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Accessibility, Usability and Visual Design - Carolina Online Teacher Program
An introduction to basic web design, accessibility, and usability principles. You will learn how much the placement of materials, the use of graphics, and even color and font styles can affect students' success in your online course.
Take this course: Begins March 10.

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Americans with Disabilities Act
Passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990, the ADA guarantees equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. The ADA also provides for reasonable accommodations to increase the numbers of students with disabilities in primary, secondary, and postsecondary education.

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The 2004 presidential election in historical context
Historian William E. Leuchtenburg talks about past presidential elections and how the 2004 election fits or defies precedents.
By Kathryn Walbert.
Alternatives to the famous person report
In Rethinking Reports, page 3.1
This "rethinking reports" series of articles provides alternative research assignments that challenge students to think critically about historical actors.
By David Walbert and Melissa Thibault.
The not-so-famous person report
In Rethinking Reports, page 3.2
Instead of teaching the history of the famous, use research in primary sources to teach students that the past and present were made by people like them.
Format: article
By David Walbert.
Beyond Black History Month
Go beyond approaches that marginalize African American history by "shifting the lens" to look at events from new perspectives.
By Kathryn Walbert.
Deficit thinking
In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.2
Teachers frequently attribute the academic struggles of English language learners to the students' inability or unwillingness to learn English, but this "deficit thinking" can better be replaced by a focus on what immigrant students bring to the classroom.
By Buck Cooper.
Letter from an African American citizen of Wilmington to the President
In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.5
Letter to President William McKinley, describing the Wilmington Race Riot and asking him to intervene and "send relief." Includes historical commentary.
Format: letter
Mrs. Gertrude Maynard, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Gertrude Maynard, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Gertrude Maynard and her family are pictured in one of the bedrooms in their house.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Emma Mitchell is pictured inside of her house, seated next to her daughter, stringing tobacco bags.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Emma Mitchell, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Emma Mitchell and her family are pictured standing on the front porch of their house.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Eugenia Allen is pictured seated on a bed in her house. One of her grandchildren is pictured in front of the bed on a tricycle.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Eugenia Allen and one of her grandchildren are pictured standing on the front porch of their house. There is a chicken visible at left.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Cornelia Neal
Mrs. Cornelia Neal
Mrs. Cornelia Neal and two other women are pictured seated on a bed, stringing tobacco bags. There is a stove visible in the foreground.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Cora Graves and her family are pictured standing on the front porch of their house. There are two dogs visible in the photo.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Cora Graves, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Cora Graves and another woman are pictured seated in a bedroom, stringing tobacco bags.
Format: image/photograph
Mrs. Flossie Johnson, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Flossie Johnson, Reidsville, N.C.
The Johnson family is pictured standing in front of their house.
Format: image/photograph
Harriet Love on integration
In this 1998 oral history excerpt, Love speaks about the motivations people had for supporting integration and starts off with an insightful response. She then goes on to describe many more subtle effects of integration such as the challenged to teachers and...
Format: audio
Levi S and Mr. W. A. James standing in a field
Levi S and Mr. W. A. James standing in a field
In this black and white image from July 30, 1940, African Americans Levi S. and Mr. W. A. James are shown in a field of vegetable plants. Levi S., wearing a straw brimmed hat, is crouching in the field. Behind him, corn stalks are growing. Mr. James is standing...
Format: image/photograph
Eliza Drake in a garden
Eliza Drake in a garden
This black and white photograph, taken in Red Springs, North Carolina in the 1940s, shows Eliza Blake, an African American woman, and two children. They are in their garden doing home demonstration work. The garden is in the foreground of the image. Eliza...
Format: image/photograph
Looking over mattress comfort
Looking over mattress comfort
In this black and white photograph taken in Guilford County on August 13, 1941, Mrs. R. T. Winchester of the Home Agent Department and Mrs. Ida Sowe of Bethel Community look over a mattress and comforter. The items had been made that year for the cotton mattress...
Format: image/photograph
Joanne Peerman on junior high sit-ins
An excerpt from an oral history interview conducted in 1991 between Bob Gilgor and Joanne Peerman, an African American women who grew up in Chapel Hill and experienced integration during the 1960s and 1970s. In this portion of the interview, Harris describes...
Format: audio