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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Julie McCann has been teaching for 8 years — one year in elementary school and seven years in middle school. For most of her career, she has taught 6th grade in language arts and social studies. She has a B.A. in K-6 education from Wake Forest University and currently works as a middle school program manager for the CareerStart program.

Resources created by Julie McCann

Autobiographical expression
This lesson for grade 6 introduces students to the theory of multiple intelligences. Students consider what their personal strengths are according to this theory.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Ruth Roberts. Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Career research and acrostic poetry
In this lesson for grade 6, each student will research a chosen career and will use the information to create an acrostic poem.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Holly Grout, Deborah Smith, and Natalie Summers. Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Careers in border security: Working with passports
In this lesson for grade six, students will gain an understanding of careers in transportation and border security and will create their own passports.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
By Julie McCann.
Cause and effect in the workplace
This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand cause and effect and how these concepts apply to the workplace.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Comparing and contrasting careers
This lesson for grade six will help students understand comparing and contrasting. Students will conduct career surveys with adults and will use the results to create Venn diagrams.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Details and sequencing
This lesson for grade six will introduce students to careers in environmental protection as it teaches them to identify details and sequence in a non-fiction reading passage.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
European and South American agriculture
In this lesson for grade six, students conduct research about agriculture in South America and Europe and organize the information on a compare/contrast map.
Format: activity (grade 6 Social Studies)
By Mandy Matlock. Edited by Julie McCann.
Fact and opinion in the real world
This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand the differences between fact and opinion based on career-related examples.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Finding hidden messages in advertising
In this lesson for grade six, students will look for hidden messages in magazine advertisements and will create their own ads with hidden messages.
Format: activity (grade 6 Dance Arts Education and English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Grammar and editing
In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about the conventions of grammar and will learn how to write and edit a business letter.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Meteorologists: Working with data analysis
This lesson for grade six introduces students to careers in meteorology and engages them in meteorological data analysis.
Format: activity (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange. Edited by Julie McCann.
Solving problems, writing solutions
In this lesson for grade 6, students consider problems in the workplace and follow writing prompts to craft solutions.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
Sound properties and careers in music
This lesson for grade six uses a hands-on lab to help students understand key concepts in the properties of sound, and how they can be applied to careers in music.
Format: activity (grade 6 Science)
By April Galloway and Christine Scott. Edited by Julie McCann.
Think like a scientist
Written to accompany a sixth-grade science lesson, this article explains important concepts in scientific inquiry, including observation, inference, prediction, classification, model-making, and communication.
Format: article
By April Galloway and Christine Scott. Edited by Julie McCann.
Using inquiry skills
This lesson for grade 6 introduces students to important scientific skills such as observation, inference, prediction, classification, and communication. Students practice some of these skills and discuss how they may be used in various careers.
Format: activity (grade 6 Science)
By April Galloway and Christine Scott. Edited by Julie McCann.
Using reference materials
In this lesson for grade 6, students gain an understanding of how classified ads are used to search for jobs.
Format: activity (grade 6 English Language Arts)
By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.