Tag Archives: debate

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 2: How to Build a Human

Should Scientists Be Allowed to Edit Heritable Genes? A Guide to Having Ethical Discussions in a Middle School Classroom

January 24, 2020 – 2:31 pm

Arianna Bonner, Social Studies, Martin Luther King Middle

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Bioethics, Biology, cells, debate, DNA, ethics, Genetics, Science | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 2: It's About Time

Time Zones: Who Has Time for That?

February 25, 2019 – 2:52 pm

Arianna Bonner, Social Studies, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags argument, Daylight Savings Time, debate, History, time, Time Zones | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 7: The Rise (and Fall) of Democracies around the World

Reconstructing a Failed Democracy

February 1, 2018 – 12:15 pm

Arianna Bonner, Social Studies, Martin Luther King, Jr. MS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Analyze, civil war, Civil War Amendments, conflict, debate, democracy, Historical Narrative, Middle School, perspective, Reconstruction | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 2: How Science is Done: A Behind the Scenes Look at Scientific Research

Moral or Unjust? Exploring Ethical Issues of Scientific Research

February 20, 2017 – 11:59 am

Katelyn Gardepe, Fifth Grade, Selwyn Elementary School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags debate, Elementary School, Ethical Issues in Science, ethics, Literacy in the Science Classroom, Science in the Literacy Classroom, scientific research | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Understanding Perspective: Using Nonfiction Texts to Support Arguments through the Lens of the Encounter in the Americas

January 31, 2017 – 12:24 pm

Ann Tapia, Language Arts, Piedmont Open IB Middle School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags 6th grade, annotation, argument, Christopher Columbus, claim, close read, debate, English language arts, Hispanic culture, International Baccalaureate, main idea, Middle School, nonfiction, socratic seminar, supporting details, text features, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

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