Shannon McFarland, 6th Grade English Language Arts, Alexander Graham Middle School
Synopsis: Students explore the legacy of the Negro League in America, the impact of segregation on American life in the 1920s and 1930s, and write poetry to celebrate the accomplishments of early Black and Latin American baseball players.
Lusette Humphrey, 7th Grade, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Synopsis: This unit is a focus on the importance of “the power of influence” one has for social change and impact in their respective sports and communities. The power to use influence for social change is big. This is seen across many sports arenas where athletes use their platform to bring social change that is needed in some or all parts of the world. There are several athletes such as Colin Kapernick, Lebron James, Naomi Osaika can be seen using their level of influence to bring change to their respective causes. In the past we have athletes like Jacki Robinson, Roberto Clemente, and Rube Foster as lead change agents of their time.
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2018 CTI Fellows ListThe Art and Chemistry of LightIt’s About TimeNurturing Nature: Epigenetics as a Way to Explore Social JusticeWriting about Our Lives: A Genre Study of MemoirExploring American Sacred Values“A Person’s a Person No Matter How Small”: Teaching Human RightsInsights into Latino Communities in Charlotte TodayAnimals, Culture, and Society2017 Seminars
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2016 CTI Fellows ListLiteracy and Literacies in the 21st CenturyHow Science is Done: A Behind the Scenes Look at Scientific ResearchThe Many Faces of Capitalism around the Globe — Past and PresentWriting with Power: No Fear HereFUNdamental Ideas in Math for Grades PreK-12It’s a Small World! Exploring Science at the Tiniest ScaleTracing the Legacy of Hispanic Cultures — 1492 to TodayExploring Memoir — From Picture Book to Digital Story2015 Seminars
2015 CTI Fellows ListExercise and the BrainWhat Makes a Nation?The Origins of Human LanguageFundamentals of Mathematics: Problem Solving and Process StandardsPeace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse WarIntegrating Concepts in Life SciencesAfrica: Moving Beyond Popular CultureSupernatural Figures in Theatre, Film and the Brain2014 Seminars
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Charlotte as a New South City: Using the Collections at the Levine Museum of the New SouthThe Nature of Energy: How We Use and Store It to Power Our Everyday LivesMath and SportsImagining Modern Bodies: Disability and Art at the Bechtler Museum of Modern ArtGrammar for the Real WorldHuman Social GroupsChemical MagicUrban Encounters: Hispanic and African American Literature2012 Seminars
African American Literature of the Civil Rights MovementAll Immigration is Local: Exploring the New Geography of ImmigrationAmerican Political Parties: Their Failures and Their FuturesEntertaining with MathEnvironmental Science and Climate ChangeReading African American LivesReading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and LiteracyThe Science of NASCAR2011 Seminars2010 Seminars2009 SeminarsApplications
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