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e-Learning for Educators - Teaching Writing in the Middle School Classroom: All students have the capacity to be good writers and writers learn to write by writing. Participants will learn instructional strategies to teach students how to write narrative and informational text. Explore how to teach students through mini-lessons and writing conferences and how to use established criteria to evaluate writing. Go through the instructional cycle from writing prompt to revision as they create their final projects.; Take this course: Begins April 6.

Legacies of communism: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 2; Following the tradition of earlier Communist leaders such as Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh's body was embalmed in a glass sarcophagus that is set within a monumental building for public viewing. This large grey building with imposing square pillars...; By Lorraine Aragon.

YMI Cultural Center: This cultural center was created to preserve the visual and performing arts heritages of African-Americans and other minorities. The Center has an art gallery with over 100 works of art from renowned artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers. It also offers art classes to all age groups.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Songs of the Regulators: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.7; Lyrics to songs making fun of lawyers and colonial leaders who got rich at the expense of small farmers. Includes historical commentary.; Format: poetry

Zigzag jump rope relay: Students participate in a jump rope relay race.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living); By Wilhelmina Cartwright.

Graphically organize a biography: This lesson is a good ending to a unit on biographies. The students will work together in small groups to create a poster that displays the information from a biography in a graphic organizer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Ellen Benton.

Turnbull Creek Educational Forest: This is the only North Carolina Educational State Forest located in the coastal plain region of the state. Intended for use by both organized groups and the general public, Educational Forest Rangers are on staff to present programs to any requesting group.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Kirk-Holden War: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.5; In response to Ku Klux Klan violence during Reconstruction, North Carolina Governor William Woods Holden declared martial law in Alamance and Caswell counties in 1870. The militia, led by former Union Col. George W. Kirk, rounded up Klan leaders in what opponents called the "Kirk-Holden War."; Format: article

A new language: In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 4; Once it became a French “protectorate” with puppet emperors, Vietnamese upper class leaders fiercely debated the relative merits of Chinese Confucian versus Western European knowledge and power. By the 1920s, though, they decided to adopt; By Lorraine Aragon.

Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

The Wright Tavern: Built in 1816, the Wright Tavern was in operation for over a century. It is a "rare example of a frame construction dog-run building and the finest existing example of this plan in North Carolina." It is open for tours by appointment only.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Diamante poetry using environments: Day two: This lesson will introduce and reinforce learners' understanding of habitat components within an environment. This lesson was designed to be used after the lesson "Animal environments: Day one."; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Cheri Cole.

Cherokee leaders speak: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 4.5; Exceprts of speeches of Cherokee leaders protesting white encroachment on their lands during the American Revolution.; Format: speech

Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck: A contemporary engraving shows Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck, leaders of "Shays' Rebellion," a farmers' revolt against the state government of Massachusetts in 1786–87.; Format: image/illustration

Black American Leaders as Responsible Citizens: Their Roles, Their Contributions, Their Diversity: The focus of this lesson will be to help third grade students to clearly identify the need for having leaders arise from the citizenry of a given community. Students will review factual information to guide them in distinguishing the positive and negative qualities of leaders. Techniques will include guided reading of factual historical text during a Jigsaw, student note taking, student development of open-ended questions, and student engagement in a Socratic seminar.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies); By Debbie Rollins.

The "Revolutionary Mayor" of Wilmington: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.4; Account of the Wilmington Race Riot by Alfred Waddell, who had led the violence. Waddell blamed the violence on blacks and Wilmington's white Fusionist leaders, and he claimed that he had been legally elected mayor of Wilmington. Includes historical commentary.

Effective communication for successful careers: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.7; In this lesson plan, students consider the elements of effective communication and write an informative or persuasive paper with a particular audience in mind.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.

16 de Septiembre: Mexican Independence Day: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 2.1; Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from celebrations of Mexican Independence Day. Every...; Format: article

North Carolina's leaders speak out on emigration: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.3; Excerpts from a speech by Governor William Miller, 1816, and from an 1833 legislative committee report, both bemoaning the lack of economic opportunities for North Carolina's citizens. Includes historical commentary.; Format: speech

Searching for greener pastures: Out-migration in the 1800s: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.1; In the first half of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of emigration flowed from North Carolina to western states and territories. North Carolinians were pushed by a lack of economic opportunity at home and pulled by open land in the West. Only after the 1830s, when a progressive political leadership supported schools and internal improvements, did out-migration slow.; Format: article; By Donald R. Lennon and Fred D. Ragan.

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