Tag Archives: Poetry

The Meaning of Family and Home in the New South

March 1, 2022 – 2:40 pm

Jashonai Payne, 4th Grade, Clear Creek Elementary

Synopsis

Tags Character Analysis, family, Grandparents, new south, Poetry, Southern Children’s Literature | Permalink | Comments Off

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

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

January 27, 2021 – 11:40 am

Shannon McFarland, Language Arts, Alexander Graham Middle

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 7th grade, Creative Writing, English, figurative language, honors english language arts, imagery, Language Arts, mindfulness, Poetry | Permalink | Comments Off

2020 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Black Girl Magic (Mis)Understood: Representations and Perceptions of Black Women and Girls in the Education System

The Angry Black Girl: Misinformed and Misled

January 27, 2021 – 10:28 am

Antiona Green, 3rd Grade, Oakhurst STEAM Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags African American, beauty, Black, confidence, female, Girl, identity, magic, Math, poem, poet, Poetry, representation, self-respect | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Our Stories Matter-Why We Write

January 21, 2021 – 10:58 am

Jashonai Payne, 4th Grade, Clear Creek Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 4th grade, acceptance, assimilation, Culture, identity, Islam, Muslim Americans, Poetry, Stereotypes, stories, Tolerance | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Citizenship: Developing Intentional Multi-Racial Relationships

January 20, 2021 – 12:11 pm

Wendy Mueller, Language Arts, Starmount Academy of Excellence

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 3rd grade, African American, belonging, Citizenship, friendship, latinx, Poetry | Permalink | Comments Off

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

This is Me

January 20, 2021 – 11:58 am

Rhonda Doe, Kindergarten, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags acceptance, american dream, change, children, Citizenship, collections, Different, Freedom, hope, identity, Kindergarten, me, minority, opinion, people, Poetry, Similar, stanza, time, value, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

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

African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

January 20, 2021 – 11:45 am

Marie Calabro, 4th Grade, Pinewood Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, African American, boycott, citizen, Citizenship, Civil Rights, country, critical patriotism, Culture, Equality, equity, Patriotism, Poetry, protest, Segregation, SEL, slavery, society | Permalink | Comments Off

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

Black and British: Re-Imagining British Literature

January 20, 2021 – 11:30 am

Kimberly Palmer, English, Merancas Middle College

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 12th grade, canon, Citizenship, code switching, diversify, English, Poetry, traditional, whiteness | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Cultivating Visual Literacy

Finding the Human Story within an Image

January 31, 2018 – 5:51 pm

Deena Aglialoro, Language Arts, South Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags antisemitism, Bear Witness, bystander, close reading, CommonLit, concentration camps, Courage, Elie Wiesel, extermination camps, fear, fiction, genocide, Germany, ghettos, good and evil, hate, High School, Hitler, Holocaust, human behavior, identity, Night, Poetry, Political Cartoons, Propaganda, pyramid of hate, research paper, Rwanda, swastika, testimonials, visual literacy, written conversation, Yad Vashem | 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

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

Crafting Urban Stories Through Mixed Media

February 25, 2014 – 5:00 pm

Gloria Brinkman, Visual Arts, North Mecklenburg High School

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

Tags African American, Art, collage, community, craft, Culture, growing uo, hispanic, identity, literacy, memory, migrant, neighborhood, Poetry, Reading, story, Writing | 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 7: African American Literature of the Civil Rights Movement

We Want Live Words: The Black Arts Movement and Its Hip Hop Progeny

March 29, 2013 – 2:18 pm

Mark Buzzee, Language Arts, Jay M. Robinson Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags African American, Hip Hop, History, Poetry | 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 2: Reading African American Lives

The Man and His Pen: A Study of Langston Hughes and His Poetry

March 5, 2013 – 5:02 pm

Minnie Griffin, Language Arts, Oakdale Elementary

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards

Tags Langston Hughes, Poetry | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Poetry

The Meaning of Family and Home in the New South

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

The Angry Black Girl: Misinformed and Misled

Our Stories Matter-Why We Write

Citizenship: Developing Intentional Multi-Racial Relationships

This is Me

African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship

Black and British: Re-Imagining British Literature

Finding the Human Story within an Image

Metaphorical Mutations

Crafting Urban Stories Through Mixed Media

We Want Live Words: The Black Arts Movement and Its Hip Hop Progeny

The Man and His Pen: A Study of Langston Hughes and His Poetry

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