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- Improving your technology utilization
- A quick review can help you determine whether your school is making the most of its technology budget.
- By Chris Hitch.
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, affirmed and remanded (1955)
- In Brown II the court delegated the task of carrying out the desegregation to district courts with orders that desegregation occur “with all deliberate speed.”
- Format: court decision/primary source
- Using handheld technologies in schools
- Originally marketed as a personal organizer for on-the-go business executives and ardent technophiles, personal digital assistants (PDAs) have evolved into handheld computing devices and have become one of the most ubiquitous electronic devices. Can these computing devices also be used to help fulfill the promise of educational computing? This series of articles from SEIRTEC is devoted to exploring the possibilities of handheld computing in K-12 schools.
- Black codes, 1866
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.6
- Excerpts of legislation passed by the North Carolina General Assembly after the Civil War to limit the freedoms of former slaves. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.
- The murder of "Chicken" Stephens
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.6
- Contemporary newspaper account of the murder of State Senator John. W. "Chicken" Stephens of Caswell County, by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- The State of Franklin
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.2
- Petition from residents of Tennessee County, North Carolina, in 1784, to the General Assembly, requesting that they be permitted to form a new state. Primary source includes historical commentary.
- Format: petition
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971) was an important United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools.
- Format: court decision/primary source
- North Carolina demands a declaration of rights
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.6
- North Carolina initially rejected the United States Constitution, insisting that it be amended and that a Declaration of Rights be added. The text of the proposed declaration and amendments is provided here with historical commentary noting which provisions found their way into the Bill of Rights.
- Format: document
- The North Carolina Constitution and Declaration of Rights
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.14
- Full text of the 1776 state constitution of North Carolina, with historical commentary.
- Format: constitution
- Marketing Song of Roland: The Movie
- This enrichment and review lesson ties the French epic poem Song of Roland to workforce development marketing skills. It allows students to imagine themselves as entrepreneurs engaged in marketing schemes for Song of Roland: The Movie as they read the epic in English world literature class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
- By Betty Eidenier.
- A father's advice to his sons
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.4
- Letter from Charles Pettigrew, Tyrrell County minister and planter, to his sons. Believing himself to be dying, Pettigrew gave them his advice for living a good and Christian life. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Special education in Mexico
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.3
- In the 1990s, the inclusive education movement gained ground in Mexico, which resulted in the mainstreaming of special needs students into regular classrooms. The effects of this movement can be seen in the educational policies and services focusing on special needs students in Mexico.
- Format: article
- By Mary Faith Mount-Cors.
- Wall-to-wall project-based learning: A conversation with biology teacher Kelley Yonce
- This article explains the process of project-based learning (PBL) as it is practiced by Kelley Yonce, a high-school biology teacher who uses PBL throughout the school year. Concrete guidelines for a DNA project are included, as well as rubrics, assessment criteria, and other relevant documents.
- Format: article/best practice (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Dan Lewandowski.
- The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27
- Amendment XI Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795. The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against...
- Format: constitution
- Henry Grady and the "New South"
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.2
- Excerpt from a speech by Atlanta journalist and editor Henry Grady, praising the South's recovery from the Civil War, advocating industrial development, and inviting cooperation between North and South. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: speech
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.
- Science Family Fun Night
- One night a month Vivian Smith opens her classroom to families where they work together to solve logic problems and conduct experiments. Learn how this science teacher increases family involvement in her students' education and find ideas for science experiments, webquests, projects, and construction contests.
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Respecting differences
- This guidance and drama unit offers students the opportunity to identify prejudices and understand how certain character traits such as tolerance, respect, and kindness affect their choice of behavior. Since this lesson addresses sensitive issues, teachers should avoid situations that could be hurtful to individuals or groups. This unit can be adapted to almost any age group or ability level.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Development, Guidance, and Theater Arts Education)
- By Daryl Walker and Judy Peele.
- Critical literacy
- Critical literacy is the ability to read texts in an active, reflective manner in order to better understand power, inequality, and injustice in human relationships. This article outlines the history and theory of critical literacy and details its application in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Venture Smith describes his enslavement
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.5
- Excerpt from a late eighteenth-century book by a freed slave in Connecticut. Describes his capture and enslavement at the age of six. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.
- The Constitution of the United States
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.4
- An original print copy of the Constitution, 1787. Page 2 of 2 of the original printed Constitution. We...
- Format: constitution
