Tag Archives: community

“Bee” a Climate Conscious Citizen – Taking Care of our Climate, Classroom and Community

March 2, 2022 – 2:42 pm

Amy Mateer, Kindergarten, Selwyn Elementary School

Synopsis

Tags Bees, climate, climate anxiety, Climate Change, community, eco-grief, ecosystems, environment, environmental stewardship, Recycling, weather | Permalink | Comments Off

Moving Towards Mindfulness: Social Emotional Regulation through Movement

March 2, 2022 – 1:33 pm

Taylor Woods, 6th Grade, Whitewater Middle School

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 5 Competencies, 6th grade, Caring Schools, community, embodied, empathy, identity, mindfulness, movement, relationship skills, responsible decision making, SEL, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, Social-Emotional Learning | 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 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

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Time Travel: Using Music to Explore Past, Present, and Future Messages

Anthems of Expression

January 24, 2020 – 3:17 pm

Jacci Peterson, 2nd Grade, David Cox Road Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Brookshire Freeway, community, KDAY, LAPD, McCrorey Heights, MTV, Rap Music, South Central, Watts Riot | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Climate Science and Solution Strategies

Our School’s Backyard as a Lab for Studying Climate Change

January 24, 2020 – 1:36 pm

Keira Freeman, Science, Carmel Middle

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags abiotic, agricultural practices, biome, biotic, Carbon Cycle, coexistence, community, competition, Consumer, continental plate, cooperation, crust, decomposer, earth layers, earthquakes, Ecology, Ecosystem, Energy, environment, erosion, Habitat, host, inner core, limiting factor, lithosphere, magma, mantle, matter, mountains, niche, nitrogen cycle, ocean plate, organism, outer core, pedosphere, permafrost, Plate Boundaries, population, Predator, Prey, Producer, remote sensing, rock, scavenger, soil, species, Stewardship, succession, tectonic plate, tropism, vegetative cover, volcanoes, Water Cycle | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Childhood and the City Space in Literature

Art and Identity: Communities, Neighborhoods and Self

January 24, 2020 – 12:51 pm

Natalie Jones, Visual Art, West Charlotte High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Art, collage, communication, community, discovery, fingerprint, identity, Journal, mixed media, neighborhood, suitcase, Visual, Visual Art | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Childhood and the City Space in Literature

Celebrating and Exploring Diversity and Community through Multicultural Literature with integrated Arts: Our “Maybe Something Beautiful”

January 24, 2020 – 12:38 pm

Julie Soto-Pendleton, 2nd Grade, University Park Creative Arts

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags achievable, beautiful, Civil Rights, community, Culture, diversity, equal rights, Ethnicity, family, friends, goals, hope, impossible, invisible, multicultural, neighborhood, Schools, segregated, separate, Tolerance, Traditions, triumph, united, visible, vision | Permalink | Comments Off

Our Communities and Its Impact on Our Learning

January 24, 2020 – 12:36 pm

Juanita Razor, Language Arts, Wilson Middle

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Choice, communication, community, conflict, consequence, Culture, identity, narrative, perspective, Prejudice, social bias | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Insights into Latino Communities

Making a Mural: Reaching Higher with Goals, Grit, and Growth Mindset

February 22, 2019 – 3:30 pm

Melissa Jones, ELA, Windsor Park Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags adversity, community, dispelling common perceptions, English Language Learners, ESL, exposure, goals, grit, growth mindset, identity, murals, passions, Perseverance, resilience | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Exploring American Sacred Values

American Revolution: Recognizing The Wilson Way Values in the American Revolution

February 4, 2019 – 4:25 pm

Pia N. Townes, Social Studies, Wilson STEM Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Boston Harbor, boycott, Choice, community, Continental Congress, creator, fail forward, fearless, Founding Fathers, independence, problem solver, Red Coats, risk-taker, Sons of Liberty, treason, tyranny, vision | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 8: From Self to Students: Canvassing Art to Explore Identity

Art & Identity: Mapping a School Community

February 1, 2018 – 12:57 pm

Carla Aaron-Lopez, Visual Art, Whitewater MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Angelica Dass, Art, Brandon Stanton, community, contemporary art, culturally sustaining pedagogy, Dawoud Bey, Humans of New York, identity, Middle School, Photography | 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

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Metamorphosis: Transformative Experiences

Metaphorical Mutations

January 30, 2015 – 8:01 pm

Rochelle Stanley, English, Garinger High School

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

Tags Analyze, Author’s Purpose, community, evidence, identity, imagery, Literature, Metamorphosis, Poetry, Reflection, Research, Support, Transformation | Permalink | Comments Off

2013 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Urban Encounters: Hispanic and African American Literature

Crafting Urban Stories Through Mixed Media

February 25, 2014 – 5:00 pm

Gloria Brinkman, Visual Arts, North Mecklenburg High School

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

Tags African American, Art, collage, community, craft, Culture, growing uo, hispanic, identity, literacy, memory, migrant, neighborhood, Poetry, Reading, story, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: community

“Bee” a Climate Conscious Citizen – Taking Care of our Climate, Classroom and Community

Let’s Take a Walk through the Community

My Community: Exploring Communities Around Me

Anthems of Expression

Our School’s Backyard as a Lab for Studying Climate Change

Art and Identity: Communities, Neighborhoods and Self

Celebrating and Exploring Diversity and Community through Multicultural Literature with integrated Arts: Our “Maybe Something Beautiful”

Making a Mural: Reaching Higher with Goals, Grit, and Growth Mindset

American Revolution: Recognizing The Wilson Way Values in the American Revolution

Art & Identity: Mapping a School Community

Understanding Ecosystems: Learning and Living in the Carolinas

Metaphorical Mutations

Crafting Urban Stories Through Mixed Media

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