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Facilitating Online Collaboration - Carolina Online Teacher Program: Develop the skills to facilitate good online communication, moderate online discussion, and promote better accomplishment of instructional goals within the virtual classroom. Communication is the lifeblood of online courses - learn how to make the most of it.; Take this course: Begins May 5.

A New Deal mural in the former Wallace Post Office: This is a New Deal mural in the former Wallace Post Office. It is called "Daydreams" and was painted in 1941 by G. Glenn Newell. The post office is now occupied by a company dealing in coins and jewelry.; Format: image/photograph

A New Deal mural in the Lincolnton Post Office: This is a New Deal mural in the Lincolnton Post Office in Lincolnton, North Carolina. It is titled "Threshing Grain" and was painted by Richard Jansen in 1938. It was restored in 2004.; Format: image/photograph

New Deal Mural in the Warrenton, NC, post office: This is a New Deal Mural in the post office in Warrenton, North Carolina. Warrenton is the seat of Warren County. It is called "North Carolina Pastoral" and was painted by painted by Alice Dineen in 1938.; Format: image/photograph

Reading primary sources: Newspaper advertisements: This interactive guide to reading classified advertisements in a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: newspaper (multiple pages)

Penderlea Homestead Museum: A Homestead Community of the Depression Era: Visit this Depression-era community built by President Roosevelt's New Deal progra, in 1934. The museum in Willard, North Carolina is open on Saturdays and by appointment.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Mural in the Louisburg, North Carolina, post office: This is a mural in the post office in Louisburg, North Carolina. This New Deal mural is entitled "Tobacco Auction" and was painted in 1939 by Richard Kenah. Louisburg is the seat of Franklin County.; Format: image/photograph

Percent of change: What's the deal?: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.5; In this lesson, students calculate percent of change and discuss how percent of change is used in retail careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics); By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.

Paired writing: Hoover and FDR: Taking on the persona of FDR and Hoover, students will write responses to citizens seeking help with real world problems.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Angie Panel Holthausen.

Dune restoration: In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 16; Figure 15 shows the seaward dune on Bogue Banks in the aftermath of Hurricane Fran and the winter storms of 1998. As we saw on Bear Island, there is no level of sand volume or vegetation coverage sufficient to render seaward dunes immune from storm erosion....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Science is a puzzle: Lessons in observation: Simple, fun activities using observation to introduce students to the scientific process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); By Cindy Ellis.

Grow it yourself: Plan a farm garden now.: Poster for the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting victory gardens, showing carrots, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, and potatoes growing.; Format: image/poster

Reading primary sources: Newspaper editorials: This interactive guide to reading a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: newspaper (multiple pages)

William Culp oral history excerpt: Excerpt from oral history interview with William Culp, a teacher who taught at an integrated school in Charlotte. Although he attended segregated schools in the 1950s, William Culp’s children attended integrated schools in Charlotte, NC in the 1970s and...; Format: audio/interview

Domestic work in the nineteenth century: In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.11; Videos of junior reenactors at Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham, North Carolina, show cooking indoors and outdoors and the work involved in doing laundry by hand.; Format: video

Mrs. Emma Cleary: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.12; CLEARY, MRS. EMMA, married; two children; aged 30; husband aged 60; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: William, aged 12 in school. Vassie, aged 8 in school. INCOME: None. HOME CONDITIONS: Own two-room log cabin and forty acres of land. Only five acres...

Sale! Sale! Sale!: Consumer math often requires shoppers to analyze and compare the same products at different stores. In addition to price variations, retailers offer incentives or discounts. This lesson requires students to be informed consumers who calculate three purchasing options and conclude which is the best deal. The activity enables students to apply mathematics to a real-life situation.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Leslie Hawes.

Crucible: Photograph of a crucible surrounded by fireplace coals. A crucible is a cup-shaped vessel used to heat metals to very high temperatures. Because crucibles must be capable of withstanding a great deal of heat, they are usually made of earthenware, or baked...; Format: image/photograph

4-H and Home Demonstration during the Great Depression: During the first few years of the Great Depression, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service agents focused on emergency relief for adult farmers rather than the 4-H program. By 1933 club enrollment fell to its lowest levels since 1925, and the summer...; Format: article; By Amy Manor.

Reading primary sources: Letters: This interactive guide to reading an 18th-century letter steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: letter (multiple pages)

A mural in Whiteville, NC: This is a New Deal mural in Whiteville, North Carolina. The mural is called "Harvesting Tobbacco" and was painted in 1941. It was formerly located in the Whiteville Post Office but was relocated to the auditorium on the campus of Southeastern Community College...; Format: image/photograph

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