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- YMI Cultural Center
- This cultural center was created to preserve the visual and performing arts heritages of African-Americans and other minorities. The Center has an art gallery with over 100 works of art from renowned artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers. It also offers art classes to all age groups.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Crossing Cultures: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for Crossing Cultures, a course to help teachers gain a greater awareness of their own cultural background, as well as acquire tools to interact appropriately and effectively with people from a variety of cultures.
- Format: syllabus
- When teachers don't understand
- Teaching should be informed not only by the content of the discipline but also by the lives of the students.
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Around the world in one semester!
- This lesson is a semester-long project that focuses on countries that speak the target language. Students will research a chosen country and do an oral presentation for the class. They will then research and present a current event weekly for the remainder of the semester.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
- By Crystal Humphrey and Michelle Chrismon.
- Around the world, a multicultural unit
- The students will listen to stories from different cultures. They will participate in directed discussion, followed by a related art activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)
- By Judy Cliver.
- The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough
- Take students on a guided walking tour through Hillsborough's historic district and go inside the Norwood Law Office, the Orange County Historical Museum, the Burwell School Historic Site, and the Hughes Academy. Along the way they will also see the Old Orange County Courthouse, historic churches, cemeteries, colonial and antebellum homes, and much more.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Teaching about North Carolina American Indians
- This web edition is drawn from a teachers institute curriculum enrichment project on North Carolina American Indian Studies conducted by the North Carolina Humanities Council. Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, webliographies, and lesson plans about North Carolina American Indians.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Language change in North Carolina's cities
- In this activity, students view a video about the changing dialects of North Carolina's urban areas and then respond to a series of questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Hannah Askin.
- Spanish and Hispanic English in North Carolina
- In this lesson, students will listen to audio recordings and view a video clip in order to gain an understanding of the Hispanic English dialect.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Hannah Askin.
- Who's Your Mama?: A Family Who's Who
- This is the first of two lessons that can be used with Cynthia Rylant's book, The Relatives Came. Students will read, draw, role-play and sing about family roles and titles.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Social Studies)
- By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.
- Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the course Teaching English Language Learners in Your Online Course which examines the needs of English Language Learners and students with low academic literacy skills within the context of online courses.
- 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
- Rock art
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.3
- Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Bridging language barriers
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.3
- How schools can ease the transition for Latino immigrant students.
- By Regina Cortina.
- India's path to independence
- This interdisciplinary plan includes the study of the effects of imperialism and India's struggle for independence through history texts, literary works, and online resources. Activities include a seminar, research, and a news broadcast. Although this unit is designed for integrated English II and World Civilizations, lessons can be adapted to other class structures.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Marian Johnson.
- Opening an Hispanic restaurant
- This lesson focuses on vocabulary and currency associated with food, restaurants, and menus. Students conduct research to create an authentic menu with a companion recipe books. The lesson culminates in short presentations and food samples.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
- By Susan Canipe.
- Masks in Burkina Faso and Cherokee clans
- Focuses on the seven masks of the Cherokee clans and the masks in Burkina Faso (Africa). Students explore different masks through individual and group projects demonstrating their understanding of the roles masks play in the Cherokee culture and the African culture in Burkina Faso.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Second Languages)
- By Maguy Techer-Yancey.
- The big, bad, red wolf: Fact and fantasy
- This lesson will explore the myths and legends surrounding wolves. We will also investigate factual information about the endangered red wolf.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science)
- By steven sather.
- Formulating questions to meet information needs of ESL students
- A multi-activity lesson plan to teach the concept of asking engaging, researchable questions prior to reading which leads to effective inquiries during project work. Using engaging questions creates a sense of connectedness by linking academic contents with students' personal concerns. The lesson is primarily designed for English Language Learners although it can be adapted for mainstream students. This lesson can also be modified for use with grades 4-8.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Development and Social Studies)
- By Deborah Wilkes, Kristi Triplett, and Karen Waller.
- Dialect Awareness in Literature and Life
- Dovey Coe, a young adolescent novel by Frances O'Roark Dowell of Boone, North Carolina, takes place in the 1930s in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The use of mountain dialect continues to remind the reader of the importance of setting in this novel. The study of a selection from this novel will help students realize the impact of dialect in literature as well as their own speaking and writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.
