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Moravians in North Carolina: In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 5; In this lesson students will explore groups that moved to North Carolina from other colonies. Time will be spent discussing the influence the Moravians had on colonial North Carolina. Students will also research the buildings that were a part of an early Moravian town.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Lara Willox.

More vivid word choices: Said is dead: The students will expand their vocabulary and learn synonyms for overused words. By using the story Chicken Little by Stephen Kellogg, students will see how an acclaimed author uses many different words for "said."; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Linda Justice.

Motor car and galimoto: An intercultural lesson in pragmatism, creativity, and perseverance: In this lesson for grade three, students read the book Galimoto, about a young boy in Malawi, Africa, and his quest to gather wire in order to make a toy car. Students discuss the literary elements of the book, study the language used, and complete their own quests to gather wire and create their own galimotos.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); By Edie McDowell.

Mumbling together: "Mumbling together" is a strategy students can use to edit their own writing and develop an ear for correct language. Students learn to proofread by reading their first drafts aloud to identify left-out words and other errors.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Mystery message word processing: Students learn basic word processing skills and eventually reveal a "mystery message."; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Computer/Technology Skills); By Mary Rizzo.

The mystery of the missing hippo!: In this lesson, students will engage with a variety of primary documents from the Commemorative Landscapes database to learn about the mystery of the missing hippo statue in Orange County.; Format: lesson plan; By Kate Allman.

Mystery: Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective: This is a three part lesson on mysteries using the novel Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald Sobol.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By Christine Weaver.

Name that point!: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.4; In their study of projectile points (i.e., spear points or “arrowheads”) dating to the Archaic period in North Carolina, students use activity sheets to compare projectile point attributes and to identify and classify points based on clearly defined variables. They will also match projectile points to a chronology and determine when the points were made and why the information is important to archaeologists.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 6 Social Studies)

Narrative writing: Using exact words: The learner will recognize exact verbs in literature and then use more exact verbs when writing a narrative.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Georgette Rush.

Narrowing the focus: What's the main event?: In this lesson, students will learn how to narrow the focus of their personal narrative down to one main event by selecting a more specific title. Good stories are focused on one topic or main event. The reader should be able to tell the most important thing that the story is about. Instead of writing a story about a whole vacation that describes many events, it is a good strategy to write a story about one thing that happened on the vacation - one main event.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Native American music: Two North Carolina tribes: In this lesson plan, students will listen to songs from two North Carolina tribes. Students will learn about the music through listening, analyzing, singing, moving, and playing instruments.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education and Social Studies); By Merritt Raum Flexman.

Native American poetry workshop: This week-long set of lessons uses four different center activities to help students respond to poetry written by American Indians. This lesson plan was written with ESL (English as a second language) students in mind, so there are many opportunities to practice vocabulary, discuss and talk with others, and model expectations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Liz Mahon.

Native Americans: Original natives of colonial North Carolina: In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 7; In this lesson, students will explore different groups of Native Americans that inhabited the lands of North Carolina prior to the arrival of the colonists. Students will also examine how colonists interacted with the Native Americans after the colonists arrived in North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Social Studies); By Lara Willox.

Naval stores: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 2.5; Introduction From early Colonial times until the Civil War, the naval industry was important to North Carolina. The term naval stores describes all products of the gum of the pine tree. The name itself explains its use in the shipbuilding industry....; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Gazelia Carter.

Navigating Nonfiction: In order to engage in research processes, students must be able to access informational (nonfiction) books independently. In this lesson they will learn how nonfiction books are arranged. They will then practice putting nonfiction books in order by call number and locating nonfiction books on the shelf.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Information Skills); By Kay Sanderson.

Non-Halloween activity for October 31: Students will rewrite the lyrics to a well-known song focusing on Autumn sounds, smells and sights, but without any of the usual Halloween trappings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)

North Carolina American Indian stories: In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Janice Gardner.

North Carolina Cherokee Indians: The Trail of Tears: In this two week unit, students will study the Cherokee by participating in literature circles, learning about Native American story telling, writing a letter to Andrew Jackson to protest against the Creek War, and more.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Gina Golden.

North Carolina living through photos, then and now: Students will examine historical photographs of North Carolinians at work or in social settings. They will develop and share skills of “reading” photographs. Then they will use these skills to identify “historical clues” in a photo and draw their own version of the same person or people in North Carolina today.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Social Studies); By Michael Sharp.

North Carolina numerals: Students will design their own numeric system using North Carolina state symbols.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics and Social Studies); By Wendy White.

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