Category Archives: Curriculum Units

Curriculum Units Vol 2: Reading African American Lives

The Story Behind the Storyteller: Getting to Know the Person Behind the Ink

Lakeirra DeShaun Booth, English Language Arts, African American History, Randolph IB Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Reading African American Lives

How Environment Influences Our Lives: The Influence on Writers’ Work and Ourselves

Kristian DeShea Jones, Language Arts, Social Studies, Library Classes, Nathaniel Alexander Elementary

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Reading African American Lives

Bound for Glory: The Migration of African-Americans to a New LIfe

Jashonai L. Payne, Language Arts, Clear Creek Elementary

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Reading African American Lives

The Glory Field: Reading the Life of Walter Dean Myers

Delee Hall Marciano, Language Arts, Social Studies, Randolph Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards 

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2012 Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

Ready, Set, Go: Designing a Vehicle

Nicole Fraser, Science, Davidson Elementary

Final Unit (PDF)

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

The Chemistry of NASCAR: How Chemistry Principles are Used in the Motorsports Industry

Stacey Anne Hartberger, Integrated Science, James Martin Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

Forces of Nature: Incorporating Literacy Elements to Promote an Understanding of Forces and Motion in Relation to Weather

Nikki Guevara, Literacy/Science, Bain Elementary School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

Force and Motion: The Driving Force Behind Scientific Learning

Jennifer Dalesandro, Physical Science/Force and Motion, Bain Elementary

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

Using NASCAR to Teach Physical Science: Focus on Chemistry

Janet Bunnell Raybon, Chemistry, Physical Science, Myers Park High School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

Racing and Forces and Motion

Cynthia Baker Woolery, Forces and Motion, Elizabeth Traditional Elementary School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

Everyday Force and Motion

Christie Chanel Johnson, General Science, Lincoln Heights Academy

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 7: African American Literature of the Civil Rights Movement

Shedding the Mask: Using the Literature of the Civil Rights Era to Reveal the Motivations of the Movement

Emily Williams, African-American Studies/US History/AP Gov., Independence High School

Final Unit (PDF)

 Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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2012 Vol 1: The Science of NASCAR

The Heart of the NASCAR Car: The Thermodynamics of Heat Engines

Debra Blake Semmler, Physics, East Mecklenburg High School

Full Unit (PDF)

Implementing IB and AP Standards (PDF)

Keywords:  PHYSICS, THERMODYNAMICS, HEAT ENGINES, NASCAR, IDEAL GAS LAWS

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2012 Vol 8: Environmental Science and Climate Change

Global Climate Change from Top to Bottom: How our Changing Climate is Affecting the Arctic, the Rainforest, and You!

Julie Ruziska Tiddy, Science, Carmel Middle School

Full Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core and District Standards (PDF)

Keywords: Permafrost Thawing, Carbon Emissions, Rainforest Deforestation – Brazil, Carbon Sink, Plastic Drinking Bottles read more »

2012 Vol 7: African American Literature of the Civil Rights Movement

Using Poetry to Teach Children About the Civil Rights Movement

Elouise Payton, K-3rd Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Full Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Keywords:  POETRY, CHILDREN, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, ACTION, U.S. HISTORY

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