Purpose:

At CSD, while we certainly teach isolated skills, we strive to continuously give students meaningful and purposeful opportunities to use those newly learned skills.  All students at all grade levels are always participating in multi-disciplinary, integrated units of study that give the students an opportunity to participate in meaningful, purposeful and relevant studies.  Rather than memorizing isolated facts, students will ponder and reflect upon big ideas that truly matter in the larger picture of life. For every unit, there are one or two of the core commonalities studied as threads that tie our learning together.  We adhere to the brain research that supports helping students find connections across all learning.

Theme:  American History

We explore how our country has experienced change from the time of early American explorers to the present.  We investigate how these changes affect human relationships, government policy, socioeconomic and cultural conditions.

• Ecosystems:  Barrier Island Experience (trip to Barrier Island Educational Center, Seabrook Island, SC)
• North American History – from early explorer to current events
• North American Geography
• The Artist in Me:  MC Escher, Opera study (culminating with a student composed and produced original opera)
• The Author in Me:  Ralph Fletcher, Joan Lowery Nixon, Jean Craighead George

www.ncpublicschool.org/curiculum/