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Reading comprehension strategies for English language learners: In Reading comprehension and English language learners, page 2; Strategies like think-pair-share, think-alouds, and GIST can help English language learners, content-area learners, and all students make sense of text while they read.; By Ellen Douglas.

Bodies of civilians killed in My Lai massacre: Bodies of civilians, mostly women and children, are strewn in a road after the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968. Some are visibly bloody and the youngest child is probably no older than 1. In 1968, U.S. forces considered the My Lai area to be a stronghold...; Format: image/photograph

Mountain dialect: Reading between the spoken lines: This lesson plan uses Chapter 13 of Our Southern Highlanders as a jumping-off point to help students achieve social studies and English language arts objectives while developing an appreciation of the uniqueness of regional speech patterns, the complexities of ethnographic encounter, and the need to interrogate primary sources carefully to identify potential biases and misinformation in them. Historical content includes American slavery, the turn-of-the-century, and the Great Depression.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Kathryn Walbert.

Lumbee English 2: Second of two sets of excerpts about Lumbee English and Lumbee identity from the documentary film Indian by Birth: The Lumbee Dialect, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. For more excerpts from Indian...; Format: video/video

Code-switching: Code-switching is the practice of moving between variations of languages in different contexts. This article explains the history of code-switching, explores important literature on the subject, and discusses approaches to language response in the classroom.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Lumbee English 1: First of two sets of excerpts about Lumbee English and Lumbee identity from the documentary film Indian by Birth: The Lumbee Dialect, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. For more excerpts from Indian...; Format: video/video

Mountain talk: Excerpt from the documentary Mountain Talk, a portrait of the language and life of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. This video is one in a series that also includes:...; Format: video/video

The Cherokee language: Excerpt about the Cherokee language from the documentary Voices of North Carolina, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. This video is one in a series that also includes: African...; Format: video/video

Spanish and English in the American South: Excerpt about Spanish and Hispanic English trends in the South from the documentary Voices of North Carolina, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. This video is one in a series that also includes:; Format: video/video

Spanish and Hispanic English in North Carolina: In this lesson, students will listen to audio recordings and view a video clip in order to gain an understanding of the Hispanic English dialect.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Hannah Askin.

Outer Banks English: An excerpt about the dialect of the North Carolina Outer Banks from the documentary Voices of North Carolina, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. This video is one in a series that also includes:; Format: video/video

African American English: Excerpt about African American English from the documentary Voices of North Carolina, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. This video is one in a series that also includes: The...; Format: video/video

Dialect in Southern cities: Excerpt about Charlotte, North Carolina, and language trends in southern cities from the documentary Voices of North Carolina, produced by Neal Hutcheson and the North Carolina Language and Life Project. This video is one in a series that also...; Format: video/video

Language change in North Carolina's cities: In this activity, students view a video about the changing dialects of North Carolina's urban areas and then respond to a series of questions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Hannah Askin.

Outer Banks English: In this lesson plan, students view a video about the dialect of North Carolina's Outer Banks and develop an understanding of linguistic patterns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Hannah Askin.

African American English: In this activity, students learn about the history of African American English and the meaning of dialect and linguistic patterns. Students watch a video about African American English and analyze the dialect's linguistic patterns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Hannah Askin.

Resources on the web

Ancient Scripts.com: Examines a wide variety of writing systems and their origins, phonetics, and historical linguists. (Learn more); Format: website/activity; Provided by: Lawrence K Lo

National Anthropological Archives: Full of rich content, broad in scope and depth, users can learn about the significant fields of anthropology and their interrelationship to the world's peoples and cultures. User friendly and easy to navigate. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: National Museum of Natural History

Center for Applied Linguistics: Resources for the education of English as a second language (ESL) and foreign languages can be found on this site. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by:

Connecting the dots: Genographic's markers in context: In this Xpeditions lesson, one of a multi-part unit on the Genographic Project, students examine markers of human migration, uncovered by such fields as archaeology, paleontology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science and Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

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