Thematic+Unit+Resources

**THEMATIC UNIT RESOURCES **
==== Please use the materials provided to help with crafting your own unit. You may also add resources you think would be helpful to the whole class. Those specific to your own unit, you may post on your individual Thematic Unit Work wiki page. ====

** UNIT EXAMPLES AND MODELS **
**//NCSU Student Examples (Middle School)//** //Note:// These PDF's for the 2nd and 3rd units are especially long as students chose to do all lesson plans rather than minimum required.

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 * Making Choices: A Thematic Unit focusing on Natalie Babbitt's //Tuck Everlasting// (Fall, 2012):
 * Fanatics, Dramatics, & Media Mayhem : A Thematic Unit focusing on Shakespeare's //A Midsummer Night's Dream// (Fall, 2007): [[file:Thompson_L_Thematic_Unit_F07.pdf]]
 * War & Loss in Western Europe (Fall, 2006) //Note:// Integrated social studies unit. Lesson plans here are strong in content, but would benefit from greater detail. [[file:LB_Thematic_Unit_Complete_F06.pdf]]

**//Other Examples (High School)//**
 * Self-Identity (Spring, 1998):
 * Part 1: [[file:EH_Thematic_Unit_SI_Part_1_of_4.pdf]] ; Part 2: [[file:EH_Thematic_Unit_SI_Part_2_of_4.pdf]] ;
 * Part 3: [[file:EH_Thematic_Unit_SI_Part_3_of_4.pdf]] ; Part 4: [[file:EH_Thematic_Unit_SI_Part_4_of_4.pdf]]

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 * //Note:// Part 1 includes an introductory week that precedes the thematic unit. The thematic unit begins on p. 28 and continues through parts 2-4. Also, there is an example of a Learning Stations inquiry activity included in Part 1, pp. 23-25.

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 * The Hero (Stern, 1995): [[file:Stern_Ch9_The_Hero_Thematic_Unit.pdf]]
 * Gender, Power, Identity ( Stern, 1995 ):
 * Part 1: [[file:Stern_Ch5_GenderPowerIdentity_Thematic_Unit_1of2.pdf]] ; Part 2: [[file:Stern_Ch5_GenderPowerIdentity_Thematic_Unit_2of2.pdf]]

** MATERIALS / RESOURCES MENTIONED AS PART OF DR. Y'S MODEL UNIT IN CLASS **


 * [|Facing History and Ourselves]


 * [|Teaching Tolerance]: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center


 * [|PBS Frontline's A Class Divided]: Jane Elliott's 1968 Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes Experiment ([|video])

** VIDEOS **

**Resources Associated with Dr. Y's //Words By Heart// Unit Example** **Theme: What is a Hero? Overcoming Oppression**

//Nightline News Clip on Race//

CED Video Server || MSL Program NCSU Version YouTube ||
 * MSL Methods Channel Version
 * media type="custom" key="24320876" || media type="custom" key="24320882" ||

** OTHER RESOURCES **

 * Wilhelm's NCTE 2012 PPT on CCSS, Nonfiction, and Insights into Thematic Unit Planning - [[file:Wilhelm_J_8_YA_Authors+Unit-Focus_NCTE_2012.pptx]]