Tag Archives: Literature

HerStory: The Untold Stories of African American Women in History

January 27, 2021 – 11:03 am

Veronica Hall, Social Studies, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags African American Studies, African American Women in history, Art, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Literature, Music | Permalink | Comments Off

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 4: WWI and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century

But Was the Book Better? Analyzing Film and Literature

January 26, 2021 – 10:58 am

Deena Aglialoro, English, Olympic High

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

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 3: Childhood and the City Space in Literature

The Backwards Mirror Called Academic Literature: African American Children Need to See Their Reflection

January 31, 2020 – 12:39 pm

Nichole Robinson-McLeod, Language Arts, Mountain Island Lake Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags African American, diversity, Literature, Reading, students | Permalink | Comments Off

2019 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Children in War and Conflict

Building Perspective: Understanding History through Fiction

January 24, 2020 – 1:19 pm

Shannon McFarland, Language Arts, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Author’s Purpose, central idea, Historical Fiction, Holocaust Literature, Informational Texts, Literature, Persuasion | Permalink | Comments Off

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

The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

February 1, 2016 – 3:47 pm

Sarah Anne Korenyik, Language Arts, Northwest School of Arts

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags 6th Grade English Language Arts, Afghanistan, Deborah Ellis, Language Arts, Literature, Middle School, peace education, Reading, The Breadwinner | 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

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

Algernon’s Exercise Regimen

January 29, 2016 – 11:47 am

Molly McCarthy, Language Arts, Piedmont IB Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Exercise, fiction, Flowers for Algernon, kinesthetic classroom, Language Arts, layered curriculum, Literature, Middle School, movement, podcasts, The Walking Classroom | 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

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

Latino and African American Literature: Revealing our Core Identity

May 1, 2014 – 7:52 pm

Beth Lasure, Visual Arts, Mallard Creek High School

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

Tags Art, core identity, folktales, Literature, magical realism | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Mirror, Window, Blueprint: Identity, the Other, and Social Constructs in African American and Hispanic Literature

February 25, 2014 – 5:03 pm

Stefanie Carter-Dodson, Language Arts, Martin Luther King Middle School

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

Tags African American, character, conflict, hispanic, Literature, setting, society | 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

Making Connections: Group Dynamics, Literature, and Poetry

February 4, 2014 – 8:13 pm

Tamara Wood, Language Arts, Albemarle Road Middle School

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

Tags exceptional education, imagery, learning lab, Literature, mood and tone, Poetry, Reading, resource | Permalink | Comments Off

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

Media Imaginary: Video Media smart designers in the 21st century.

April 17, 2013 – 1:52 pm

Ingryd Soto, ESL, West Charlotte High School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards

Tags ESL, High School, Literature, Renaissance, Video Media, West Charlotte High School | Permalink | Comments Off

Our Common Threads: A Month of Our American Stories Through the Art, Music, and Literature of the Civil Rights Movement

March 29, 2013 – 2:14 pm

Karen Ann Donaldson, Language Arts, Collinswood Language Academy

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Art, Civil Rights Movement, Literature, Music, Poetry, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy

Reading the American Dream: Critical Literary of Theory in The Greaty Gatsby and Finding Forrester

March 6, 2013 – 6:51 pm

Tiffany DiMatteo, English III, Myers Park High School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards

Tags 20th Century American, Humanities, Literature | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Literature

HerStory: The Untold Stories of African American Women in History

But Was the Book Better? Analyzing Film and Literature

The Backwards Mirror Called Academic Literature: African American Children Need to See Their Reflection

Building Perspective: Understanding History through Fiction

The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

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

Algernon’s Exercise Regimen

Metaphorical Mutations

Latino and African American Literature: Revealing our Core Identity

Mirror, Window, Blueprint: Identity, the Other, and Social Constructs in African American and Hispanic Literature

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

Media Imaginary: Video Media smart designers in the 21st century.

Reading the American Dream: Critical Literary of Theory in The Greaty Gatsby and Finding Forrester

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