Category Archives: Curriculum Units

The Whole-Brain Classroom: Supporting Educators and Young Children by Understanding Brain Development, Emotions, and Mental Health

March 2, 2022 – 1:03 pm

Caroline Demmitt, Kindergarten, Selwyn Elementary School

Synopsis

Tags brain development, early childhood education, emotions, feelings, Kindergarten, mental health, pre-kindergarten, Social-Emotional Learning, whole-brain | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health

The Differing Perspectives of Success: What Does it Really Mean to be Successful?

March 2, 2022 – 1:01 pm

Katelyn Gardepe, 4th Grade, Selwyn Elementary School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags centralizing happiness, definition of success, failure, mental health, positive psychology | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health

The Impact of Stress on Teen Health and Coping Mechanisms for Positive Handling of Stress in Teen Lives

March 2, 2022 – 12:58 pm

Lee-Ann Mohr, English, Hough High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags acute, adolescents, chronic, mental health, positive psychology, stress | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health

Using an Understanding of the Teenage Brain to Guide Instruction

March 2, 2022 – 12:55 pm

Victoria Natland, History, Garinger High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags memory, occupational course of study, teenage brain, whole-brain | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Addressing Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health

It’s Ok to Not Be Ok: Adjusting to Identity and Life Changes in the Adolescent Athlete/College Student

March 1, 2022 – 3:48 pm

Amy Foster, Sports Medicine, Mallard Creek High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags anxiety, athlete, burnout, fear of failure, identity, intention, life change, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, stress, suicide | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

Gentrification: Pros & Cons in the African American Community

March 1, 2022 – 3:40 pm

Vashti Mosby, Science, Northridge Middle School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags blockbusting, gentrification, Integration, redlining, Segregation, urban renewal | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

Exploring Charlotte’s Black History

March 1, 2022 – 3:37 pm

Sade Wright, 3rd Grade, Parker Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags African American, African American History, black history, Charles Parker, Charlotte, Charlotte Black History, Charlotte History, Digital Mapping, Judy Howard, Mary Harper, Samuel Banks Pride, TJ Reddy, West End, West Zone | Permalink | Comments Off

School Segregation in Charlotte: Then and Now

March 1, 2022 – 3:35 pm

Megan Meadows, 5th Grade, Lebanon Road Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags busing, desegregation, Digital Mapping, Integration, Jim Crow, school, Segregation, social change | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

“No Boundaries”

March 1, 2022 – 3:33 pm

Mary McElhaney, 7th Grade, Mountain Island Lake Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags black wall street, Brooklyn community Charlotte NC, debt, discrimination, equity, eviction, family, foreclosure, forfeiture, generational wealth gaps, gentrification, Jim Crow, liabilities, litigation, net worth, ordinance, red ling, residential segregation | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

Let’s Take a Walk through the Community

March 1, 2022 – 3:30 pm

Monique Hall, 4th Grade, Devonshire Elementary School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags “White Flight” Housing and Urban Development (HUD), African American, Colored People, community, demographics, gentrification, urban renewal | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

Off to College: Where Am I Going and What Really Happened There?

March 1, 2022 – 3:28 pm

Kimberly Palmer, English, Merancas Middle College High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags busing, De Facto, Digital Mapping, Disinvested, Education Reform, gentrification, Insurrection, Integration, massacre | Permalink | Comments Off

Segregation: Understanding the Lasting Effects of the Explicit Governmental Policies that Created Segregation

March 1, 2022 – 3:25 pm

Kathryn Kinser, History, East Mecklenburg High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags blockbusting, Brown v. Board of Education, De Facto, De Jure, desegregation, Digital Mapping, gentrification, History, Integration, redlining, Social Studies, Swann v. CMS | Permalink | Comments Off

Mapping The World Around You: Using Digital Mapping and Inquiry to Interpret Historical Moments of Segregation

March 1, 2022 – 3:16 pm

Jasmine Dozier, World History, iMeck Academy at Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags Constitutional Amendments, De Facto, De Jure, Digital Mapping Sociology, gentrification, marginalized, Racism, Segregation, Social Stratification, urban renewal, world history | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

Using Digital Mapping to Study History, Race, and Gentrification

March 1, 2022 – 3:13 pm

Brad Baker, U.S. History, Hough High School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 1920s, Brown v Board of Education, Civil Rights, CMS v Swann, Culture, gentrification, Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Mapping, New Negro, Plessy v Furguson, Segregation, Urban Shifts, Urbanization | Permalink | Comments Off

2021 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Southern Children's Literature

My Community: Exploring Communities Around Me

March 1, 2022 – 3:10 pm

Andrea Calderon, 3rd Grade, Starmount Academy of Excellence

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags community, Digital Mapping, Oral History, Past and Present, Then and Now | Permalink | Comments Off

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