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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Balinese woman buys pieces of raw chicken at an outdoor market
Balinese woman buys pieces of raw chicken at an outdoor market
A Balinese woman in a blue blouse and yellow skirt buys pieces of raw chicken from another woman at an outdoor market. The vendor, wearing a red jacket and a printed cloth around her hair, weighs the chicken pieces with a kilogram balance scale. A set of cylindrical...
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More vivid word choices: Said is dead
The students will expand their vocabulary and learn synonyms for overused words. By using the story Chicken Little by Stephen Kellogg, students will see how an acclaimed author uses many different words for "said."
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)
By Linda Justice.
Sounds from a chicken coop
I lived with a Malaysian family for about two weeks. They invited me, a complete stranger to live in their house and attend their son's wedding. The family lived in a simple 3 bedroom house, they owned one car and a few mopeds, and they had a large yard which...
Format: audio
Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Reidsville, N.C.
Mrs. Eugenia Allen and one of her grandchildren are pictured standing on the front porch of their house. There is a chicken visible at left.
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Green, White, and Red Rice
In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 2.4
To make the Mexican flag, use one recipe of each color of rice and arrange them in the colors of the flag, with sprigs of parsley in the center. Arroz Verde (Green Rice) Ingredients 1 cup (115g) rice 2...
Format: recipe
Colonial cooking
Colonial cooking
This photograph shows how a typical cooking fire might have looked in the colonial era. A kettle hangs over the fire, and a chicken hangs nearby from a string, cooking slowly. The string allowed the chicken to spin, causing it to cook evenly without having...
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Colonial cooking fire: Close-up
Colonial cooking fire: Close-up
Photograph of a re-creation of a colonial-era cooking fire. A kettle hangs over the fire, a few pieces of fish are tied to a board facing the flames, and a chicken hangs nearby from a string, cooking slowly. The string allowed the chicken to spin, causing...
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The Little Yellow Chicken
The students will be following an integrated unit on "Helping." They will use reading, math, social studies, science, technology, and other areas of study. Students will read, as a group, the book The Little Yellow Chicken by Joy Cowley. The students will be incorporating prediction, prior knowledge, comprehension skills, and language skills for the word family "-ook", the vowel sound "e", and the exclamation mark. The technology to be utilized by the students consists of use of the HyperStudio for math review, Math Software, Graph Club to create a graph of favorite party foods, Inspiration to guide and create graphic organizers for writing, and the Ultimate Writing Machine to create their own version of The Little Yellow Chicken. They will also incorporate color words to practice the Spanish Language.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
By diane williams.
The Official Lumbee Vocabulary Test or How to Tell a Lum from a Foreigner
Try this Lumbee vocabulary quiz and see how well you know Lumbee English.
Format: article
By Clare J. Dannenberg, Hayes A. Locklear, Natalie Schilling-Estes, and Dr. Walt Wolfram.
Embryology: Hatching baby chicks
This lesson integrates science, math, communication skills, arts, and social studies through hands-on activities. Students are directly involved in hatching baby chicks.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
By Ann White.
4-H club girl standing next to poultry house
4-H club girl standing next to poultry house
In this black and white photograph, a young woman stands in the grass next to a large poultry house containing dozens of chickens. She wears a patterned dress that comes just below her knees and a scarf wrapped around her head. The poultry house has two parts....
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4-H sale selling chickens in Mecklenburg
4-H sale selling chickens in Mecklenburg
Several large cages full of chickens are the center of attention in this black and white photograph from the 1950s. Four African American 4-H club members are standing behind the cages as they listen to someone up at the podium in front of them. A loud speaker...
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Chickens at Shiloh Farm near Greenville, North Carolina
Chickens at Shiloh Farm near Greenville, North Carolina
These are chickens at Shiloh Farm in Greenville, North Carolina. The farm includes replica mid-nineteenth century plantation buildings, a farm animal petting zoo, a large playground for the kids, picnic and barbecue facilities, and hayrides.
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Chickens in poultry house, Vance County, North Carolina, 4-H Club
Chickens in poultry house, Vance County, North Carolina, 4-H Club
In this black and white photograph, dozens of white chickens are pecking around in a small barn or large poultry house. A boy in jeans and a ball cap leans against a pole looking on. The barn has been wired for electricity and a lightbulb and many cords dangle...
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Buddhist vegetarian festival, food preparation
Ani wants me to eat something, but I am hesitant to order when I learn they cannot eat. There is a misunderstanding during this conversation. I am with Hans and Ani, who live in Trang, Thailand and operate a shop selling crafts and souvenirs. They took me...
Format: audio
Rural electrification: Farm work
Rural electrification: Farm work
Original caption: "Portrait of America. No. 36. Rural electrification in the U.S. This feed mixer on an American farm was economically constructed with plans provided to farmers by the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration. The motor (foreground) which...
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The Columbian Exchange at a glance
In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.2
Countless animals, plants, and microorganisms crossed the Atlantic Ocean with European explorers and colonists in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This chart lists some of the organisms that had the greatest impact on human society worldwide.
Format: article
4-H Rural Life Center
A great place to experience rural life in Halifax County in the early 1900's.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Tarkil Branch Farm's Homestead Museum
Take a trip back in time to this working farm and museum. Comprised of 32 exhibits and over 850 items, students studying North Carolina history will see what it was like living on a farm in the nineteenth century.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The murder of "Chicken" Stephens
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.6
Contemporary newspaper account of the murder of State Senator John. W. "Chicken" Stephens of Caswell County, by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Includes historical commentary.
Format: newspaper