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- The White Oak River: Introduction
- In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 1
- One of the interesting things to do during field study of natural areas is to follow an environmental gradient across the landscape. This is particularly rewarding if your gradient extends up a river, as the exploration takes on the aura of a classic “search...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Tidal creek
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 9
- This photo shows conditions just a few yards away from the shoreline. As you can see from the banks of this tidal creek, the tidal range is at least a foot, and the tide is out. Cord grass dominates the central, depressed, area of this photo, and in the background...
- By Steve Keith.
- The Lost Colony
- Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition was met with constant storms...
- By William M. Wisser.
- 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
- 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
- Pottery workshop
- In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 15
- Figure 13 shows the pottery workshop located near the grinder — but not too near, or everything would get dusty! On the left you can see the wheels at which the potters will work balls of clay into objects like the pitchers on the tables on the right....
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Twelve rules for arranging your classroom
- In The First Year, page 1.1
- You'll want to set up your classroom as quickly as possible, but consider these factors before you start.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Communicating with parents at the beginning of the year
- In The First Year, page 1.3
- Start communicating with parents at the beginning of the year, to establish a relationship before you have anything negative to say.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Creating a safe space for students to take academic risks
- In The First Year, page 1.6
- A classroom culture that encourages students to take academic risks starts with the teacher.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Listening while you work: Using informal assessments to inform your instruction
- In The First Year, page 2.2
- Ongoing classroom assessment can be informal, but it provides invaluable information about what students are actually learning.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Making connections between concepts
- In The First Year, page 2.3
- To help students connect what they're learning, make your expectations clear and ask them what they understand and what isn't working.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- “Discoverie of Guiana”
- In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 5
- Raleigh's 1596 account of his search of El Dorado became a sensation when it was published in England. The book describes Raleigh's motives of treasure hunting and empire building. Some excerpts with annotations are included below.*...
- By William M. Wisser.
- The Lost Colony
- In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 3
- Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted to establish an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition met constant storms...
- By William M. Wisser.
- I know who they are, but who am I?
- In The First Year, page 3.10
- In your efforts to build relationships with your students, be sure to maintain your status as their teacher.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- What causes sea level change, and why is it rising now?
- In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 2
- North Carolina's coastal zone preserves evidence of both the current rise in sea level and the long decline that preceded it (see the Coastal Wetlands field trip included in this series). Evidence of declining sea level is found in the series of old shorelines...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Reading for relevance in literature
- A unit-length instructional plan for using graphic organizers to promote active reading of novels, using The Count of Monte Cristo as an example.
- By Suzanne Micallef.
- Alternative discussion formats: Monuments and memorials
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 5
- Creating monuments or memorials for historical and literary figures encourages students to think creatively and provides a lively structure for an in-class discussion.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Comics in the classroom
- Graphic novels aren't just “literature lite”: they're a genre you can use to explore philosophy, history, human interactions, visual literacy, and more with soon-to-be adults in a high school English class.
- Format: article
- By Ross White.
- How do I use all this data?
- An eight-step checklist and questions for making use of various kinds of education data.
- By Chris Hitch and Ken Jenkins.
- Spiders and monarchs and bees, oh my!
- Exploring the world of insects and spiders can replace children's fear with fascination.
- By Linda Dow.
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