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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.

The First Year: Essays on the author's experiences in her first year of teaching: the mistakes she made, what she learned from them, and how she used them to become a better teacher — and how other first-year teachers can, too.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools: These articles provide background on Latino immigrants in North Carolina, administrative challenges in binational education, and strategies through which teachers can build on what Latino students bring to their classrooms to create a learning environment that meets the needs of all students.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences: Photographs and text tell the story of fishing, trade, and Chinese influence on the history and culture of Vietnam.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Math for multiple intelligences: How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students — by using thematic planning, emphasizing problem solving, and teaching to multiple intelligences.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Classroom management: A guide to LEARN NC's collections, designed especially for new teachers.; Format: bibliography/help

Meherrin Indian Tribe: Attend a Pow-Wow and see demonstrations of Meherrin Indian culture through dance, a drum competition, pottery, and beading.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Cherokee clans: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 4.1; Introduction Hollywood movies have not accurately portrayed American Indians who lived in North Carolina. By researching and role playing the seven clans of the Cherokee, the false stereotypes will be replaced with factual knowledge and understanding....; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Linda Tabor.

The Changing Face of Mexico: Essays and activities exploring Mexican culture, past and present. Includes historical perspectives, classroom activities, and recipes.; Format: book (multiple pages)

North Carolina American Indian stories: In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Janice Gardner.

Alternatives to the famous person report: In Rethinking Reports, page 3.1; This "rethinking reports" series of articles provides alternative research assignments that challenge students to think critically about historical actors.; By David Walbert and Melissa Thibault.

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

Mandarin Chinese II | 中文课程2: Part two of an online textbook for learning Mandarin Chinese.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Wow! A powwow!: Powwows have long been a tradition in the Native American culture. Even today, powwows are held across the United States and Canada. This lesson plan allows students the opportunity to research powwows, and in the process see that modern day Native Americans have a diverse culture.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Betsy Bryan.

Town Creek Indian Mound (NC Historic Site): This site provided by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History contains information about visiting Town Creek, a section on Montgomery County and the vicinity, a Native American Cultural Synopsis, and a section on the Pee Dee Culture.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

North Carolina Collection Gallery: Early exploration of North Carolina, the Algonquin culture, the Roanoke Island settlement - these are just some of the exhibits that can be seen at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

To know them is to teach them: We must maintain high standards and expectations, incorporate students' experiences into the curriculum, and use culturally relevant materials.; By Barbara Rush.

Junaluska Memorial and Museum: Named an interpretive site along the Trail of Tears, the Junaluska Memorial and Museum "highlights the unique place Graham County has in the history of the Cherokee."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Cherokee County Historical Museum: Students can see artifacts, books, papers, photographs, and other materials significant to the history, culture, and heritage of Cherokee County, NC.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Reading guide: Cherokee women: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.7; These questions will help to guide students' reading of "Cherokee Women" and encourage them to think critically about the text. The questions focus primarily on the Cherokee matrilineal kinship system and on the cultural differences between the Cherokee and the Europeans who arrived in the early 1700s.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

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

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