Tag Archives: Analysis

But Was the Book Better? Analyzing Film and Literature

January 26, 2021 – 10:58 am

Deena Aglialoro, English, Olympic High

Synopsis

Tags All Quiet on the Western Front, Analysis, argumentative writing, cinematography, Erich Maria Remarque, Film, Genre, glory, Honor, human experience, Literature, modern warfare, Nationalism, Patriotism, Propaganda, stages of grief, symbolism, The Great War, the lost generation, theme, Trauma, trench warfare, World War I | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Children in War and Conflict

Memoirs of Childhood: How Children Experience War

January 24, 2020 – 1:12 pm

Luke Rizzoli, English, West Charlotte High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Analysis, Children and Conflict, perspective, Vietnam War, World War One, World War Two | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Understanding Images and Their Power

February 1, 2018 – 12:03 pm

Kate Allen, Visual Art, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags 21st Century Skills, Analysis, art criticism, art history, communication, contemporary art, cross-hatching, description, Design, global themes, hatching, High School, images, interpretation, narrative, portraiture, proportion, scumbling, self-portrait, shading, symbols, value, visual literacy | Permalink | Comments Off

Let Me Tell You How It Really Is: Using Satire to Correct Media’s Misrepresentation of Minority Cultures and Oppression

January 31, 2018 – 3:01 pm

Shanique Lee, English, North Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Analysis, critical, Culture, English, High School, humor, identity, marginalized, Media, minority, misrepresentation, oppression, satire, social, stereotype | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 2: Media and Minorities: Unpacking Stereotypes

The Harmful Effect the 2016 Presidential Election Has on Immigrant and English Language Learning Students

January 31, 2018 – 2:40 pm

Audrey Dorante, History, East Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Analysis, campaign, discrimination, diversity, Donald Trump, elections, English Language Learners, High School, Immigrants, Media, Rhetoric, stereotyping | 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 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

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Artificial Intelligence

Algorithms: The Bridge for Young Minds to Understand Artificial Intelligence

January 20, 2015 – 9:27 pm

Kara Boneillo, Fifth Grade, Reedy Creek Elementary

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags algorithmic thinking, algorithms, Analysis, argumentation, Artificial Intelligence, causality, claims, coding, data, DNA, equations, evidence, forethought, Genetics, inferences, looking ahead, processes, relationships, retrospect, systems | Permalink | Comments Off

2013 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Imagining Modern Bodies: Disability and Art at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

“Our Mere Defects Prove Our Commodities”: King Lear as a Disability Narrative

February 11, 2014 – 10:10 pm

Tiffany DiMatteo, English, Myers Park High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Analysis, ap, critical literary theory, disability studies, English, ib, Literature, reader response theory, shakespeare | Permalink | Comments Off

2013 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Grammar for the Real World

I Have a Speech: Original Oratory and Syntactic Structure

January 31, 2014 – 6:53 pm

Matthew Nuccio, English, Mallard Creek High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Analysis, audience, expository writing, oratory, prosody | Permalink | Comments Off

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 6: "All immigration is local": Exploring the New Geography of Immigration

The Rhetoric of Shared Humanity: Exploring How Our Views of Others and Ourselves Are Shaped in the 21st Century Global Community

March 13, 2013 – 3:41 pm

S. Nicole Jenkins, English/Language Arts, Providence High School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Analysis, Culture, English, High School, Language Arts, Narratives, Providence High School | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Analysis

But Was the Book Better? Analyzing Film and Literature

Memoirs of Childhood: How Children Experience War

Understanding Images and Their Power

The Harmful Effect the 2016 Presidential Election Has on Immigrant and English Language Learning Students

Using Genetics Data in a Greenhouse Biology Classroom

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

Algorithms: The Bridge for Young Minds to Understand Artificial Intelligence

“Our Mere Defects Prove Our Commodities”: King Lear as a Disability Narrative

I Have a Speech: Original Oratory and Syntactic Structure

The Rhetoric of Shared Humanity: Exploring How Our Views of Others and Ourselves Are Shaped in the 21st Century Global Community

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