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- "For What Is a Mother Responsible?"
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.5
- 1845 newspaper editorial about a mother's responsibilities for her children's education and character. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: article/primary source
- Commentary and sidebar notes by Kathryn Walbert.
- "For What Is a Mother Responsible?" -- Idealized motherhood vs. the realities of motherhood in antebellum North Carolina
- In this lesson for grade 8, students analyze a newspaper article about motherhood from a North Carolina newspaper in 1845 and compare it to descriptions of motherhood from other contemporary sources. Students will also compare these antebellum descriptions to the modern debates over mothers' roles in American society.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies)
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- "Sonnet 130": Rude or reality?
- This lesson focuses on Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130." It contains a copy of the sonnet, questions to use when discussing and analyzing the sonnet, and a creative component. This lesson has modifications for Novice Low Limited English Proficient students
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Elizabeth Mackie and Vicki Moats.
- "The Cask of Amontillado"
- The short story "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allan Poe is an effective venue for teaching English I literary terms. The following lesson plan is designed to engage the reader in a deeper than superficial reading of the text. It is also designed to elicit discussion and written critical-thinking responses. This lesson assumes that the literary terms have already been introduced. However, if they have not, the teacher may use this lesson to introduce these terms in the context of the literature.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Guy Hill and Crystal Brown.
- 1860 U.S. electoral map
- Format: image/map
- 2010 Census
- In March, the 2010 Census will be mailed to every household in the United States in an effort to count every man, woman, and child. This selection of resources provides information on the 2010 Census, lessons and activities that use census data, and historical information on the federal census.
- Format: bibliography/help
- The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
- This lesson plan focuses on a English Language Arts objectives: similarity and difference. Students compare the story The Three Little Pigs and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas. Students will work collaboratively in small heterogeneous groups to apply strategies for comprehension and vocabulary.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Betty Coleman-Canty and Michelle Swain.
- A “defining moment” in editorial writing
- Students will be introduced to the definition mode of writing. Students will learn to define a particular subject by responding in an editorial format. Students will first compose an editorial graphic organizer, which will aid in composing a completed editorial using the writing process. This lesson includes modifications for a Novice Low Limited English student.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Susan Brooks and Carrie Mabry.
- A living timeline of civil rights
- This fifth grade lesson plan is one piece of a civil rights unit. This particular lesson is an opportunity for students to demonstrate knowledge of a specific person or event that occurred during the civil rights movement. The students will share their research with others as they take on the role of a museum artifact.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies)
- By Laurie Lietz.
- A magic carpet ride: Exploring carpet weaving in India
- In this lesson, a photo analysis activity helps students learn about carpet weaving in India. Students discuss how this tradition compares to the weaving traditions of other cultures.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- By Eric Eaton.
- A matter of identity: Writing an extended metaphor poem
- Students apply their knowledge of literary devices by reading and analyzing the poem “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco. Students then create their own poem incorporating the literary devices studied and analyzed in the above mentioned poem. This lesson includes modifications for a Novice Low Limited English student.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Susan Brooks and Carrie Mabry.
- A record of school desegregation: Conduct your own oral history project
- In this unit, students will research the history of school desegregation and will use their knowledge to conduct oral history interviews with community members. Students will reflect on the experience through writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- About LEARN NC
- LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, provides lesson plans, professional development, and innovative web resources to support teachers, build community, and improve K-12 education in North Carolina.
- Format: article/help
- About the five features of effective writing
- An explanation of the "Five Features of Effective Writing" model (focus, organization, support and elaboration, style, and conventions) with links to detailed articles, lesson plans, and exemplars of student writing.
- Format: bibliography/help
- About the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
- An explanation of the state curriculum and how LEARN NC aligns resources to it.
- Format: article/help
- About the Professional Development Directory
- The North Carolina Professional Development Directory provides information about organizations offering professional development to teachers, administrators, and staff of North Carolina public schools. The directory is a joint effort of NC DPI, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and LEARN NC.
- Format: article/help
- About this "digital textbook"
- LEARN NC's "digital textbook" for North Carolina history provides a new model for teaching and learning. It makes primary sources central to the learning experience, using them to tell the stories of the past rather than merely illustrating it. Special web-based...
- Format: article
- Acceptable use policy for online courses
- Policies governing the acceptable and unacceptable use of email, messaging clients, and online dicussion areas by students taking online courses through LEARN NC.
- Format: article/help
- Accommodations for students with disabilities in online courses
- This document explains how students with disabilities can request accommodations when taking LEARN NC's online courses.
- Format: article/help
- African American History to 1950: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the online course "African American History to 1950," which explores African American history in the contexts of United States, North Carolina, and world history.
- Format: syllabus
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