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- Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide
- LEARN NC works collaboratively with educators and other individuals from a variety of backgrounds to develop web-based resources for teachers and students. This manual guides educators through the process of developing content for publication on the web, including writing, design, technical guidelines, and copyright.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Writing for the web
- In Writing for the Web, page 1
- Why teachers need to think about how they communicate on the web.
- By David Walbert.
- Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the course Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course which examines the needs of English Language Learners and students with low academic literacy skills within the context of online courses.
- Team teaching
- Also known as co-teaching or collaborative teaching, team teaching is an instructional strategy used across subject areas primarily in middle grades in a variety of methods. Teams are typically composed of between two and four teachers...
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Using the multimedia library
- Guidelines and instructions on finding and using images, audio, and video in the LEARN NC multimedia library.
- Format: article/help
- Benchmark assessments
- This reference article discusses the concept of benchmark assessments, including arguments for and against standardized benchmark testing and best practices in creating teacher-developed benchmark assessments.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Reading newspapers: Reader contributions
- A learner's guide to reading letters to the editor and other reader contributions in historical newspapers.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- To link or not to link? Using hypertext wisely
- In Writing for the Web, page 6
- Links are the soul of the web, but make sure they support your content rather than detracting from it.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- High school history and English: Natural partners
- In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 1
- Strategically plan a collaborative unit and overcome those everyday obstacles that prevent success. While this article focuses specifically on English-history collaboration, there is much to kindle the interest of any high school teachers.
- By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.
- Fair use
- Fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and "transformative" purpose such as commentary, criticism, or parody. "Fair" uses do not require permission from the copyright owner. This article explains fair use, particularly with respect to education.
- Format: article
- "I Declare, I believe this document May Flower!"
- The learner will apply ideas of self-government as expressed in America's founding documents. To be used with/for SLD and other exceptional students.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Gary Peterson.
- Fair use
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.3
- Fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and "transformative" purpose such as commentary, criticism, or parody. "Fair" uses do not require permission from the copyright owner. Determining fair use...
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Global education as good pedagogy
- A wide variety of teaching strategies and resources pass under the name of global education. This article provides strategies for evaluating global education and ensuring that it focuses on students' academic success.
- By Suzanne Gulledge.
- Works available for use
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.4
- Many works, copyrighted or not, are available to the public for various kinds of use, including republication and distribution. The public domain The public domain comprises works...
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Media mind control
- Some research studies indicate that the common portrayal of violence on television has desensitized children towards it. The purpose of this lesson is to help students redevelop their sensitivity towards violence and develop a critical attitude towards the purpose of violence in television.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)
- By Linda Nelson.
- English language learners
- An introduction to LEARN NC's resources for teachers and administrators working with students with limited English proficiency.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Teaching with disturbing images
- Photographs are especially powerful tools for explaining current and historical events — not least horrible or brutal events, such as war, genocide, famine, terrorism, slavery, and lynching. In fact, photographs are often used specifically to raise an...
- By David Walbert.
- Conjunction of the Cape Fear River and the Northeast Cape Fear River
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 4
- The town of Wilmington is located at the junction of the Northeast Cape Fear and Cape Fear rivers. In this photo the Cape Fear River is entering from the bottom. The water in the Cape Fear River is just turning salty as it reaches Wilmington, the zero salinity...
- By Steve Keith.
- Cooperative learning
- Cooperative learning is an instructional method in which students work together in small, heterogeneous groups to complete a problem, project, or other instructional goal, while teachers act as guides or facilitators. This method works to reinforce a student's...
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Antislavery feeling in the mountains
- In Antebellum North Carolina, page 1.12
- In this excerpt from his book (1860), Frederick Law Olmsted describes his interactions with residents of the Appalachian region and their opinions on slavery. Includes historical commentary. Note: This source contains explicit language or content that requires mature discussion.
- Format: book
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
