Tag Archives: Culture

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Tracing the Legacy of Hispanic Cultures - 1492 to Today

Animals in Hispanic Cultures

LaShondra Graham, Third Grade, Barringer Academic Center

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Tracing the Legacy of Hispanic Cultures - 1492 to Today

The Legacy of Hispanic Cultures

Lisa Cook, Kindergarten, Berryhill Elementary School

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2015 Vol 3: The Origins of Human Language

Big Ideas about Small Talk: Teaching Introductory World Languages with an Evolutionary Understanding

Matthew Kelly, Spanish, Independence High School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

Myths and Science

Tavia Highsmith, Science, Albemarle Road Middle School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Heroes, Rebels and Rock Stars: Cultural Icons in Modern Europe

Gazing Through the Glass Slipper – A Fairy Tale Perspective of World Folklore Influence on American Elementary Liberal Arts Education

Jennifer Dalesandro, Third Grade, Bain Elementary School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

Hosiery: Function, Fashion, and Patriotism Collide with Science

Wendy Potter, Apparel & Design, David W. Butler High School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

We, Frankenstein: How Culture and Technology Morph Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Michele Lemere, English, Garinger High School

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

We Are a Symphony

Melissa Pratt, Language Arts, Francis Bradley Middle School

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

Hidden Bias: Does It Describe Who We Are?

Jennifer Ladanyi, Language Arts, Bailey Middle School

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

Cultivating the Classroom Culture

Torrieann Dooley, Second Grade, David Cox Road Elementary  School

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

Re-Defining the American Dream: Using Multicultural Literature to Revise the Ideals that Shape our Nation

Elizabeth Craig, Language Arts, Martin Luther King Middle School

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

Crafting Urban Stories Through Mixed Media

Gloria Brinkman, Visual Arts, North Mecklenburg High School

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2013 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Grammar for the Real World

The Urban Beowulf

Gifty Allen, English, West Charlotte High School

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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

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

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

Tar Heel Immigrant Footprints

Mindy Rubin Passe, Social Studies, Literacy, Math, Barringer Academic Center

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