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Sample classroom floor plans: Basic floor plans and explanations for a traditional classroom, discussions/debates, a horseshoe arrangement, and centers.; By Mitch Katz.

One man's home: In this lesson students will examine house plans from the Built Heritage Collection at the North Carolina State University. They will use their knowledge of history, observation skills, and inference to draw conclusions about how the functionality of homes has changed over time to meet the needs of the homeowners.; Format: lesson plan; By Loretta Wilson.

Interior Design Project: Within this lesson, students will role play the job of an interior designer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 ); By Shannon Braxton.

General contractors: Working with area: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.10; This activity for grade six combines math, art, and writing, as students design a floor plan for a house and use calculations of area to arrive at a cost estimate.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Interior design: Designing my dream room: Students will study interior design as a profession. They will integrate their study with math, writing, vocational education, and computer skills by designing their own dream bedroom.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); By Paula Hightower.

Technological inspirations for Biltmore House: In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 2; Architect Richard Morris Hunt and George Vanderbilt first met in 1885, when Vanderbilt was just twenty-two years old. These first meetings between George Vanderbilt and Hunt to complete work in the Vanderbilt family mausoleum began an association that would...

Classroom management: A guide to LEARN NC's collections, designed especially for new teachers.; Format: bibliography/help

Kneeling princes hear about plans for Sita's marriage (Thai Ramayana mural): A Ramayana mural in the Emerald Buddha Temple shows princes gathered to hear how they might compete for Sita's hand in marriage. Young men kneel on a blue tiled floor in a walled courtyard around two small roofed pavillions where announcement of the competition...; Format: image/photograph

Community and Government: This sampling of instructional resources will help students from elementary through high school learn about their communities, the federal, state, and local governments, and how to be responsible and effective citizens.; Format: bibliography/help

Making a topographic profile of your school yard: In Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks, page 2.4; This lesson is part of chapter two of the unit "Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks." Students gather data about the change in elevation of an area on the school grounds. Then they create a topographic map using these data.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science); By Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea Ames, and Karen Dawkins.

Social skills in the classroom: Are teachers responsible for teaching social skills? Especially when working with children with exceptionalities, the answer is yes. This article gives you some strategies.; Format: article; By Kris Zorigian and Jennifer Job.

Occupying Japan: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 9.6; Oral history interview with a North Carolina veteran of World War II who was with the first U.S. forces to go ashore in Japan after V-J Day in 1945. Includes historical commentary.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

A textile mill worker's family: In The Great Depression and World War II, page 3.2; WPA interview with a mill worker in Wake Forest, North Carolina, about her experiences during the Great Depression. Includes historical commentary.; Format: interview/primary source; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Twelve rules for arranging your classroom: In The First Year, page 1.1; You'll want to set up your classroom as quickly as possible, but consider these factors before you start.; Format: article/best practice; By Kristi Johnson Smith.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.

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 5–6 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); By Shannon Kelly.

Experience North Carolina's state parks with EELEs: An EELE is an Environmental Education Learning Experience -- a site-specific program offered by the North Carolina state parks system. EELEs include pre-visit activities, on-site activities and post-visit activities, but they do not necessarily have to be used in conjunction with a group visit. Educators can attend EELE workshops to gain rich educational experiences that provide knowledge, insight, and immediate practical materials for use in the classroom.; Format: article; By Linda Dow.

Teaching world cultures: According to the new Professional Teaching Standards, every North Carolina teacher must promote global awareness in classroom instruction. This article presents some general guidelines and specific strategies for global teaching.; Format: article/best practice; By Regina Higgins.

Living the pioneer life: In this lesson, students will use photographs of Appalachian log dwellings to understand how advances in technology, the desire to own land, and political incentives have resulted in economic and social changes over time for the people of North Carolina. The students will examine text and historical documents to assess the time period in which log cabin structures were built, the reasons for constructing them, and the lives of the people who built these houses.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Sonna Jamerson.

Conversations, questions, and answers for a beginning teacher: A kindergarten teacher begins her career with an excellent support network.; Format: article; By Kathleen Casson.

Building map-reading skills: In Map skills and higher-order thinking, page 5; Now that we know what students can't do, how do we help them develop the skills to read and interpret maps successfully? You may not be surprised to learn that most of the research and literature on this topic stops short of offering actual suggestions....; Format: activity/lesson plan (grade ); By David Walbert.

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