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

CEU courses open for enrollment

Reading, Writing and Research: Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum
Turn your students into savvy consumers of information. Explore reading and writing instruction and information literacy concepts, and learn to effectively integrate these literacy skills into your teaching, regardless of the subject or grade level.
Take this course: Begins May 4.

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Moses Cone Memorial Park and Flat Top Manor
This historic mansion houses one of five shops of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The crafts which include jewelry, pottery, glass figurines, and framed and unframed artwork are handmade by over 300 regional artists. Visitors can hear how the artists have come to make these wonderful crafts.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Historic Murfreesboro
Students will enjoy taking a trip to the Murfreesboro historic district and exploring the houses and buildings on the tour.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mountain Farm Museum
Historic buildings, farm animals, and demonstrations can be seen at the Smoky Mountains National Park Mountian Farm Museum.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Iredell Museums: The Children's Museum
From hands-on learning experiences in the arts, culture and sciences to exhibits, programs, classes, and performances there is so much to do at the Children's Museum.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
North Carolina Homespun Museum
Visit the North Carolina Homespun Museum and see crafts, photographs and other memorabilia from the Biltmore Industries of yesteryear.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Museum of the Native American Resource Center
The exhibits on display at this museum include prehistoric tools and weapons, 19th century Lumbee artifacts, contemporary Indian art and items which represent Native Americans from all over North America.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Davenport Homestead
See what everyday life was like over 200 years ago at the Davenport Homestead. The main house is the original home of Washington County's first state senator, Daniel Davenport.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Poplar Grove Plantation
Students will enjoy touring the big house and tenant farmer's cabin, the craft shops, and the blacksmith's shop at Poplar Grove Plantation.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Hiddenite Center
See gemstones and minerals, a restored historic home, a gallery of art work and folk art, and a doll museum at Hiddenite Center.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Old Depot Association
The museum provides exhibits that honor the local and mountain heritage and crafts. A photographic exhibit in the Caboose Museum shows the pictures of the history of the depot and has railroad memorabilia and music of the era.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
St. James Place Museum
This is a private folk art museum housed in the restored old Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church. It features pieces from the personal collection of Dr. Everette James, Jr., a native of Robersonville and former chair of Radiology at Vanderbilt University.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Gorgeous glittery glasses
The students will use lower case g to create glasses for letter g representation.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Debbie Davis.
Blue Ridge Parkway Folk Art Center
Students will enjoy visiting the folk art center and learning about the heritage of the southern Appalachian mountain people.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Asheville Art Museum
Through works of art in permanent and special exhibition, students will learn about the rich history of visual arts in North Carolina.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Official site of the museum of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
John C. Campbell Folk School
The Folk School offers visitors a chance to experience a special blend of history, art, and natural beauty in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Bea Hensley, Blacksmith
A National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Bea Hensley has been blacksmithing since he was a young man. Today, he and his son give demonstrations of traditional techniques to create fine ornamental ironwork.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Newspaper words
Students will use newspapers to find the letters for certain words, such as spelling words, or words with certain beginnings or endings, and then create those particular words by cutting and pasting.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Emily Goodson.
The African American State Fair
In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.10
For several years in the late nineteenth century, African American farmers held their own state fair in Raleigh to showcase improvements in agriculture.
Format: article
By Jim L. Sumner.
Stanly County Historic Preservation Commission Museum
Stanly County created this museum to preserve the heritage resources of the area for generations to come. The exhibits cover the history of Stanly County from ancient times to the present.
Format: article/field trip opportunity