Tag Archives: English

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Mindfulness & Education: Transforming Learning Through Awareness

Reading With The Head and Heart: A Mindful Analysis of Poetry

Shannon McFarland, Language Arts, Alexander Graham Middle

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2020 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Narratives of Muslim Life in America

Head Coverings: Analyzing Adaption of Identity via History, Representation, and Stereotypes

Sharonda Walker, English, Garinger High

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2020 Curriculum Units Vol 1: African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

Black and British: Re-Imagining British Literature

Kimberly Palmer, English, Merancas Middle College

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2020 Curriculum Units Vol 1: African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

Exploring Citizenship and Racial Justice through African American Poetry

Gia Wright, English, Rocky River High

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2017 Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

Monuments and Memorials of the Marginalized “Off the Beaten Path”

Eboné Lockett, English, CATO Middle College HS

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

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

Shanique Lee, English, North Mecklenburg HS

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century

Cultural Study: Understanding a Novel Through Understanding of the Culture of the Times

Penelope Sherman-Goyer, English, Turning Point Academy

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Exploring Memoir - From Picture Book to Digital Story

Coming to America: Immigrant Stories from Across the World

Rebecca Lintz, ESL, East Mecklenburg High school

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2015 Vol 8: Supernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain

Increase Reading Level through Movement and Morning Meetings

Amy Thomas, First Grade, Reedy Creek Elementary School

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2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

Accuracy in Africa: The Causes of the Sierra Leone Civil War as a Lens for Stereotypes of African Conflicts

Ian Joyce, Social Studies, Eastway Middle School

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2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

What it means to be an Ender: A Study in the Duality of War

Megan C. Shellenberger, William Amos Hough 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 5: Human Agency

What are the Motivating Factors Behind Our Decisions

Lisa Hagen, Special Education, North Mecklenburg High School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Visual Storytelling in Children's and Young Adult literature

From Roots to Flourishing Literacy: Using Picture Books and Graphic Novels in the Middle and High School ESL Classroom

Justine Busto, English, East Mecklenburg High School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Visual Storytelling in Children's and Young Adult literature

Multiculturalism Through a Child’s Eyes

Danielle Gregory, Fifth Grade, Albemarle Road Elementary School

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