Category Archives: Curriculum Units

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

The Changing of the Everyday Hero

February 1, 2016 – 4:27 pm

Jennifer Marie Ladanyi, Language Arts, Bailey Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, code of ethics for heroes, comic strip, drawing, flipped classroom, Forged by Fire, Hero, Instagram activity, Middle School, Reading, reading strategies, signpost, TP-CASTT, WebQuest, write around the room, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

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

North Carolina: A Brief History and Economy

February 1, 2016 – 4:21 pm

Melanie Greely, Grades 4-6, Chantilly Montessori

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags economy, Elementary School, History, integrated, Language, Middle School, Montessori, North Carolina, Peace, Reading | Permalink | Comments Off

Social Conformity versus Free Thinking

February 1, 2016 – 4:14 pm

Michael Richards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags fear, group identity, hatred, Hitler, Middle School, Nazis, Novel study, Reading, Social Studies, The Wave | Permalink | Comments Off

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

What it means to be an Ender: A Study in the Duality of War

February 1, 2016 – 4:07 pm

Megan C. Shellenberger, William Amos Hough High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Child Soldiers, Duality, Ender’s Game, English, High School, Manipulation, morality, peace education, Perception, Psychology, Reading, Reading Apprenticeship, War | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Perception vs. Reality: Dispelling the Belief of President Theodore Roosevelt as a War Hawk

February 1, 2016 – 3:55 pm

Roshan R. Varghese, History, Butler High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags American History II, conservation & the National Park System, High School, History, Imperialism, Russo-Japanese War, Theodore Roosevelt & the “bully pulpit”, world history | Permalink | Comments Off

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

The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

February 1, 2016 – 3:47 pm

Sarah Anne Korenyik, Language Arts, Northwest School of Arts

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags 6th Grade English Language Arts, Afghanistan, Deborah Ellis, Language Arts, Literature, Middle School, peace education, Reading, The Breadwinner | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Critical Inquiry: Teaching Students to Use Discourse Analysis to Unpack Narratives of the American Soldier in The Things They Carried and Apocalypse Now.

February 1, 2016 – 3:41 pm

Christopher Williams, English, East Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Analysis, close reading, Critical Discourse Analysis, High School, Language Arts, Literature, Novel, Screenplay, Soldier, The Things They Carried, Vietnam, War | Permalink | Comments Off

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

War and Honor: Use of the Outsiders to Study Aggression, Cause and Effect, and Peace

February 1, 2016 – 3:34 pm

Cheryl Hanly, Language Arts, McClintock Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Aggression, Cause and Effect, conflict, Honor, Middle School, peace education, Reading, The Outsiders, War | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Analyzing War Using the Society vs. Society and Man vs. Society Conflict Types

February 1, 2016 – 3:28 pm

Albertia Burgess, English, West Charlotte High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Battle, High School, History, Peace, Political Parties, War | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Promoting Peace After The Great War: A Look at Peace Efforts During the 1920’s in America

February 1, 2016 – 3:23 pm

Angela Bates, History, CATO Middle College, High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags grass-roots organization, High School, History, Jeannette Rankin, Kellogg-Briand Pact, National Council for the Prevention of War, Nationalism, pacifists, Political Parties, Washington Naval Conference, Woodrow Wilson | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Fun with Words in Math: A SIOP Mathematical Unit That Involves Writing in Math.

February 1, 2016 – 3:06 pm

Stephen Salisbury, Kindergarten, Crown Point Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags close reading, Elementary School, English as a Second Language (ESL), English Language Learners (ELL), Math, SIOP, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Circumventing Place Value Issues with Gifted Children

February 1, 2016 – 2:58 pm

Muriel Shuman, Fourth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags alternative base systems, base ten, Elementary School, Math, place value | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

The Language of Math Opens Windows

February 1, 2016 – 2:52 pm

Mindy Passe, Fifth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags base systems, close reading, Elementary School, gifted, history of mathematicians, inquiry-based learning, Language, math fairs, Mathematical vocabulary, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

LegoLand Construction: Building a Strong Foundation of Multiplication and Measurement

February 1, 2016 – 2:43 pm

Miesha Gadsden, Third Grade, J.H. Gunn Elementary

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags arrays, communities, construction, Elementary School, Math, Multiplication, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Putting Fractions in a Box

February 1, 2016 – 2:35 pm

Michael Butler, Fifth Grade, Elon Park Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags area model, Elementary School, Fractions, Math, problem solving, Rectangle | Permalink | Comments Off

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Category Archives: Curriculum Units

The Changing of the Everyday Hero

North Carolina: A Brief History and Economy

What it means to be an Ender: A Study in the Duality of War

Perception vs. Reality: Dispelling the Belief of President Theodore Roosevelt as a War Hawk

The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

Critical Inquiry: Teaching Students to Use Discourse Analysis to Unpack Narratives of the American Soldier in The Things They Carried and Apocalypse Now.

War and Honor: Use of the Outsiders to Study Aggression, Cause and Effect, and Peace

Analyzing War Using the Society vs. Society and Man vs. Society Conflict Types

Promoting Peace After The Great War: A Look at Peace Efforts During the 1920’s in America

Fun with Words in Math: A SIOP Mathematical Unit That Involves Writing in Math.

Circumventing Place Value Issues with Gifted Children

The Language of Math Opens Windows

Putting Fractions in a Box

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