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- 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.
- Around the world in multimedia
- LEARN NC offers a collection of more than 2,000 high-resolution photographs and audio recordings from Asia and Latin America, with historical and cultural context and related lesson plans.
- Format: article/help
- Topics in Social Studies Education
- In Preservice teacher education resources, page 2.2
- Resources Specific to Social Studies Social Studies Teaching Methods The Paideia Seminar Paideia embodies an educational approach...
- Format: article/teacher's guide
- Around the world, a multicultural unit
- The students will listen to stories from different cultures. They will participate in directed discussion, followed by a related art activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts, Guidance, Healthful Living, and Social Studies)
- By Judy Cliver.
- Why study a foreign language?
- Foreign language study enhances academic skills, raises SAT scores, and prepares students for careers.
- By Bernadette Morris.
- Project-based learning
- Project-based learning is a teaching approach that engages students in sustained, collaborative real-world investigations. Projects are organized around a driving question, and students participate in a variety of tasks that seek to meaningfully address this...
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Social Studies Methods: 9-12 Model Lessons
- In Preservice teacher education resources, page 2.5
- World History Critical Understandings: ancient civilizations, medieval civilizations, first age of global interaction, exploration and expansion, Age of Revolutions and Rebellions, modern era, and the last half of the twentieth century...
- Format: article/teacher's guide
- 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.
- Social Studies Methods: 6-8 Model Lessons
- In Preservice teacher education resources, page 2.4
- Essential Standards History Critical Understandings: using historical thinking, expansion and decline of civilizations, modern societies, global interactions, North Carolina history, US history Name...
- Format: article/teacher's guide
- Tools of the trade for information seekers
- A guide to understanding and using search engines, directories, and the invisible web.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- North Carolina Zoo
- Everything teachers and students need to know to plan a very special trip to the Zoo. If you can only visit online, this website offers an array of resources including games, images, and interactive tours of the special exhibits and animals as well several educational resources for teachers.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Teaching the European Union
- This article presents the European Union — often seen as an "extra" in instruction — as an integral part of the government, economy, history, and culture of Europe. It offers background on the EU, and ideas for deepening understanding of the EU every time you teach Europe.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Regina Higgins.
- Learning with the World: Global Languages in North Carolina — Chinese
- This video on critical language education in North Carolina is part of a series from UNC-TV called "Learning with the World: Global Languages in North Carolina." The episode focuses on Chinese immersion and briefly features North Carolina educators and students....
- Format: video/video
- 2010 Census
- In March, the 2010 Census will be mailed to every household in the United States in an effort to count every man, woman, and child. This selection of resources provides information on the 2010 Census, lessons and activities that use census data, and historical information on the federal census.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Teaching contemporary Europe
- We know how to teach Europe’s past, but what about the present? This article offers strategies and resources for teaching today’s Europe, using online resources from the Center for European Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Regina Higgins.
- Weather watchers
- This is a week long activity during which the students record the weather, track weather changes, and make predictions about future weather patterns.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Science)
- By Virginia Shaddix.
- Making the most of culture kits
- Culture kits — everyday objects from the country or region you're studying — can bring your lessons to life. This article will get you started using culture kits in your social studies classroom and gives contacts for borrowing culture kits from programs at UNC and Duke.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Regina Higgins.
- Using EUROPA to teach the European Union
- Finding resources for teaching the European Union can be a challenge. This article introduces strategies for using free resources available on the official EU web site, EUROPA, to deepen understanding of the European Union.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Regina Higgins.
- India
- Having had few opportunities to learn about Asia when they were in school, many teachers find themselves challenged when faced with teaching their own students about India. We've put together a variety of resources from our collections that will not only provide you with the background information you need to know about the history, culture, and religions of India, but will also furnish you with the professional materials you need to catch your students interest and teach effectively about this complex nation.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Key industries: Tobacco
- In Recent North Carolina, page 3.9
- An overview of the recent history of the tobacco industry in North Carolina.
- Format: article
