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The Spanish-American War

In North Carolina in the New South, page 6.2

The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power.

Format: article

Blogging: an introduction

Weblogs, or "blogs" for short, have many uses in education, as tools for publication, research, administration, and more.

Format: article

By Bobby Hobgood.

The North Carolina Writers' Network: Literary Hall of Fame

Find biographical information about North Carolina writers who have been inducted into the Literary Hall of Fame. Periodically, this organization holds teacher workshops, check back often to learn more.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Literature-based newspaper: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Students will create an Eatonville newspaper depicting the characters and events in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)

By Jennifer Swartz.

Super sportswriters' camp

Students will identify the parts of a newspaper sports article in order to plan and write their own sports article.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)

Grandparent interview

Students will interview a grandparent and write a news article based upon their interview. They will also do research on historical events to develop questions to be asked during the interview.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)

By Jim Carson.

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)

Digital literature

Electronic books offer numerous benefits: They're usually searchable, they can be made instantly accessible to the visually impaired, they're often free, and, perhaps best of all, they're accessible right now. This list compiles some of the best sources for finding great works of literature on the Web.

Format: bibliography/help

Why study a foreign language?

Foreign language study enhances academic skills, raises SAT scores, and prepares students for careers.

By Bernadette Morris.

What do you see? (post-visit)

In this lesson, students will use observations and reflections made while visiting the Ackland Art Museum to draw conclusions about interpreting artwork (and other works/events), make quality scientific observations, and see how these concepts are related. Students will be reproducing artwork they viewed at the museum, sharing their personal interpretations of various works, and analyzing how the presentation of information (in any situation) can influence our interpretations of a work or event. This lesson is the final lesson in the series of lessons, "What Do YOU See?", which uses the Ackland Art Museum as a resource.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)

By Reagan West.

Henry Grady and the "New South"

In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.2

Excerpt from a speech by Atlanta journalist and editor Henry Grady, praising the South's recovery from the Civil War, advocating industrial development, and inviting cooperation between North and South. Includes historical commentary.

Format: speech

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

Resources on the web

High School Journalism

Considering newspaper journalism as your career? Advising the team of high school journalists working on the school paper? Check out this site! (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: American Society of Newspaper Editors

The Jack London Collection

Jack London was a prolific writer whose fiction explored several regions and their cultures: the Yukon, California, Hawaii, and the Solomon Islands. He experimented with many literary forms, from conventional love stories and dystopias to science fantasy.... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: University of California at Berkeley

Crucible of the Empire: The Spanish-American War

Take your students on an exploration into the Spanish American War and the related issues of Yellow Journalism, Cuba, the Treaty of Paris, and the assassination of President McKinley with information, timelines, sheet music, newspaper articles and headlines... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: PBS

On the Docket

A current listing of the cases pending before the Supreme Court, a 500-word story on each case, additional feature stories on selected cases, links to web sites relevant to the cases, and other related information. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Freedom Forum

A nonpartisan, international approach to educating people about the free press and free speech through evaluations of the mass media and the Newseum's online exhibits including War Stories, Holocaust, the Untold Story and Stories of the Century. Find news,... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Freedom Forum

The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory

Images of artifacts, a library of relevant texts, essays, eyewitness accounts, contemporary journalism and popular illustrations, imaginative forms such as fiction and poetry and painting, and more describe the Great Fire, Chicago's recovery, and the way this... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University

French connections

The goals of this lesson plan are to strengthen student perceptions of the real-world importance of mastering a foreign language. Students at all levels practice reading and writing French in an online environment. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)

Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Welcome to Whyville!

A virtual world of almost 2 million registered citizens where students can engage in interactive learning experiences about art history, nutrition, biomedics, environmentalism, economics, reading, and more. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Numedeon, Inc.

Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910

The 138 books digitized for this website provide an in-depth study of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin from the era of colonization and settlement, from 1585 to 1763, through the emergence of modern America, from 1890 to 1930. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress