Middle School Titles

The following title are for grades 6-8 and contain 40+ hours of differentiated curriculum.

Images

What is your image? What image do you want to project? Can you change or manipulate your image? Can you hire a person to do that for you? These are just a few of the discovery questions middle school students investigate during this curriculum. In addition to personal images, photographic images are examined in detail, both historically and scientifically. Students undertake a unique study of Alice's images in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Students also look at how images can affect cultural biases.

Powers

2002 NAGC Curriculum Award Winner!

Man has yearned for power for centuries. The search continues in this look at the multiple meanings and uses of power. Students learn about persuasion and discover how to prepare for and participate in a debate setting. Students research alternative forms of power and discover opportunities to create new sources of power. Students analyze the power of nature, and they scrutinize and debate the power of the media. In this curriculum, students will discover that the power of choice is an important freedom.

Ages

Students discover architecture and the evolution of the calendar in this conceptual look at the word ages. From Sputnik and the dawn of the space age, to the computer revolution that has forever changed our lives, students explore the issues that shape our world. How has advertising evolved over the past 100 years? What made the dark ages dark? The golden ages golden? The middle ages middle? These questions and many others will be explored as students are dealing with coming of age themselves.

Conflicts

Are all men created equal? Does the Food Guide Pyramid represent the healthiest choices for the nutritional needs of all? Is recycling the answer to the mounting solid waste problems in society? Conflicts, old and new, have plagued our world since the beginning of time. During this conceptual study, students are challenged to consider discrimination, propaganda, misrepresentation of data, and war. Conflict of interest is examined as students study examples and then search for events in history when it has occurred. Students discover that conflicts can be both positive and negative, but have the power to initiate changes to make our world a better place.

Connections - Math Enrichment

Mathematics comes alive in the conceptual study of Connections . Students will enjoy exploring math through art, literature, nutrition, poetry, science, and history through meaningful topics with real-world application. Hands-on discoveries, challenging puzzles, and activities relevant to middle school students will enhance understanding and purpose of probability, geometry, algebra, and problem solving. Through the study of connections, students will come to appreciate how mathematics is connected to everything they study.