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Modern folk tales: Playwriting: Working in teams, students will rewrite short folk tale or fable plays, modernizing them. Then, they will present the old and new versions of the play.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); By Dayle Payne.

A boy plays a traditional flute in Otavalo, Ecuador: A young boy in a wool sweater plays a large reed flute. Otavalo is in the highlands of Ecuador, between the rainforest and the coast. Many of the inhabitants of the area continue to practice traditional ways of life, including retaining their Quechua language,...; Format: image/photograph

Football math: Students will calculate team yardage in a football game using sign numbers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Mathematics); By John Keith.

Vegetation as a protective barrier: In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 13; Vegetation on the dunes at Coquina Beach plays a crucial role in their ability to protect the island from storm overwash. Close inspection of the partially eroded primary dune offers a unique view of the anastomosing pattern of rhizomes that help to stabilize...; By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.

Figure Eight Island: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 17; We now turn our attention to Figure Eight Island, a privately owned island about 25 miles north of Oak Island and Hurricane Floyd's landfall. Although Figure Eight Island was not the site of hurricane landfall in 1999, it was in the sector of Hurricane Floyd...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Sita sits cross-legged wearing royal Javanese dress in Ramayana dance at Yogyakarta: Sita sits cross-legged wearing royal Javanese dress in a Ramayana dance performed at Yogyakarta in July 1986. Her eyes gaze forward and her hands rest overlapping on her lap. Her bare toes are flexed. To the Javanese this pose is intended to suggest calm refinement...; Format: image/photograph

Role plays from research on Native Americans: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 5.3; Introduction Dramatic role plays make history come alive. Research has a purpose! Students select a North Carolina American Indian to research. (I find students feel more connected if they do the selecting. Drawing names from a deck of 3x5 cards adds...; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Linda Tabor.

Ragged Bill: "Ragged Bill" is a turn-of-the-century ragtime composition. Here Henry Reed plays the tune on the fiddle.; Format: audio/music

Center for Diversity Education: The CDE is entirely curriculum-focused to assist teachers in embedding a knowledge base of many peoples into the daily content of the classroom in grades K-12. It is the mission of CDE to prepare all students with the necessary skills to maintain a pluralistic democracy in an increasingly complex and diverse nation and world.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Navigating the Subway: Indicateur des métros: Traveling in a foreign country often requires knowledge of how to use the subway to visit various points of interest in a particular city. The activity is in the form of a role-play in which one student serves as an employee at a government Tourist Office. The other plays the role of a tourist who wants to go to a particular location within the city. He must convey this information to the employee in the target language. The employee then inputs the information into the program and orally gives the directions to the tourist.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Bobby Hobgood.

Instruments in action: Students will demonstrate mastery of eight measures of four beats by speaking, moving and playing. They will classify instruments metals, woods, scrapers, ringers, shakers, etc.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education); By Jeanne Anderson.

A young dancer from Jodhpur, India: In Jodhpur, India, a young girl dances. She wears a striped pink dress, several bangle bracelets and necklaces, and a long pink cloth headdress. Behind her, a man wearing white plays a bowed instrument. Another girl sits cross-legged in the background, wearing...; Format: image/photograph

You're the cashier!: Students will use manipulatives and computers to count back change from amounts up to $5.00.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Lynn Tugwell.

Man playing a flute at Mehrangarh Fort; Jodhpur, India: A man plays a flute at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India. The flute, which is made from wood and painted with black and red stripes, is close to three feet long. The man is dressed in white with an orange and yellow belt and a red and yellow turban. He has...; Format: image/photograph

Military checkpoint between Banos and Misahualli, Ecuador: A man in a flowered shirt presents documents at a military checkpoint. A fatigue-wearing guard stands nearby. A young boy sets down his basket of baked goods near the checkpoint. The Ecuadorian military plays a large role in patrolling eastern Ecuador. Their...; Format: image/photograph

Writing conventions: Examples of common errors in sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.; By Bobby Hobgood.

Men's marching band playing for funeral: A men's marching band plays for a funeral procession. All the musicians wear blue shirts, red headscarves, red woven sarong, and black-and-white checked cloths around their waists. The drummer, with a two-headed drum hung over his right shoulder, stands in...; Format: image/photograph

Port of Wilmington: In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 5; Moving to the south end of Wilmington we come to the ports. Ports and marinas are hard to avoid in estuaries, but large ports are worth a look. The ships visiting Wilmington's port are oceangoing cargo ships that need deep water to navigate. What does this...; By Steve Keith.

Animal folktales: Legends, superheroes, and pourquoi tales: In Rethinking Reports, page 2.2; By writing a narrative about an animal rather than a traditional report, students can learn about literature, develop writing skills, and still fulfill science and research objectives.; By Melissa Thibault.

The prime team: Students will learn their prime numbers by creating and manipulating their own Sieve of Eratosthenes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Lori Bradley.

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