Grades Taught:
6, 7, 8, 12Subjects Taught:
Social StudiesColumbia, SC
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Days 5, 6, and 7: Researching our names, Black histories, and sharing research in creative ways It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This...
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Day 4: Two different African naming traditions It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...
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Day 3: Histories in African American names It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...
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Day 2: Analysis of “The English Language is my Enemy” by Ossie Davis Teacher It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on...
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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...