Grades Taught:
6, 7, 8, 12Subjects Taught:
Social StudiesColumbia, SC
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Beyond Barbados Part 5- A Cultural Hearth video segment focuses on the rebellions that took place in Barbados and the false “Emancipation” that was presented to enslaved Africans after the rebellions...
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Beyond Barbados Part 3- The Barbados Adventures video segment focuses on the growth and wealth of Barbados with sugar cane as the cash crop. It notes that Europeans developed plantations throughout...
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Beyond Barbados Part 2- Sweet Success video segment focuses on Europeans establishing Barbados as a colony. There is an emphasis on identifying how the Europeans sought for a cash crop, sugar cane, to...
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NOTE: This is a three-day lesson. Day 1: Fire Safety in the Home - PREVENTION - Students will learn how most home fires start because of a careless action. That means most fires can be prevented...
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Students will make inferences based on their knowledge of Newton’s laws.
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Students will engage in a debate over whether the United States should enter the Space Race using rhetoric and historical information.
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The student will be able to evaluate significant American founding documents in relation to the outcome of the American Revolution.
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Curriculum resources, i.e. media, web and handouts, teachers can use to support standards related to: The settlement of South Carolina.
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Curriculum resources, i.e. media, web and handouts teachers can use to support standards related to: Capitalism, mercantilism, the developing market economy, international trade, and the rise of the...
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Students receive foundational information in the previous grade about the plant life cycles. The teacher should begin the discussion assessing student’s prior knowledge about plants including, the...
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Curriculum resources, i.e. media, web and handouts, teachers can use to support standards related to: Explain how technological and scientific advances contributed to the power of European nations.
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Students in upper elementary/early middle school learn about the engineering basics involved in high-performance footwear by following the design process (online or hands-on) to build prototype...
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Students will be divided into groups of four. Students will be assigned tasks: athletic director, assistant coach, public relations and statistician. In this lesson, students will determine if their...
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Reconstruct the plot of the story - beginning, middle, and end- then extend the story. What happened next? The author does not tell us. Use you skills of inference to decide. AS long as you can...
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The student will be able to explain the connection between poetry and Matisse’s visual imagery and demonstrate that relationship in their own original artwork.Instruction will begin by reading a poem...
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The student will be able explain Matisse’s process in creating a four-part work of art. Students will try to determine the subject of the works of art based on the images and discuss how Matisse uses...
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Students will determine major educational, social and political issues or problems facing African Americans following Reconstruction. Students will analyze the successes and failures of such...