Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
Information Skills — Grades 9–12
Goal 4, Objective 4.09
Resources aligned to this objective
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- A very short history of the English language
- Students apply their knowledge of world history to research the major influences on the language that has become the English we speak today. Students then develop a timeline of events in Britain and explain the contributions of the various invading groups to the English language.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Carla Shinn.
- Underground Railroad quilts: Fact or folklore?
- In this lesson, students explore the controversy surrounding a book entitled Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, which was published as a non-fiction account of fugitive slaves sending coded messages through quilt patterns. Students evaluate numerous sources and assess the validity of each in an attempt to determine if the quilt codes are fact or folklore.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Information Skills and Social Studies)
- By Abby Stotsenberg.
- Comparative anatomy: A continuum
- In groups, students will design a presentation that will trace the development of an organ system through the major phyla of the animal kingdom looking for the relationships between structure and function by documenting adaptations.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development, Information Skills, and Science)
- By Joan Warner and Melissa Thibault.
