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Practicum in Online Teaching - Carolina Online Teacher Program: Teach your online course with a pilot group of students or teachers. An experienced online-learning mentor will guide you through typical problem areas. The Practicum in Online Teaching may be done in conjunction with your school or county, and even as part of your normal teaching load.; Take this course: Begins January 5.

Choosing books that are just right: This teacher research study examines how students select books for independent reading and how teachers can help them make choices more appropriate to their reading levels.; By Melinda Parks.

Field trips in context: Opportunities abound in North Carolina for hands-on interdisciplinary learning experiences.; Format: article; By Lesley Richardson.

Science students get their hands dirty: Enter Carol Swink's classroom where students become scientists by conducting hands-on, inquiry-based investigations. By saving the textbook reading and lectures for last and doing experiments first, students master not only science content but math content too.; Format: article/best practice; By Waverly Harrell.

Two paths to knowledge: For students who who always finish their class work early or want more information than you have time to give, try curriculum compacting.; By Waverly Harrell.

4-H Corn Exhibit at the NC State Fair: “4-H Club Trains Farm Youth in the Art of Living” is written on a banner over a 4-H club corn exhibit in this black and white photograph taken at the North Carolina State Fair in 1938. In the forefront of the image, on a table, are wooden trays...; Format: image/photograph

State 4-H club dairy demonstration: This black and white photograph from the 1940s shows students in a tiled building watching a North Carolina State 4-H Club dairy demonstration. They are seated in the foreground in wooden chairs looking at a calf standing on straw in an open pen. The instructor...; Format: image/photograph

4-H Club boys participating in dairy demonstration: 4-H club boys are seen participating in a dairy demonstration in this black and white photograph. The demonstration was held in a tiled building at North Carolina State University around 1940. Two boys in white shirts and pants with black ties stand on either...; Format: image/photograph

Britt family of Wake County sitting in their living room: In this black and white photo, the Britts, a family of five, and a furry white cat are sitting pleasantly in a sunny room filled with plants. “Mother” is writing in a book at a desk located in the corner of the room. She is facing the interior...; Format: image/photograph

Children and families in North Carolina: In this lesson plan, elementary students will analyze photographs of children from North Carolina provided by the Green ‘N’ Growing collection from the Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University. They will investigate how individuals and families are similar and different, and to begin to acquire an understanding of change over time.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Effects of civil action: In this lesson, secondary students will analyze primary source materials to investigate how 4-H clubs made an impact on the home front in completing projects that supported the war effort during World War II. This lesson should be taught at the end of a World War II unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Dairy judging teams at work during the 1932 [4-H] Short Course; the barn stood on the site of the present-day [Reynolds] Coliseum.: In this black and white photograph, several teams are lined up judging cattle. Team members are wearing light-colored summer clothing and appear to have assigned roles. Some are bent over inspecting cattle characteristics. Some are observing. Others are recording...; Format: image/photograph

Father and son standing in front of grazing cattle at North Carolina State College: his is a black and white photograph of a father and son standing in front of grazing cattle which are behind a barbed wire fence at the farms of North Carolina State College. The father, wearing a straw hat with a dark band and overalls stands with is left...; Format: image/photograph

Raleigh: A Capital City: An itinerary for a tour of the capital of the Old North State. The site provides information and photographs for Raleigh's historic districts, architecture, parks and recreational areas, and more.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

4-H Club family in their garden: In this black and white photograph, three members of the Sauls family, two older girls dressed in skirts and a young boy in overalls, are seen planting a field in Wake County, North Carolina. The boy is shown making holes in the soil with a hoe. One of the...; Format: image/article

Food preservation display: This is a black and white photograph of a food preservation display, possibly at State Fair or Farm and Home Week. An older woman in a plaid dress is looking at jar of canned fruit or vegetables. Behind her is a wall of shelves full of canned jars of food....; Format: image/article

Dr. Jane S. McKimmon speaking to state council of Negro women, March 31, 1941, Raleigh, N.C.: When this photo was taken, Dr. Jane S. McKimmon speaking to the state council of Negro women in Raleigh, North Carolina. She wears a plain suit and a matching hat. A necklace fancies up her collar line. In one hand she holds a piece of paper. With the other...; Format: image/photograph

News and Observer Prohibition headline: A headline from the Raleigh, North Carolina newspaper The News and Observer on May 27, 1908 reads Prohibition sweeps the state. North Carolina the first southern state to vote Prohibition by popular vote — in...; Format: image/newspaper

Lake Crabtree County Park: This park includes wetland areas, a floodplain forest, and various creeks. Environmental programs for school groups are available.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

National Weather Service - Raleigh: The Raleigh office of the National Weather Service offers tours to middle and high school student groups. The website provides local weather and hurricane data.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

North Carolina State Capitol: Discover the truth! Does the Capitol Building in Raleigh really have an escape tunnel? Secret rooms? Find out the answers to these questions and more at your state capital's website!; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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