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- Couriers and messengers: Real-world problem solving
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.4
- In this lesson plan, students take on the role of couriers and use indirect measurement to plan a delivery.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
- By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.
- The Craft Revival and economic change
- In this lesson plan, originally published on the Craft Revival website, students will interpret photographs and artifacts as representations of western North Carolina’s economy at the turn of the century. They will also analyze historical census data and produce a visual web that will represent the changing nature of the economy of western North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies)
- By Patrick Velde.
- Creating community in the classroom: Part 1 (setting goals )
- This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community. Group goal-setting, brainstorming, peer feedback, group decision-making, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure are used to create a safe, supportive environment for learning in the classroom.
In Part 1, students are introduced to the goal-setting process. They will practice the first step of the process as they set individual and class behavioral goals. - Format: lesson plan (grade 1–8 Guidance)
- By Pat Nystrom.
- Creating community in the classroom: Part 2 (cooperative planning)
- This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community through use of group goal-setting, decision-making, brainstorming, peer feedback, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure. The lessons will help students create and maintain a supportive environment for learning. Part 1 focused on goal-setting process and practice. In Part 2, students will apply knowledge of the goal-setting process by cooperatively creating a plan to work on group goals.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–8 Guidance)
- By Pat Nystrom.
- Creating community in the classroom: Part 3 (monitoring progress)
- This series of lessons is designed to help develop a sense of classroom community through use of group goal-setting, decision-making, brainstorming, peer feedback, positive reinforcement, and positive peer pressure. The lessons will help students create and maintain a supportive environment for learning. Part 1 focused on goal-setting process and practice. In Part 2, students applied knowledge of the goal-setting process and cooperatively created a plan to work on short-term group goals. In part 3, students will monitor the effects of their plan by determining whether short term goals are being achieved.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–8 Guidance)
- By Pat Nystrom.
- Creating community in the classroom: Part 4 (rewarding improvement)
- The fourth lesson in a series on improving classroom learning climate, this lesson provides an opportunity to evaluate student progress and to provide positive reinforcement for improvements in behavior. Using a one to ten continuum, students will subjectively evaluate class progress on the ten adjectives listed as class climate goals. After this process, students will publicly recognize those classmates who have helped the class improve or who have personally improved.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–8 Guidance)
- By Pat Nystrom.
- Creating museum exhibits to understand slavery
- In this lesson students will analyze primary source documents from the Built Heritage collection at the North Carolina State University. They will use their textbooks, knowledge of history, observation skills, and inference to draw conclusions about slavery in North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Social Studies)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- Cubic expressions: Application to fluid transport systems through Murray’s law
- In A mathematical model to describe fluid behavior, page 2
- The students will view a schematic image of a leaf and the veins of the plant that circulate fluid throughout the leaf. Using a simplified version of Murray’s law, the students will be able to mathematically model the fluid transport system of some plants and animals.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- By Jenny Rucker.
- Culture everywhere
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.3
- In their study of culture, students will use a chart to show the different ways that cultures meet basic human needs and recognize that archaeologists study how people from past cultures met basic needs by analyzing and interpreting the artifacts and sites that they left behind.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Customer service jobs: Building skills for the future
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.9
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will research customer service jobs and determine what skills translate to good customer service. The lesson will conclude with a discussion of how these skills might apply in future careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Dance of the times: African-American expression of jazz
- Explore jazz dance as a social dance form and a uniquely expressive art of African-American culture from the 1920's and 1930's. Students will learn about the complexity of African-American experiences that generated the dance and musical style. The activities develop students' understanding of jazz dance while integrating visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Dance Arts Education)
- By Shelese Douglas.
- Data gathering - Linear regressions
- In groups of three, students gather data by experiment or observation in one of nine activities. Each group models the data they gathered, creates a display, and presents results to the class using an overhead projector.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Mathematics)
- By Judy Pickering.
- De Soto in America
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.4
- In this lesson for grades 5-8, students will evaluate the effectiveness of the De Soto expedition through the interior of the southeastern United States in the years 1539-1543. They will examine the impact of that trip on the Native Americans. Students will engage in historical empathy as they put themselves in the place of the Native Americans and the Spanish soldiers who encountered them on the expedition.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Dear Juana: Editing a letter
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.3
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will discuss the importance of proofreading and editing in various careers. The teacher will model proofreading and editing a sample letter, and then the students will write and peer-edit their own letters.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Anissia Jenkins.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Dear Tootsie Roll company
- The students will measure the surface area and wrapper area of five pieces of candy. Using appropriate formulas and measuring techniques, they will complete information needed for a spreadsheet and database. Students wrap up the lesson by writing a letter to the company with the most wasted paper to explain how the waste affects them as consumers and a suggestion for correcting the problem.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Tonya Thompson.
- Decisions, decisions: A career exploration
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.10
- In this lesson for grade seven, students complete personality profiles to explore career options, then conduct internet research to learn about specific careers. Students write evaluative essays about the careers they choose.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Defining career vocabulary
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.6
- In this lesson, students learn vocabulary terms associated with careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.
- Delayed gratification
- This lesson plan teaches students that although a college education can be expensive, it can provide greater earnings for them in the future.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–9 Guidance)
- Density
- In Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II, page 3
- Students will determine the density of two unknown liquids by collecting mass and volume data. Each group of students will be given a different volume of the liquids to measure, they will combine their data to create a graph. Using the graph students will determine the density of the two liquids by calculating the slope of the two lines. Students will also use a graphing calculator to determine the slope of the two lines.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Jennifer Elmo.
- Density of common liquids
- Each lab team will determine the density of water and one of the sample liquids. The class will then compile their information.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Sansia Coble.
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