LEARN NC

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

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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

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What did they say? Dialect in The Color Purple
This lesson, taught in conjunction with Alice Walker's The Color Purple, encourages appreciation of dialects by exploring their meaning and origins. Students experience a variety of dialects and participate in small-group settings. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
That's not fair! Examining civil liberties with the U.S. Supreme Court
In this lesson, high school students work in collaborative groups to explore the issue of civil liberties by conducting Internet research on related court cases of their choosing. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE
Magazine redux: An exercise in critical literacy
This lesson prompts students to act as critical readers as they consider how and why their approach and experiences differ when reading an online version versus a print version of a magazine. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE