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. ====

** Tool: ** Taking Inventory Thematic Unit Graphic Organizer (Class 9) -[[file:Thematic_Unit_Inventory_Map_HO_F12_rev.docx]]
**Rubric:** Thematic Unit Project Rubric:

** UNIT EXAMPLES AND MODELS **

**//NCSU Student Examples//** //Note:// These PDF's are very long as students chose to do all lesson plans rather than minimum required. Printing not recommended.


 * 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:// Lesson plans here are strong in content, but would benefit from greater detail. [[file:LB_Thematic_Unit_Complete_F06.pdf]]

**//Other Student Examples//**
 * Self-Identity (high school):
 * 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]] (Spring, 1998)

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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.

**//Textbook Examples//**


 * The Hero (Stern, 1995): [[file:Stern_Ch9_The_Hero_Thematic_Unit.pdf]]


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


 * 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="21352796" || media type="custom" key="21352798" ||

** CHAPTERS / ARTICLES / TEXTS **

 * "Themes" by Tchudi & Lafer: [[file:Tchudi_and_Lafer_Themes.pdf]]
 * "Creating Instructional Units" by Tchudi & Mitchell: [[file:Tchudi_and_Mitchell_Create_Instruct_Units_Ch_3.pdf]]
 * Tchudi & Mitchell "Organizing the Literature Program": [[file:T_and_M_Org_Lit_excerpt.pdf]]


 * Teaching the American Revolution and Social Studies with Young Adult Literature (RT Article): [[file:Manak_J_RT-2012_Amer_Revolt_SS+YAL.pdf]]


 * 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]]


 * Glasser, //Control Theory,// Chap. 1 - [[file:Glasser_Ch_1_New_Approach.pdf]]
 * Glasser, //Control Theory, C// hap. 2 - [[file:Glasser_Ch_2_Motivation.pdf]]
 * Glasser, //Control Theory,// Chap 3 - [[file:Glasser_Ch_3_Needs.pdf]]
 * Glasser, //Control Theory,// Chap. 7 - [[file:Glasser_Ch_7_T_as_Manager.pdf]]
 * Glasser, Control Theory, Chap. 8 - [[file:Glasser_Ch_8_Ex_Learning_Teams.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