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- 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
- Trick or truth: Recognizing the hottest trends in advertising
- Students will study commercials and advertising techniques, will work in groups to select different types of ads from magazines, and make a collage to illustrate one of the ten techniques advertisers use.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Kathy Idol.
- Cedarock Historical Farm
- Relive the American way of life at this farm which dates back to the 1830s.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Digital game-based learning
- Digital game-based learning (DGBL) is an instructional method that incorporates educational content or learning principles into video games with the goal of engaging learners. Applications of digital game-based learning draw upon the constructivist theory of education.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Would you really buy that? Persuasive techniques in advertising
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.9
- In this lesson plan, students learn about the persuasive techniques used in advertising and try to identify the techniques in a variety of ads.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.
- Persuasive speaking: A classroom model
- In Arts of persuasion, page 3
- A plan for teaching persuasive speaking in the middle school classroom, with tips for speakers and on how to recognize bias.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- Design
- Both math and art include elements of design. Explore the relationship between form and function as well as pattern, shape, and space using these educational resources.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Keys to success for English language learners
- Tips that any teacher in any classroom can use to help ESL students learn the curriculum while learning English.
- By Audrey L. Heining-Boynton.
- Bird watching made elementary
- Observing and identifying birds can be a gateway to a variety of learning experiences. This primer will get you started birding.
- By Linda Dow.
- Montessori
- The Montessori philosophy is a holistic view of children that builds on natural curiosity and develops a love of learning by creating environments which foster the fulfillment of children's highest potential. History of Montessori In her medical practice,...
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Flyers, brochures, and workshop tools
- Want to learn more about how you can use LEARN NC's website and resources in your classroom — and share your knowledge with others? Whether you're adding to your own toolbox or arranging staff development, these tools will get you started. All flyers and brochures may be downloaded, printed, and distributed for purposes of sharing information about LEARN NC's website and services.
- Format: /help
- Focus on Planet Earth
- LEARN NC has developed a resource guide of interactive websites, integrated lesson plans, idea-generating articles, and inspiring field trips to help you incorporate environmental themes in your classroom, school, and community.
- Format: bibliography/help
- High school history and English: Natural partners
- In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 1
- Strategically plan a collaborative unit and overcome those everyday obstacles that prevent success. While this article focuses specifically on English-history collaboration, there is much to kindle the interest of any high school teachers.
- By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.
- Reaching Latinos through social studies
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.1
- Teachers can help immigrant students feel more comfortable in the classroom by basing social studies lessons on students' own knowledge and backgrounds.
- By Paul Fitchett.
- Camp Earth bound: Problem solving and finding for fun
- Students will work together in small groups of four to six students to solve the following word problems. Their solutions will require them to practice interview techniques and create a database and/or spreadsheet of their results. This information will be the basis of the answers to the following eight word problems. Skills such as area, cost, calorie count, ratio, percentage and scale, as well as persuasive writing will be applied.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- North Carolina Thinking Skills: An introduction
- There are five dimensions in the model of thinking skills used to classify questions for the state's assessment tests.
- Format: article
- By Tom Munk.
- Learning to look at art
- Strategies for helping students develop visual literacy in looking at paintings and other forms of visual art.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Oral history links and resources
- In Oral history in the classroom, page 6
- Guides, tips, lesson plans, and examples of student projects on the web.
- Format: article
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- The George Moses Horton Project: Celebrating a triumph of literacy
- The only American poet to publish books of poems while living in slavery, George Moses Horton is an inspiration for the power of literacy in our lives.
- By Marjorie Hudson.
- Quiet leadership
- Tips for leading effectively behind the scenes.
- By Chris Hitch.
