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- Student teams achievement divisions
- In this learning model, teams are arranged after a teacher-led lesson. Team members tutor one another in order to achieve mastery of new concepts. Then, students take individual quizzes, but the team evaluation is based on individual scores. Student teams...
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- To know them is to teach them
- We must maintain high standards and expectations, incorporate students' experiences into the curriculum, and use culturally relevant materials.
- By Barbara Rush.
- Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools
- These articles provide background on Latino immigrants in North Carolina, administrative challenges in binational education, and strategies through which teachers can build on what Latino students bring to their classrooms to create a learning environment that meets the needs of all students.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- 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.
- Basic strategies for assigning homework
- Suggestions for establishing homework assignments and policies.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Thanksgiving cornucopia
- Students will create a cornucopia using pages from magazines to cut the fruit, vegetables and nuts to fill the cornucopia.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education)
- Where are they now? And where are they going?
- In The First Year, page 4.4
- Your standards for students' achievement must be high enough not only to get them through your class, but to prepare them for what lies ahead.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Wilson County winners feeding pigs
- On July 30, 1940, Levi Simmons, Minshew Club member in Wilson County was granted a second A and T College Club Scholarship for achievement in club work. His second project was raising 2 pigs. This black and white photograph shows Levi Simmons feeding his pigs...
- Format: image/photograph
- Classroom environment: the basics
- Your classroom is "home away from home" for you and your students. Make it attractive, comfortable, and functional.
- By Denise Young.
- Climbing the school ladder: A challenging task for immigrant Latino students
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.1
- Teachers play a critical role when helping immigrant children adjust to a new school life. Because immigrants' backgrounds and experiences are so diverse, it is important for teachers no to make assumptions and to get to know individual children.
- By Magda Corredor.
- Lesson plan publication standards
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.2
- Standards for acceptance of lesson plans for publication.
- Format: article/help
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
- Contains a wide variety of biographical materials about Dr. Brown and her work in black education. The historic site includes a visitor's center, Dr. Brown's home, three dormitories, cottages, the bell tower, and the dining hall.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Deficit thinking
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.2
- Teachers frequently attribute the academic struggles of English language learners to the students' inability or unwillingness to learn English, but this "deficit thinking" can better be replaced by a focus on what immigrant students bring to the classroom.
- By Buck Cooper.
- 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.
- The case of the disappearing pitcher plants
- This lesson addresses the cause and effect relationship between human interaction and a North Carolina endangered plant species. A role-playing scenario allows students to view the situation from a variety of positions and to collectively arrive at a solution to the problem.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science)
- By Eddie Hamblin.
- William Hamlin oral history excerpt
- William Hamlin attended segregated schools in Charlotte, NC in the 1950s and 1960s, but later sent his children to integrated schools. Here, he explains his opinions about integrated schools, and why tolerance of others may be more important than legal desegregation....
- Format: audio/interview
- "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.
- Working together to get writing right
- Philosophical and practical reasons to support writing across the curriculum in high schools. A WebQuest for teachers.
- Format: article
- By Kim Bowen.
- Improving your technology utilization
- A quick review can help you determine whether your school is making the most of its technology budget.
- By Chris Hitch.
- Helping Latino students feel comfortable in your classroom
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 2.2
- Most Latino students have experiences, family backgrounds, and expectations that conflict with the expectations of the American classroom environment. By understanding the expectations of Latino students and their parents, teachers can help them to succeed.
- By Sarah Plastino.
