Category Archives: Curriculum Units

Fresh off the Boat: Helping Immigrants and Non-Immigrants Unpack the Stereotypes that Affect their School Experience in America

February 2, 2016 – 2:53 pm

Justine Busto, ESL, East Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, African Americans, Africans, Asian Immigrants, ESL, Ethnicity, High School, Immigrants, Language Arts, Latino Immigrants, Minorities, Psychology, race, race relations, School Experience, Social Studies, Sociology, Stereotype Threat, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

Accuracy in Africa: The Causes of the Sierra Leone Civil War as a Lens for Stereotypes of African Conflicts

February 2, 2016 – 2:48 pm

Ian Joyce, Social Studies, Eastway Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags A Long Way Gone, African Conflict, Causes of Sierra Leone Civil War, civil war, English, globalization, Language Arts, literacy, Middle School, Sierra Leone, Social Studies, Stereotypes of Africa, Urbanization | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Understanding Food Choices in Africa

February 2, 2016 – 2:43 pm

Darrmetacia Winston, Family Consumer Science, Olympic High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, Food Influences, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), geography, History, Hunger, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Coral Bleaching, Why Should I Worry?

February 2, 2016 – 2:21 pm

Sandra Spraggins, Technology, Irwin Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags conservation, coral bleaching, Coral Polyps, Coral Reef, Ecosystem, Elementary School, global warming, Habitat, Nursery Ground, ordered pair, Origin, Quadrant, Run-off, Science, Sea Surface Temperature, species, technology, X-Axis, Y-Axis | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Human Population Growth and Human Impact

February 2, 2016 – 2:16 pm

Rochelle E. Gray, Biology, Mallard Creek High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags High School, Human Impact, Human Population Growth, Population Pyramids | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Let’s go measure in Valencia

February 2, 2016 – 2:12 pm

Rosa W. Bockian, Third Grade, Collinswood Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags average, bar graph, data, electromagnetic force, Elementary School, line plot, Math, measurements, oscillation, pendulum, pictograph, Science, Spain, unit square | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Understanding Ecosystems: Learning and Living in the Carolinas

February 2, 2016 – 2:07 pm

Kimberly Luter Terrell, Fifth Grade, Steele Creek Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags and indigenous, aquatic, community, consumers, continental shelf, deciduous forest, decomposers, ecosystems, estuary, fertile, grasslands, interconnected, lakes, Middle School, oceans, photosynthesis, ponds, population, producers, rainforest, salinity, salt marsh, shoreline, species, terrestrial, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences: The Components of Earth as a System: How Energy Flows Through an Ecosystem!

February 2, 2016 – 2:01 pm

Julie Ruziska-Tiddy, Science, Carmel Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Consumer, Earth as a System, Ecosystem, Energy Flow, Energy Pyramid, Metamorphosis, Middle School, Predator, Prey, Producer, Science, Trophic Level | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Active Learning and Student Data Collection in the Middle School Classroom

February 2, 2016 – 1:53 pm

Jennifer Thompson, Science, James Martin Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags active learning, cooperative learning groups, Kinesthetic Learning, math integration, Middle School, Physics, speed | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

The Origin of Life

February 2, 2016 – 1:47 pm

Julie McConnell, Biology, William Amos High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf )

Tags Biochemistry, Data Analysis, evolution, History, origin of life, Science | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Teaching Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills in a Global Environment

February 2, 2016 – 1:41 pm

Debra Blake Semmler, Physics, East Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags critical thinking, High School, Photoelectric Effect, Physics, problem solving, Science, Simple Pendulum, STEM education | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Weather Data: A 5th Grade Unit Study of Using Data to Predict Weather Events

February 2, 2016 – 1:34 pm

Chrystal Cavanagh, Science, Morehead STEM Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags climate, data, Elementary School, Science, weather, weather data, weather graphing, weather prediction | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

Visual Persuasion and the Use of Propaganda

February 2, 2016 – 1:25 pm

Deborah Watson, Visual Art, Hopewell High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Digital Art, High School, History, Media Arts, Peace, Photoshop, Propaganda, Propaganda Posters, War | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

Architects of Peace: Pathways and Unintended Pauses in the Landscape of Our Common Home

February 2, 2016 – 1:18 pm

Gloria J. Brinkman, Visual Art, North Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Architecture, Art, Citizenship, critical thinking, environment, global sustainability, High School, homeland, metaphor, Peace, peacebuilding, Values, War | Permalink | Comments Off

Teaching Tolerance and Social Justice by Examining the Ideological Implications of World War II and the Holocaust

February 2, 2016 – 1:12 pm

Heather Almaraz, Fifth Grade, Lebanon Road Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags and Fairness, Elementary School, Holocaust, Peace, Propaganda, Reading, social justice, Tolerance, World War II | Permalink | Comments Off

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