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Holding a poetry slam: Introducing students to “the competitive art of performance poetry” builds enthusiasm for literature among even reluctant readers. This article explains how a high school in Cleveland County, North Carolina, held its first poetry slam.; By Nancy Blalock.

Not your mother's math teacher: North Carolina's 2001–2002 Teacher of the Year, Carmen Wilson, talks about real-world math and teachers' roles as professionals.; By David Walbert.

Advertising new products: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.6; Advertisements from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries show new technologies, new tastes, and new ways of marketing goods to consumers.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Why problem-centered learning?: In Problem centered math, page 2; The world our students will live and work in will require them to gather, organize, and interpret data in the process of finding solutions to complex problems. Problem-centered learning creates a model where the student becomes the thinker.; By Mike Kestner.

Saying "yes" instead of "no": Fair Use Guidelines make room for students and teachers to use copyrighted material in multimedia presentations.; By Connie Bakker.

Scientific inquiry: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.8; In their study of scientific inquiry, students will use an activity sheet to make inferences about what activities go on at different places in school (desk, locker, etc.) and form an hypothesis about how space is used. They will also simulate how archaeologists learn about past people by designing and conducting a research project.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Women and men musicians accompany a water puppet performance in Hanoi: Women and men musicians play traditional instruments, including drums and flute, at a water puppet performance in Hanoi. Vietnam's unique water puppet tradition is said to date back approximately 1,000 years. Early northern Vietnamese farmers created these...; Format: image/photograph

Cao Dai religious music: This music and singing was recorded during one of the regular Cao Dai religious ceremonies that occur four times daily. This temple in DaNang is the second largest after the headquarters which are located in Tay Ninh. Men enter the temple from the right, walk...; Format: audio

Puppet theater in Thailand: This was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a town near the southeastern coast. During the ten-day Buddhist festival in Trang, activities and performances take place day and night. Every night at the local theater there is a shadow puppet performance. Known as Nang...; Format: audio

Cao Dai religious music and singing: This music and singing was recorded during one of the regular Cao Dai religious ceremonies that occur four times daily. This temple in DaNang is the second largest after the headquarters which are located in Tay Ninh. Men enter the temple from the right, walk...; Format: audio

Vietnamese water puppet show- female solo: Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...; Format: audio

Vietnamese water puppet show: Instrumental prelude: Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the...; Format: audio

Vietnamese water puppet show: Finale: Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...; Format: audio

Vietnamese water puppet show: Fireworks and chorus: Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...; Format: audio

Muy Thai music excerpts: Muy Thai is Thai kickboxing. In Chiang Mai, fellow travelers and I went to see a Muy Thai competition. It looks a lot like American boxing, where bare-chested fighters compete in a raised ring that is surrounded by elastic ropes. They fight in several rounds,...; Format: audio

Balinese gamelan musicians perform: Balinese gamelan musicians perform, as seen from the rear side of the orchestra. Two men, wearing red pants, long-sleeved blue shirts, and red and gold embroidered headscarves hold their mallets just above their intricately carved and painted metallophone...; Format: image/photograph

Musical concert in Chinese opera house: This music is part of a musical concert at a dinner theater in Penang, Malaysia. Though Chinese opera was the main form of music, the orchestra played other songs, such as this one, which seems to be influenced by Latin American rhythm, even though it is played...; Format: audio

Music at dinner theater in Penang, Malaysia: This music is part of a musical concert at a dinner theater in Penang, Malaysia. A woman sang a few Chinese opera songs, along with some musical interludes and other more eclectic songs. Here you can hear a short excerpt of some classical Chinese opera music....; Format: audio

Musical performance, Siem Riep: This is a short excerpt of a musical performance in Siem Riep, the town closest to the famous Angkor Wat ruins in northern Cambodia. The town caters to the large tourist trade, and has a five star hotel as well as many low-budget hostels for backpackers. The...; Format: audio

Music from Buddhist temple, Wat Penh: An excerpt of music from outside a Buddhist temple in the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. From my journal: Walked to Russian market. Bought nice Khmer shirts, a hat, a backpack. Ate lunch. Took moto to Wat Penh. Went up hill and recorded sounds...; Format: audio

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