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Summative assessment: This article defines summative assessment and lists several examples and common formats.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Learn about your county: This activity will allow fourth grade students in North Carolina to learn more about the counties that surround their home county. Using online images, students will create a multimedia presentation to share with others.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); By Clarice Poovey.

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.

Sex under the influence: The use of alcohol and other drugs increases the risk for unplanned, unprotected sex. This action exposes young people to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. The lesson engages students in the decision-making process regarding risk and checks their understanding of behaviors that put them at risk.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Healthful Living); By Kathy Crumpler.

Artifact ethics: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.5; In their study of archaeological issues students will use ethical dilemmas to examine their own values and beliefs about archaeological site protection. They will also evaluate possible actions they might take regarding site and artifact protection.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance and Social Studies)

Student life at the Normal and Industrial School: In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.4; Excerpt from the student handbook of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School, 1901. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

A Siouan village: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.6; In their study of an excavated village site, students will record observations about a site feature and infer how past peoples used individual features and the site as a whole. They will also summarize how archaeologists use observation and inference to determine past lifeways.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

Harriet Love on integration: In this 1998 oral history excerpt, Love speaks about the motivations people had for supporting integration and starts off with an insightful response. She then goes on to describe many more subtle effects of integration such as the challenged to teachers and...; Format: audio

More than just a rainy day: The water cycle: Students will identify water sources in the school environment in order to understand the origins of our water and to gain perspective about the students' place in the water cycle. Students will learn about the water cycle using a variety of resources and discover connections between the water cycle and the water that they use every day.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Development and Science); By Kelly This and Leigh Thrower.

North Carolina Cherokee Indians: The Trail of Tears: In this two week unit, students will study the Cherokee by participating in literature circles, learning about Native American story telling, writing a letter to Andrew Jackson to protest against the Creek War, and more.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Gina Golden.

Water cycle word study: Students will look at the written similarities in the words used to describe the water cycle (ex., evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, accumulation, condensation), focusing on suffixes and prefixes as a way to gain understanding of those terms. Students will group words by meaning and label a blank water cycle chart based on the categories for the groupings they create. This lesson is designed in conjunction with “More than just a rainy day—the water cycle.”; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science); By Kelly This and Leigh Thrower.

The value of money in colonial America: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.5; This article explains the many kinds of money that circulated in colonial America and why it is nearly impossible to say what they were worth "in today's money."; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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