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- Muskets and rifles: The soldier's experience
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.5
- In this short film, reenactor Bill Thompson explains late eighteenth-century small arms, including how a flintlock works and the differences between rifles and muskets, and demonstrates the loading and firing of an English "Brown Bess" musket. Filmed during Living History Week at Alamance Battleground.
- India: A filmmaking capital
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.5
- In this lesson for grade seven, students take on the role of film production crew members, planning the production of a trailer for a film about the life of Mohandas Gandhi.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Meredith Ebert.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Friends Fly Together
- Because THE RED BALLOON is a silent film about a little boy (Pascal) and his friendship with a red balloon, students are not distracted by trying to translate spoken text. They can concentrate on what they are watching. They take notes in their home language or English--whichever is more comfortable--on what they see. These informal notes serve as scaffolding for discussion and writing.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Wendy Bell.
- Bringing current science into the classroom
- Activities for middle and high school on groundwater, water quality, and environmental stewardship have students exploring current environmental research without leaving the classroom.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Museum of the Waxhaws and Andrew Jackson Memorial
- The museum has numerous artifacts as well as a film that details the Waxhaws area's history.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Romeo! Why do you have to be a doggone Montague?
- Students will interpret and comprehend Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Act 2, Scene 2 (the balcony scene) through translating the original text and preparing a dramatic presentation of the scene for the class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- By Amanda Rowland.
- The five senses
- The children will learn in this study the five senses through observations and experiments.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Nancy Ziegler.
- Hanuman searches for Sita
- In The Ramayana, page 3.5
- Sequential images of Hanuman looking for Sita in the demon Ravana's palace are seen on a Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The two adjacent images illustrate how framed space is used to indicate time lapses in Thai temple mural paintings. Hanuman,...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Pearl Harbor (from World at War)
- Clip from a film produced by the U.S. Government to educate Americans about the war.
- Format: video/video
- Determining the author's purpose: Analyzing a recruitment video
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.10
- In this lesson plan, students analyze a video about ROTC to determine why the video was created.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.
- Cheoah Dam in Graham County, North Carolina
- This is Cheoah Dam. The dam was started in 1916 and finished in 1919. It is controlled by Fontana Dam, part of the Tennesee Valley Authority. "Cheoah" is the Cherokee word for "otter." This dam was used to film a scene in the 1993 movie The Fugitive starring...
- Format: image/photograph
- Fieldcrest Cannon Village and Textile Museum
- Go back in time and experience Fieldcrest Cannon's fascinating 4500 square foot textile exhibit located in the heart of historic Cannon Village.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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.
- Automobile parade
- This may be the first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered machines. Only three years earlier, in 1896, Henry Ford, Charles Brady King,...
- Format: video/video
- A walk of betrayal: The Trail of Tears
- In this lesson plan for fourth and fifth grades, students will read various resources and watch videos about the Cherokee. They will trace the history of the Cherokee, discuss the outcomes of the impact of the white man, and determine how that intrusion led the Cherokee to the Trail of Tears. The students will examine the survival of the Cherokee and explore their accomplishments into the 21st century.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
- By Mary Towles.
- Bodies of civilians killed in My Lai massacre
- Bodies of civilians, mostly women and children, are strewn in a road after the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968. Some are visibly bloody and the youngest child is probably no older than 1. In 1968, U.S. forces considered the My Lai area to be a stronghold...
- Format: image/photograph
- Polk Memorial (NC Historic Site)
- A congressman for the state of Tennessee and President of the United States, James K. Polk was a native of the state of North Carolina. This historic site celebrates his life and accomplishments.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Reed Gold Mine (NC Historic Site)
- Visitors can explore the gold mine and see historical mining equipment, gold ore, and much more at this North Carolina historic site.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- John C. Campbell Folk School
- The Folk School offers visitors a chance to experience a special blend of history, art, and natural beauty in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- EnergyExplorium
- Take a tour and enjoy the programs offered by Duke Power's EnergyExplorium.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
