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numbered heads together: Cooperative strategy in which the teacher has students number off (e.g. 1-4), asks a question, and then tells the students to “put their heads together” to develop a complete answer to the question. When the teacher calls out a number, the students with that number raise their hands to respond.

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Numbered heads together: Numbered heads together is a cooperative strategy that offers an alternative to the competitive approach of whole-class question-answer, in which the teacher asks a question and then calls on one of the students with a raised hand. In the numbered heads together...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Cooperative learning: Cooperative learning is an instructional method in which students work together in small, heterogeneous groups to complete a problem, project, or other instructional goal, while teachers act as guides or facilitators. This method works to reinforce a student's...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

North and South in 1861: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.1; A comparison of the two sides at the beginning of the Civil War, focusing on their preparedness for war.; Format: book

American black bear: The students will examine the structural characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the American Black Bear necessary for survival.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Shanda Myers.

The Overmountain Men and the Battle of Kings Mountain: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.4; In October 1780, in response to a British threat in the Carolina backcountry, Patriot militias gathered in the mountains of present-day North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. They marched southeast to a site near present-day Morganton, joined forces, and proceeded to defeat Loyalist militias at the Battle of King's Mountain in South Carolina. The battle helped turn the tide of the war for independence.; Format: article; By Randell Jones.

Among the Tuscarora: The strange and mysterious death of John Lawson, gentleman, explorer, and writer: They've taken his clothes, picked the straight razor out of his pocket: one brave fingers it, touches the blade — bright blood springs from his thumb and he laughs. The pitch pine split by the women is ready, a clay pot full...; Format: article; By Marjorie Hudson.