Tag Archives: Middle School

The Development of French Nationalism in the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon

January 29, 2016 – 12:36 pm

Lisa Modrow, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags French Nationalism, french revolution, History, Middle School, Napoleon, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

…a Constitution? Using Metacognitive Inquiry to Disaggregate Democracy in North Carolina

January 29, 2016 – 12:17 pm

Calen Randolph Clifton, Social Studies, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags constitution, democratic ideals, evidence, federalism, History, inquiry, metacognition, Middle School, modeling, popular sovereignty, primary sources, republicanism, separation of powers, Social Studies, struggling readers, think-aloud | 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

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

New Equation in Math Class: Movement=BRAIN BOOST

January 29, 2016 – 11:37 am

Leslie Paytes, Math, Crestdale Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags BDNF, cerebellum, cerebrum, circle graph, corpus collosum, decimal, Exercise, Fraction, gray matter, line plot, Math, mean, mean absolute deviation, measures of center, median, Middle School, mode, percent, percent of change, percent of increase, pulse, range, resting heart rate, variation, white matter | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 CTI News Vol 1: Exercise and the Brain

The Mathematical Benefits of Exercise

January 27, 2016 – 4:26 pm

Aaron Kollar, Middle School Math, Piedmont Open IB Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags 6th grade math, BDNF, box plot, brain, CTI, dot plot, Exercise, exercise and the brain., histogram, mean, median, Middle School, Research | Permalink | Comments Off

“We are a nation descended from immigrants and revolutionists”

January 27, 2016 – 2:36 pm

Alexandra Kennedy Edwards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

Final Unit (pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards (pdf)

Tags early immigration laws, Great Famine, History, Irish immigration to US, Irish Penal Laws, Middle School, Multiculturalism, Social Studies, US immigration | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Reading Media Imagery to Language Literacy – Producing Digital Media for the Common Core

April 1, 2013 – 4:11 pm

Jose Rios, ESL/Language Arts/SIOP, Eastway Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Digital Media, Eastway Middle School, ESL, Language Literacy, Middle School, Video Production, Vocabulary | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Who’s Actually in the Driver’s Seat? Diverse Views of Media and Literary Perspectives

March 29, 2013 – 4:05 pm

Randall L. Carswell, Language Arts, South Charlotte Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Literary Perspective, Media, Middle School, South Charlotte Middle School | Permalink | Comments Off

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 7: African American Literature of the Civil Rights Movement

Snapshot Into the Civil Rights Movement

March 29, 2013 – 3:46 pm

Intisar Kameelah Hamidullah, Language Arts, Whitewater Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Children's Literature, Civil Rights Movement, Middle School, Whitewater Middle School | Permalink | Comments Off

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

L’Expérience d’un immigré

March 13, 2013 – 2:44 pm

Courtney M. Armstrong, French, Jay M. Robinson Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags French, Immigration, Jay M. Robinson Middle School, Middle School | Permalink | Comments Off

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

¿Cómo son los hispanohablantes? Who are those from Spanish-speaking countries?

March 13, 2013 – 2:20 pm

Brittany Head, Spanish, Jay M. Robinson Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Cultural Diversity, Culture, Immigrants, Jay M. Robinson Middle School, Language, Middle School, Receptivity, Spanish, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

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