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- Why inquiry?
- The rationale for using discovery learning methods in teaching science.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Educator's guide
- Elementary lesson plans Elementary lesson plans based upon Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was, study primary source documents and visuals,...
- Format: lesson plan
- Educator's guide: The arrival of Swiss immigrants
- Teaching suggestions to help your students synthesize the information in the article "The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Critical thinking and art with The Snowy Day
- This lesson will focus on the illustrations from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The students will describe what makes illustrations worthy of a Caldecott Award. In addition, the students will complete an art project that will allow for creative critical thinking to compliment the illustrations in the book.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education and Information Skills)
- By Caryn Levy.
- Primary source letters lesson plan
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 1
- This is one of a series of activities that will help educators use the Tobacco Bag Stringing project materials in their classrooms. Throughout the series students will learn about tobacco stringing, study primary source...
- Format: lesson plan
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- It's an ad!
- How do marketers target kids — and how can we teach kids to know the difference between advertising and fact? These websites provide strategies to build critical thinking skills for media literate kids.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Media Literacy
- How do you know if something is true? How can you figure out if someone is trying to influence or sell to you? Put yourself in their shoes and consider the source! Check out this selection of websites from our Best of the Web.
- Format: bibliography/help
- A successful day? Engaging your students may not be enough
- In The First Year, page 2.1
- To ensure that you meet your objectives, plan backwards from what you want students to learn.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Reading images: an introduction to visual literacy
- Images are all around us, and the ability to interpret them meaningfully is a vital skill for students to learn.
- By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity three
- In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing.
- Format: article (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- North Carolina's physical and cultural geography
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.3
- In this lesson students will make assumptions about the influence of geography on various aspects of historical human and cultural geography.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Goals, goals, goals
- Students will be introduced to the benefits of goal-setting and the steps in the goal setting process. A group activity with a ball will give students practice in all steps of the process and an opportunity to see the benefits of setting goals.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–8 Guidance)
- By Pat Nystrom.
- Ecosystem problem solving
- Students will apply their knowledge of ecosystems and the interdependence of plants and animals to creatively solve problems.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Kelley Turner.
- Primary sources: a process guide for students
- Questions to consider when reading primary source documents.
- By Dan McDowell.
- What in the world does this have to do with maps and globes?
- This lesson focuses on the similarities and differences between a globe and a flat world map. It introduces critical vocabulary relating to cardinal directions and longitude and latitude.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Development and Social Studies)
- By Phebe Watson and Sylvia Easterling.
- Teen job search
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.3
- In this lesson plan, students research three jobs and draft a written response explaining how their skills and experiences have prepared them for those jobs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity one
- This activity for grades 3–6 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an adapted introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- 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.
- Science as a verb
- Inquiry science requires active relationships between students, teachers, and science. Building these relationships is a three-step process that involves thinking about inquiry as a process of science, as a pedagogical strategy, and as a set of skills and behaviors to encourage in students.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Amy Anderson and David Walbert.
- The Learning Page: Getting started with primary sources
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 5
- Introduces a primary sources guide made available through the Library of Congress's The Learning Page. You'll also get an introduction to some of the LOC's lessons that will help your students use primary source materials.
- By Melissa Thibault.
