics Data in a Greenhouse Biology Classroom

Good Luck Animals

Analyzing Tragic Heroes to Increase Awareness of Multiple Perspectives

Down the Rabbit Hole…Implementing Comprehension Strategies, Character Traits and Reader’s Theatre from Alice in Wonderland

Explorons le Petit Prince d’Antoine de Saint Exupery

Mask Making: The Seen and Unseen

Demystifying Hogwarts: Good, Evil, and the Influence of Supernatural Figures in the Harry Potter Book Series

Increase Reading Level through Movement and Morning Meetings

Africa in the Global Fashion Industry: Beyond masks, safari coats, and romance

Exploring Africa through Reading

Words of African Wisdom through Leuk the Hare in a French Immersion Classroom

Connecting Children to Four African Cultures through Musical Experiences

Forensic Anthropology: Stories in Bone

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