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Wills and inventories: A process guide: Guiding questions for students investigating daily life in the past through wills, inventories, and probate records.; Format: article/learner's guide; By David Walbert.

About wills and probate inventories: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.1; Explanation of legal documents surrounding a person's death and how historians use them to understand daily life, family structure, and other aspects of the past.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Character education: What would you do?: This lesson is designed to teach character development, problem solving, and teamwork. It can also be used with exceptional students in a high school setting.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)

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.

Educator's guide: Spain and America: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.1; The article "Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest" introduces a lot of information and a number of issues that may be new to students. These suggestions will help you use the article in a way that best fits the needs of your class.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Why is the past important?: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.2; As an introduction to the study of North Carolina's archaeological heritage, students will use personally owned object to share the importance of their past and connect this importance with reasons why the human past is important.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

Site robbers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.6; Students will use an interview with a Native American to write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

The 2004 presidential election in historical context: Historian William E. Leuchtenburg talks about past presidential elections and how the 2004 election fits or defies precedents.; By Kathryn Walbert.

In the spirit of... (museum pre-visit): This is an integrated unit that focuses on masks in cultures as reflections of individual spirits. In this pre-visit lesson, students will explore the cultures of the Western Hemisphere.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); By Shannon Kelly.

The value of money in colonial America: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.5; This article explains the many kinds of money that circulated in colonial America and why it is nearly impossible to say what they were worth "in today's money."; Format: article; By David Walbert.

It's in the garbage: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.9; In studying archaeological concepts, students will analyze garbage from different places demonstrate competence in applying the concepts of culture, context, classification, observation and inference, chronology and scientific inquiry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Creating museum exhibits to understand slavery: In this lesson students will analyze primary source documents from the Built Heritage collection at the North Carolina State University. They will use their textbooks, knowledge of history, observation skills, and inference to draw conclusions about slavery in North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Loretta Wilson.

Coastal weather issues: Planning for a hurricane: The unit is designed for seventh grade students who have been studying Earth and its atmosphere. In this sequence, students are faced with the realistic issue of personal and social decision-making when planning for hurricane strikes, which includes classification, tracking, and monitoring hurricanes, as well as planning for evacuations. The inquiry-based approach involves a WebQuest in which the learner will assume the role of an emergency management team member who must create a preparation plan for the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer/Technology Skills and Science); By Karen Greene.

Cooleemee's Textile Heritage Center: This historic center was built so that the people of the Carolina mill industry would not be forgotten. The center celebrates and strives to preserve their values and their way of life to share with future generations.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Intrigue of the Past: Lesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods.; Format: book (multiple pages)

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.

Global education as good pedagogy: A wide variety of teaching strategies and resources pass under the name of global education. This article provides strategies for evaluating global education and ensuring that it focuses on students' academic success.; By Suzanne Gulledge.

Elizabeth, A Colored Minister of the Gospel, Born in Slavery: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.9; In this excerpt from her 1863 memoir, Elizabeth (her last name, if she had one, is unknown), a former slave, tells of her conversion to Christianity and her work as a minister. She faced opposition to her ministry both because she was African American and because she was a woman. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

Culturally relevant teaching: Culturally relevant teaching is a term created by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1994) to describe "a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes."; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

"For What Is a Mother Responsible?" -- Idealized motherhood vs. the realities of motherhood in antebellum North Carolina: In this lesson for grade 8, students analyze a newspaper article about motherhood from a North Carolina newspaper in 1845 and compare it to descriptions of motherhood from other contemporary sources. Students will also compare these antebellum descriptions to the modern debates over mothers' roles in American society.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Kathryn Walbert.

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