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- Assertiveness for students
- This lesson will introduce middle school students to assertive behavior as a tool for dealing with disagreements or conflicts with others.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)
- By Nicki Neumann.
- Assessing the North Carolina Civil War effort
- In this lesson plan, students read about the Civil War effort in North Carolina and complete a graphic organizer detailing how various groups within the state influenced the war effort.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Jamie Lathan.
- Autobiographical expression
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.2
- 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: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Ruth Roberts.Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Back to the future!
- In this lesson plan, students research the history of an important invention and present what they've learned through an annotated timeline, historical fiction journal accounts, and VoiceThread technology.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 8 Information Skills and Social Studies)
- By Diane Ruby.
- Back-barrier sounds of the Northern Coastal Province
- In Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks, page 1.10
- This lesson is part of chapter one of the unit "Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks." Students analyze the five back-barrier sounds in the Northern Province. They look at how weather and wave patterns affect the water within these sounds.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea Ames, and Karen Dawkins.
- Barrier islands
- In Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks, page 1.8
- This lesson is part of chapter one of the unit "Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks." Students examine the difference between simple overwash barrier islands and complex barrier islands. They also learn more about the island-building process and the effect this process can have on daily life on barrier islands.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science and Social Studies)
- By Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea Ames, and Karen Dawkins.
- Baseball fun: Percentages, decimals, and fractions
- Students will learn the concepts behind fractions, decimals, and percents by using sports statistics found on baseball cards.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- By Adrian Bustle.
- Biomanufacturing: An inquiry lesson in growing cells
- In this lesson, students are introduced to the biomanufacturing industry. To understand the intricacy of biomanufacturing pharmaceuticals, students will complete a cell growth activity. They will grow yogurt bacteria in milk media to try to produce lactic acid and adjust variables to try to optimize cell growth and the amount of product produced.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Cinnamon Frame.
- Biome basics
- This project involves the creation of a simple, yet effective display of the different biomes found on earth.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 8–12 Science)
- By B. Carl Rush.
- The Blue Ridge Parkway and national parks today
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2.1
- This is the first lesson in the Competing Routes unit. In this lesson, students are introduced to the role of national parks in the United States with a special focus on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Katy Vance.
- The Blue Ridge Parkway and North Carolina
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2.3
- This is the third lesson in the Competing Routes unit. In this lesson, students look more closely at the relationship between North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Parkway and determine areas of interest in this broad topic. The first two lessons were aimed at putting students on equal footing in terms of prior knowledge and primary source analysis skills to start their research. This lesson allows them to pursue areas of their own interest, locate resources independently, and create new knowledge with those resources. Students will continue to use primary sources and practice their historical analysis skills.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Katy Vance.
- Blue Ridge Parkway communities today
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2.7
- This is the seventh lesson in the Competing Routes unit. This lesson allows students to look critically at the state of the communities which exist along the Blue Ridge Parkway today and contrast them against their historical counterparts, helping students to explore the effects of the Parkway on surrounding communities.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Katy Vance.
- Blue Ridge Parkway communities: Before the Parkway
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2.5
- This is the fifth lesson in the Competing Routes unit. It is part of a series of three lessons intended to help students think critically about the effects of the Blue Ridge Parkway on the environment, economy, and lifestyle of its surrounding communities. This lesson focuses on Blue Ridge Parkway communities before the arrival of the Parkway.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Katy Vance.
- Blue Ridge Parkway construction: Effect on communities
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2.6
- This is the sixth lesson in the Competing Routes unit. This lesson is designed to get students thinking critically about the reactions of members of communities affected by the routing of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the reasons behind those perspectives. Students will analyze a variety of viewpoints, photographs, and documents to gain an understanding of the impact of the Parkway routing for different members of these communities. Then they will select one community member (real or imagined) and write a newspaper editorial from their point of view about the Parkway's routing.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Katy Vance.
- The Blue Ridge Parkway in your community: For or against?
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2.8
- This is the final lesson in the Competing Routes unit. In this lesson, students reflect on the unit as a whole, and synthesize their new knowledge into a sophisticated presentation debating the routing of the Blue Ridge Parkway. In this lesson, students will be grouped into presentation committees based on geographical similarity (the communities closest to one another will work together) to lobby for or against the Blue Ridge Parkway being routed through their communities.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Katy Vance.
- Blue Ridge Parkway primary source analysis
- In Driving through time: The digital Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2.4
- This is the fourth lesson in the Competing Routes unit. This activity is intended to help students refine their understanding of the rich information available in primary sources and see all sides of using primary source documents while studying history. Students extend their own thinking by reflecting on the work of their classmates, and identify and understand biases apparent in primary sources.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Katy Vance.
- Bouncing ball experiment
- In this experiment students should be in groups of 3. Students will drop a ball from different heights and measure the corresponding bounce. Since each group will use a different ball, they will generate different sets of data. They will be asked to discuss and compare their linear function with that of their classmates. They should practice measuring the ball bounce before they begin to collect data.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Mathematics)
- By alicia jones.
- British migration to Roanoke: Push and pull factors
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 4.1
- In this lesson, students will examine the push/pull factors that led settlers to attempt to settle Roanoke Island in the 1580s.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Building a paper bridge: An introduction to problem solving
- This activity allows the student to explore problem solving strategies while working with a partner. This activity (building a paper bridge), requires students to question word definition and the application of those definitions. Through problem solving strategies, students discover the need for applying math skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics)
- By Steve Walston.
- Building a stratovolcano
- Students will review the three types of volcanoes. Students will construct a stratovolcano and determine the composition of each type of volcano. Students will research examples of stratovolcanoes using internet resources.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 8–12 Science)
- By Jessica Bohn.
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