Tag Archives: Social Studies

Charlotte’s Contribution to World War I

January 26, 2021 – 11:10 am

Stephanie Kelly, Social Studies, Harding University High

Synopsis

Tags American History, Charlotte, High School, NC History, Social Studies, world history, World War I | Permalink | Comments Off

African American Poetry and the Idea of Citizenship: Citizenship, Rights, and the Constitution

January 20, 2021 – 11:51 am

Pia N. Townes, Social Studies, Wilson STEM Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 8th grade, abolition, Citizenship, constitution, cross curriculum, Freedom, Injustice, Jim Crow, literacy test, missouri compromise 1820, missouri compromise 1850, poll tax, popular sovereignty, Ratify, reconstruction amendments, Social Studies, women suffrage | Permalink | Comments Off

Exploring African American Citizenship Through Spoken Word

January 20, 2021 – 11:12 am

Christie Johnson, Exceptional Children, Albemarle Road Elementary

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 5th grade, Language Arts, oral traditions, slam poetry, Social Studies, Spoken word poetry | Permalink | Comments Off

My Country, My Voice: Teaching the Progression of the Concept of Citizenship from the Eras of Slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement

January 20, 2021 – 11:03 am

April Louzini, 4th Grade, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (PDF)

Synopsis

Tags 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 4th grade, abolition, Citizenship, Civil Rights Movement, emancipation, Jim Crow, Reconstruction, Segregation, Separate but Equal, slavery, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

Look at the World; Speak for the Trees

February 1, 2018 – 11:59 am

Jessica Young, Second Grade, Davidson ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags advertising, blended learning, digital literacy, Elementary School, environmentalism, Paideia, project based learning, Social Studies, socratic seminar, the Lorax, visual literacy | Permalink | Comments Off

Cultural Views on Government Over Time

February 8, 2017 – 1:00 pm

Michael Richards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags authoritarian, cultural shifts, democracy, Government, literacy, Middle School, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

Exploitation in Cuba during the Ages of Exploration and Colonization

January 31, 2017 – 12:02 pm

Lisa Modrow, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Christopher Columbus, Cuba, encomienda system, History, Middle Passage, Middle School, Native Americans, requerimiento, slavery, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

Fresh off the Boat: Helping Immigrants and Non-Immigrants Unpack the Stereotypes that Affect their School Experience in America

February 2, 2016 – 2:53 pm

Justine Busto, ESL, East Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Africa, African Americans, Africans, Asian Immigrants, ESL, Ethnicity, High School, Immigrants, Language Arts, Latino Immigrants, Minorities, Psychology, race, race relations, School Experience, Social Studies, Sociology, Stereotype Threat, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

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

February 2, 2016 – 2:48 pm

Ian Joyce, Social Studies, Eastway Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags A Long Way Gone, African Conflict, Causes of Sierra Leone Civil War, civil war, English, globalization, Language Arts, literacy, Middle School, Sierra Leone, Social Studies, Stereotypes of Africa, Urbanization | Permalink | Comments Off

Social Conformity versus Free Thinking

February 1, 2016 – 4:14 pm

Michael Richards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags fear, group identity, hatred, Hitler, Middle School, Nazis, Novel study, Reading, Social Studies, The Wave | Permalink | Comments Off

LegoLand Construction: Building a Strong Foundation of Multiplication and Measurement

February 1, 2016 – 2:43 pm

Miesha Gadsden, Third Grade, J.H. Gunn Elementary

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags arrays, communities, construction, Elementary School, Math, Multiplication, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

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

“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

Let’s Be Friends: Examining Why It’s Important to Have an Understanding of Friendship at an Early Age

March 17, 2015 – 6:43 pm

Brandy Daniels, Social Studies, Irwin Academic Center

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

Tags children, first grade, friendship, Kindergarten, social skills, Social Studies | Permalink | Comments Off

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