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Collaboration and Teaching in a Virtual World - Carolina Online Teacher Program: Immerse yourself in a three-dimensional learning landscape. You’ll explore the online world known as Second Life, learning its communication systems, avatar creation, and how it can enhance student collaboration.; Take this course: Begins March 17.

Goddesses and musicians: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 3; The central figure resembles dancing female divinities (each called an apsaras) that were said to be created for the entertainment of the main Hindu gods. They often are recognizable from their filmy skirts and spiked crowns, although...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The Garden of Earthly Delights / The Garden of Eden: The Garden of Eden is depicted in The Garden of Earthly Delights, painted by Hieronymus Bosch in 1504. Adam and Eve are shown with God, presumably just after their creation. Around them are various African animals.; Format: image/painting

Comparing creation stories: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.5; In this activity, students compare creation stories from three peoples -- Cherokee, European, and West African -- that met in colonial North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Great City: In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 13; The images represent a Hindu myth of creation called the Churning of the Sea of Milk. On one side of the causeway, fifty-four guardian deities (called devas) pull the head of a mythical serpent or "naga." On the other side, fifty-four images of...; By Lorraine Aragon.

The golden chain: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.5; This creation story told by the Yoruba of West Africa describes how Olorun (the all-powerful being) lived with heavenly beings called orishas around a young baobab tree in the sky, until a curious orisha asked permission to create something solid in the watery world below.

Bedding planes: In Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont, page 8; The quartzite layers that make up the pinnacle of Pilot Mountain also comprise the erosion-resistant cap rocks of Hanging Rock and the two ridges that separate these pinnacles. This uniformity suggests a common origin of this material, and geologists theorize...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Creature creation: An elaboration writing activity: This lesson will focus on the writing element of elaboration. It will also tap into higher order thinking skills with the creation of a Coastal Plain imaginary animal and a creative story about the creature. This lesson could be linked to 4th grade Science and Social Studies objectives. For more in-depth knowledge in those other subjects, go to the lesson entitled Researching the Coastal Plain; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Ana Sanders and Heather Ennis.

Pacific Islands: A profitable paradise: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.9; In this lesson for grade seven, students conduct research and make travel brochures for the Pacific Island targeted at specific audiences. Students discuss career possibilities related to making travel brochures.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Meredith Ebert.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.

World War I - The impact of WWI on Mecklenburg County: This is a fun and engaging computer activity designed to help students understand how a war in Europe can effect a town in North Carolina. This lesson is part of a unit on World War I. This lesson may be used in a World History class or United States History class. It will deals with the creation of Camp Greene in Mecklenburg County and the impact the camp had on the inhabitants of Charlotte. The lesson will also focus on changes that occurred in Charlotte during WWI.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies); By Billie Clemens.

DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program: The DESTINY (Delivering Edge-Cutting Science Technology and Internet Across North Carolina for Years to Come) Traveling Science Learning Program is Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s formal science education initiative serving pre-college teachers and students across North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

How the world was made: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.3; This Cherokee creation story, written down in the 1800s, describes how the earth was created from soft mud "when all was water."; By James Mooney.

The Mariposa Grove Museum in Yosemite National Park, CA: The Mariposa Grove Museum in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California. It is located where Galen Clark, an advocate for creation and protection of the park, once built a cabin in 1861. The museum houses exhibits on the history and ecology of the...; Format: image/photograph

A very short history of the English language: Students apply their knowledge of world history to research the major influences on the language that has become the English we speak today. Students then develop a timeline of events in Britain and explain the contributions of the various invading groups to the English language.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Carla Shinn.

Colonial cooking fire: Close-up: Photograph of a re-creation of a colonial-era cooking fire. A kettle hangs over the fire, a few pieces of fish are tied to a board facing the flames, and a chicken hangs nearby from a string, cooking slowly. The string allowed the chicken to spin, causing...; Format: image/photograph

Bloomerism: Sketch from the British Punch magazine, 1851, shows women wearing bloomers. It is titled "Ladies of the Creation — Bloomerism," and the caption reads, "A probable incident if bloomerism isn't put down. Maid: 'If you please, Miss, the dressmaker...; Format: image/illustration

Going batty: Part II: Students will apply the knowledge they've gained about bats to create bat poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Phases of the moon: Young children may have the idea that the moon actually changes shape. This lesson explains that this apparent change is a result of the moon's revolution around the earth.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science); By Jacquelyn Arthur.

The creation and fall of man, from Genesis: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.4; The creation story from the biblical Book of Genesis describes how God created heaven and earth, plants, animals, and people; and later how the first people were cast out of the Garden of Eden as punishment for eating from the "tree of knowledge of good and evil."

The four factors of production: Students will learn to identify and explain the four factors of production: land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By penn pace.

Welcome to the New World: This lesson provides students an opportunity to read and interpret writings of the late 1500's and to transfer the information provided in the writings into a visual medium as a means of understanding and interpretation. The lesson also provides students practice in persuasive techniques.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Barbara Jean.

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