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The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.; Take this course: Begins February 2.

end-of-grade test: Tests given in North Carolina to students in grades 3–8 designed to assess competencies defined by the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Tests are administered during the last three weeks of the school year.
end-of-course test: Tests given in North Carolina at the end of high school courses to assess competencies defined by the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Tests are administered during the last ten days of an academic year.

Transpiration lab: In this activity, your students will observe the process of transpiration. They will determine the rate of transpiration for one plant branch.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Sadie Buie, James Caldwell, Jeanette Fredericks, Janice Shue, Katie Wadsworth, and Tracy Watson.

Magnetic magic: Students will explore and experiment with a magnet's mysterious invisible strength by rotating through five hands-on centers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Thelma Pike.

Chutes and ladders - Quadratic equations review: This lesson is designed as a review lesson for solving quadratic equations. Students will play the game "Chutes and Ladders," modified for quadratic equations, as they review for the test.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics); By michelle longest.

Listening while you work: Using informal assessments to inform your instruction: In The First Year, page 2.2; Ongoing classroom assessment can be informal, but it provides invaluable information about what students are actually learning.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Teaching "style": This exercise works best as a review at the mid-point or end of a literature course. Paired students describe the style of ten authors ranging from "ornate" to "plain," and then compare the authors' styles through a designated series of metaphors.; Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts); By Charlotte Osterman.

Stay still: In this lesson students will learn about stability. They will design and build an earthquake-proof house that takes into account the forces acting upon it and the materials with which it will be built. The house will be tested in a “shake table.” Students will be assessed by the product itself as well as their analysis of the results of the test.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science); By Erin Denniston.

Jellybean equations: Students will build chemical compounds using jelly beans and toothpicks to visually balance chemical equations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Nancy H. Sanders.

Trees in your own backyard: This activity lets students discover the benefits of urban forests by looking at trees on the schoolyard. Students will read a synopsis of the 400-year history of communal forests, survey their schoolyard trees, and draft a schoolyard tree ordinance.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Lucy Laffitte.

Feel in the blanks: The following lesson is designed to function as a review of beginning, middle, and end and an introduction to individualized imagination, creativity, and perspective as it relates to the development of dialogue (i.e. improvisation).; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); By Lei Knight.

Foreword: Developing online resources for beginning teachers is not easy. What new teachers need most of all is a mentor — an experienced, thoughtful, successful teacher who can take the time to guide them through their first year. They need someone to steer them...; By David Walbert.

So many choices, so little time: This lesson will introduce students to Theoretical and Experimental Probability using Crazy Choices and Spinner, a resource of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop Interactivate Your Bored Math Students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Beth Jorgensen.

Call and response singing: This lesson is a study of call and response singing, especially as it relates to African-American spirituals.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education); By Melody Moore.

Geometry charades: The students will physically act out and demonstrate the meanings of various given geometric terms.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

Cause and effect: Students will identify and interpret cause and effect as expressed in poetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); By Rochelle Mullis.

Improving student essay writing: English II teachers are constantly searching for strategies to improve students' analytical responses to literature. This lesson is designed for all types of learners, offering various activities for all learning styles. Individual, small group, and whole class activities on essay writing culminate with the student writing his or her own formal response to literature.

This generic writing activity may be used with any literary unit and at any point in your students' development of the writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Shawn Parker.

Scannability: organizing for the web: In Writing for the Web, page 5; How you organize and format your writing can go a long way toward making it readable.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Slavery and bias in historic West Africa: A case of he said, he said: In this lesson, students will examine three primary source documents concerning West African history, and will work to discover the similarities and differences between the documents. Students will discover the biases revealed by the authors of the documents.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Shane Freeman.

Sample welcome letter and syllabus: Dear Parent or Guardian, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about working with your child this semester [or year]. I love teaching [insert subject] because I care deeply about each of my students....; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Multiplying polynomials: In this lesson, students apply their knowledge of distributive property to multiply polynomials. The process of multiplying by the FOIL method is developed. The English Language Development goals and objectives for this lesson are for a Novice High English Language Learner (ELL).; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development and Mathematics); By Seth Beale and Wendy Sumner.

Primary fitness skills unit: The main focus of this unit is primary physical fitness skills assessment and development. With PE class scheduled once a week, fitness assessment becomes a challenge. This unit keeps students moving and at the same time assesses their primary fitness skills in each lesson.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Healthful Living); By Bozena Mielczak.

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