NC+Standards


 * Standard 2:**

201 Teachers provide an environment in which each child has a positive, nurturing relationship with caring adults.. Positive learning environment, embrace diversity, treat students as Individuals.
 * **__Artifacts 1 and 2__**

2.02 Teachers embrace diversity in the school community and in the world. Teachers demonstrate their knowledge of the history of diverse cultures and their role in shaping global issues. They actively select materials and develop lessons that counteract stereotypes and incorporate histories and contributions of all cultures. Mugabe &The White African (A documentary that shows modern effects of British Colonialism in 1890. The documentary shows how both whites and blacks are suffering as Zimbabwe tries reclaim itself.)
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The lesson has students take notes on how stereotypes are used in //To// //Kill a Mockingbird.// Students discuss how the use of stereotypes can help us examine our prejudices. Students then list and discuss pop culture stereotypes and the harm done by these oversimplified images.

2.03 Teachers treat students as individuals. __**Key Club Email, See Artifact 1**__

2.04 Teachers adapt their teaching for the benefit of students with special needs. This artifact shows is evidence of engaging students and ensure they meet the needs of their students through inclusion and other models of effective practice.

2.05 Teachers work collaboratively with the families and significant adults in the lives of their students.
 * Artifact 5 - parent emails

Standard 3: 3.01 Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
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3.02 Teachers know the content appropriate to their teaching specialty. -- Direct students' curiosity into an interest in learning ( students learn about how colonializm affects global citizens in a very personal way).
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3.03 Teachers recognize the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines. ---Relate content to other disciplines --Promote global awareness and its relevance.

(The artifacts promote global awareness, in addition to requireing that students make connections between world event and the literature we are reading. This artifact is interdiciplinary as well is it requires students to learn about global censorship issues in a historic perspective).
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3.04 Teachers make instruction relevant to students. --- Incorporate life skills which include leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal responsibility, (this artifact promotes personal productivity, ethics, accoutability and speech skills.)
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Standard 4: 4.01 Teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of their students. --- Know how students think and learn, -- Understand the influences on student learning and differentiate instruction. (the following warm up activities engage students through differentiation, and fun prereading and review strategies)
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4.02 Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students. -- Engage students in the learning process
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4.03 Teachers use a variety of instructional methods.
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4.04 Teachers integrate and utilize technology in their instruction.
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4.05 Teachers help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Within the activity students learn what satire is and apply it to their reading of a poem. Through the use of guided instruction and graphic organizers students are able to take the same concept and apply it to the end of Chapter 19 of //To Kill A Mockingbird//.
 * __**Artifact 6**__