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Grammar and editing: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.4; In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about the conventions of grammar and will learn how to write and edit a business letter.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Drop/add policy for online professional development courses: Guidelines explaining when a teacher may be permitted to register for or drop out of an online course.; Format: article/help

Economics: Market surveys: This lesson plan is for an accelerated, academically gifted 4/5th grade combination class. The unit of study is economics (social studies). The SCoS goals and objectives cross grade levels and curriculum areas because of the nature of the children for whom this lesson was designed. This lesson was designed as a supplemental lesson for a unit I taught called Mini-Society (supported by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership). I taught this unit for the first time this year after attending a workshop at Chapel Hill, NC. This lesson enhances the Mini-Society unit in which children create their own businesses.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies); By Denise Delp.

The Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser, 1854 (excerpt): Format: document/book

The tobacco industry and Winston-Salem: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.8; Tobacco was one of two industries that changed Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.; Format: article

Charlotte Business People: Business people of Brooklyn in front of the Queen City Drug Store on East Second Street, Charlotte, North Carolina. c. 1910.; Format: image/photograph

Post-EOG activities: Student products: In this project, students will become entrepreneurs. They will have a business that makes items with 3-dimensional shapes. They will receive various tasks that will require that they make decisions as any other business owner would have to do.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics); By Geneva Williams.

Using handheld technologies in schools: Originally marketed as a personal organizer for on-the-go business executives and ardent technophiles, personal digital assistants (PDAs) have evolved into handheld computing devices and have become one of the most ubiquitous electronic devices. Can these computing devices also be used to help fulfill the promise of educational computing? This series of articles from SEIRTEC is devoted to exploring the possibilities of handheld computing in K-12 schools.

Law enforcement careers: Working with decimals: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.1; In this lesson for grade 6, students will perform basic math operations with decimals and will understand how math is used in law enforcement careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

The Daniel Stanton Mill: Visit this historic mill to see how corn was ground into meal in the past.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Shiloh Farm: An agritourism business designed to show city and suburb dwellers forgotten practices of farming.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A café: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 7; Three young men in long pants and T-shirts sit on red plastic stools at a streetside cafe in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. A woman wearing a headscarf stands nearby beside a rack of items for sale. She carries a plastic bag of goods and is either another...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Hanging tray with stacked bowls of prepared foods sold by street vendor in Hanoi: Bowls of prepared foods being sold by a street vendor are stacked high on a round tray. The tray is suspended by ropes carried on a shoulder pole by the Hanoi food merchant. Customers request and pay for a selected set of side dishes, which they eat with rice....; Format: image/photograph

Women as merchants: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 9; Women throughout Southeast Asia regularly work in outdoor markets, both as preparers and sellers of food items. This woman, at an outdoor market in Hanoi, sells variously colored noodles from large trays. Noodle-making is a fine art in Vietnam, where ingredients...; By Lorraine Aragon.

New machine shop in Plymouth, N.C.: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.12; Broadside advertisement for a machine shop opening in Plymouth, North Carolina, in 1880. Includes historical commentary.; Format: advertisement; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.; Format: book (multiple pages)

The textile industry and Winston-Salem: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.9; Textiles were one of two industries that changed Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.; Format: article

Uncovering assumptions through critical writing: Students will learn to identify assumptions and propaganda techniques in advertisements. They will then use these techniques to create their own advertisement for a product and write a business letter persuading a company to produce their product.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts); By Rennie Lee.

Woman selling noodles at outdoor market in Hanoi: A woman sits at a stall selling piles of noodles from three large trays displayed at an outdoor market in Hanoi. The front pile is brown, the middle one is white, and the rear one is orange. The vendor wears a yellow-striped blouse and her hair is tied back....; Format: image/photograph

Foundation of a diet: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 1; Wherever rice will grow in Southeast Asia, it is grown. Rice is one of the most nutritious and protein-rich grains that humans have domesticated from wild plants. Here, a woman is selling rice in an outdoor market in Hanoi. The round woven basket in front...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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