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- Funds of knowledge
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 2.1
- Teachers can use "funds of knowledge," the knowledge students gain from their family and cultural backgrounds, to make their classrooms more inclusive.
- Format: article
- By Janet Kier Lopez.
- Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools
- These articles provide background on Latino immigrants in North Carolina, administrative challenges in binational education, and strategies through which teachers can build on what Latino students bring to their classrooms to create a learning environment that meets the needs of all students.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Invest in Teachers Award
- This article describes LEARN NC's Invest in Teachers Award, with links to an application and information about deadlines.
- Format: article/help
- Discovery learning
- This reference article explains the theory of discovery learning and discusses its history and its use in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Play in the multilingual classroom
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 2.3
- Unstructured play is an important way for young children to make social and cultural connections. It also fosters language development and literacy skills for both English language learners and native English speakers.
- Format: article
- By Kristin De Soto Madson.
- Deficit thinking
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.2
- Teachers frequently attribute the academic struggles of English language learners to the students' inability or unwillingness to learn English, but this "deficit thinking" can better be replaced by a focus on what immigrant students bring to the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Buck Cooper.
- Bringing current science into the classroom
- In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 1
- How your students can experience current environmental research without leaving the classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Michele Kloda and Dana Haine.
- The economics of the Great Depression
- In The Great Depression and World War II, page 1.2
- A timeline of events and economic trends, 1914–1933, that led to and worsened the Great Depression.
- Format: timeline
- Winston-Salem's early hospitals
- In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 2.7
- In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Winston and Salem, North Carolina, established hospitals to treat those who could not afford regular health care, which was usually provided by doctors in the home.
- Format: article
- The Raleigh Female Benevolent Society
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.9
- Constitution and managers' report of the Raleigh Female Benevolent Society, 1823, describing the society's efforts to educate poor children and provide work for poor women. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: report/primary source
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Working together to get writing right
- Philosophical and practical reasons to support writing across the curriculum in high schools. A WebQuest for teachers.
- Format: article
- By Kim Bowen.
- Fundamental concepts: Introduction
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.1
- British archaeologist Stuart Piggott once called archaeology “the science of rubbish.” There is truth to his statement. Archaeologists spend lifetimes investigating the abandoned remains of ancient societies.
- Cherokee mission schools
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.8
- Description of Spring Place, a Moravian mission to the Cherokee that operated from 1801 to 1833. Describes the education received by Cherokee boys and girls for the purpose of "civilizing" them. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book/primary source
- Archibald Murphey proposes a system of public education
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.6
- Report of a joint legislative committee, 1817, laying out a complete plan for statewide public education, including primary schools, academies, and the University of North Carolina. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: report/primary source
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- 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.
- Research Triangle Park
- In Recent North Carolina, page 3.1
- The Research Triangle Park (RTP) was founded by a committee of government, university, and business leaders as a model for research, innovation, and economic development. By establishing a place where educators, researchers, and businesses come together as collaborative partners, the founders of the Park hoped to change the economic composition of the region and state, thereby increasing the opportunities for the citizens of North Carolina.
- Format: article
- Reaching Latinos through social studies
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.1
- Teachers can help immigrant students feel more comfortable in the classroom by basing social studies lessons on students' own knowledge and backgrounds.
- By Paul Fitchett.
- Isolating a potato killer
- In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 2
- In this lesson, students use Koch’s postulates to demonstrate the causal relationship between microbe and disease by transmitting Phytophthora infestans from an infected potato tuber to a healthy potato specimen.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Rebecca Hite.
- From rural Mexico to North Carolina
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.2
- Most immigrants to North Carolina from Mexico come from rural areas, and it is valuable for teachers to understand these students' cultural backgrounds.
- Format: article
- By Regina Cortina.
- The process of archaeology
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.11
- Archaeologists use several processes to address questions about the past. They may gather new data by conducting regional surveys to locate archaeological sites. Occasionally sites are partially or completely excavated to address specific research questions or to salvage information prior to disturbance by a development project. All data recovered are thoroughly analyzed following scientific inquiry procedures before conclusions are reached.
- Format: article
