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Reading, Writing and Research: Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum: Turn your students into savvy consumers of information. Explore reading and writing instruction and information literacy concepts, and learn to effectively integrate these literacy skills into your teaching, regardless of the subject or grade level.; Take this course: Begins May 4.

The Mexican Day of the Dead: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.1; Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico and the United States....; Format: article

Classroom Activity: Making an Altar for the Day of the Dead: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.2; An altar created for the Day of the Dead. The best activity you can undertake for the Day of the Dead is to create the traditional altar, or ofrenda. As highlighted...; Format: activity

16 de Septiembre: Mexican Independence Day: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 2.1; Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from celebrations of Mexican Independence Day. Every...; Format: article

The Quinceañera Celebration: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 3.1; Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from quinceañera celebrations. One of the most important...; Format: article

The Equinox at Chichén Itzá: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 4.1; Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs of the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá. ...; Format: article

A new religion: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 18; This elaborate temple at Tay Ninh, located about 60 miles northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, was constructed between 1933 and 1955. The congregation, seen from behind, sits cross-legged on the floor with their hands held up in front of their chests. White robes...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Angkor Wat: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 8; Angkor was the royal capital of the Khmer empire from 802–1431 CE. Angkor's long-lasting prosperity was based on the local abundance of three resources: water, fish, and the rice crops grown on soil nourished by...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Buddhists today: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 18; Prior to European colonial rule in the 1800s, Theravada Buddhist monks served as major councillors to ruling Southeast Asian kings. It was the king's job to protect the people and the monasteries, and to rule wisely. It was the monks' job to bless the king...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Vietnam: A timeline: Major events and eras in the history of what is now Vietnam from the first millennium BCE to the present.

Exhilaration: This example of Sacred Harp or shape-note singing was recorded in Alabama in 1979. The first part of the song has no lyrics; the singers sing only the names of the notes. The public radio documentary Sacred...; Format: audio/music

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.

From documents to digitization: To design a research project using primary sources from the Web, you'll need to know what's out there and how to find it. This article explains what's available, why, and where.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Culture everywhere: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.3; In their study of culture, students will use a chart to show the different ways that cultures meet basic human needs and recognize that archaeologists study how people from past cultures met basic needs by analyzing and interpreting the artifacts and sites that they left behind.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Inference by analogy: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.12; Students will use historical sources and an archaeological site map to infer the use or meaning of items recovered from a North Carolina Native American site based on 17th-century European settlers' accounts and illustrations. They will also describe prehistoric lifeways based on archaeological and ethnohistoric information and explain why archaeologists use ethnohistoric analogy.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

Shadows of North Carolina's past: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.2; Students will infer past Native American lifeways based on observation, construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history, and compare these lifeways and discuss how they are different and alike.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

Quick study: Woodland Period: A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Woodland Period and its key characteristics.

The forest people: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.3; Paleoindian culture died out across North America by 8000 BC. Archaeologists say this was bound to happen. The Ice Age had ended, the megafauna were extinct, and the boreal forests faded as deciduous ones spread across the East in the warmer climate. Faced with significant environmental changes, the Native Americans adapted. Archaeologists call their way of life and the time in which they lived Archaic.

The village farmers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5; North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.

Sample welcome letter and syllabus: Dear Parent or Guardian, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about working with your child this semester [or year]. I love teaching [insert subject] because I care deeply about each of my students....; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

The sounds of prayer in Southeast Asia: This minilesson uses audio recordings of the prayers of three different religions as an introduction to the cultural diversity of Southeast Asia.; Format: lesson plan; By David Walbert.

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