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Grange poster: Promotional print for Grange members showing scenes of farming and farm life.; Format: image/poster

Map of Greater America, 1899: Map shows the extent of U.S. territories and possessions after the Spanish-American War.; Format: image/map

Finding and using literary criticism: A guide for high school students to finding and using literary criticism, in print and on the web.; By Melissa Thibault.

Knocking at the door: Cartoon shows Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines knocking at the door of the U.S.; Format: image/cartoon

Board of Directors AME Zion Publishing House: Meeting of the Board of Directors of the AME Zion Publishing House, 1916. Left to right, front row: Dr. W. H. Goler of Livingstone College, Bishop A. J. Warner, Bishop George Clinton, Dr. S. G. Atkins of Winston-Salem State College. Back Row: The Reverend...; Format: image/photograph

Multicultural cross-grade level unit plan: This unit of study integrates reading, writing, math, and social studies. It is designed to help first and third grade students relate to other cultures of the world. They will understand and compare the similarities and differences of children, families, and communities in different times and places. They will analyze religious and other cultural traditions. They will apply basic geographic concepts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies); By Shirley Young.

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

Postcard showing the State Normal and Industrial College, Greensboro, N.C.: This postcard from a student at the State Normal and Industrial College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) reads: Shall write as soon as I have time. Have not heard from examinations yet -- am well and hungry -- Mary...; Format: image/ephemera

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

Scale drawings: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.7; In this lesson for grade seven, students will use maps to measure the distances between cities in North Carolina. Students will write equations using the maps' scales to calculate the actual distances in miles.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics); By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

North Carolina's first newspaper: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.11; Without the large port cities of other colonies, North Carolina did not get its first newspaper until 1751. In the second half of the eighteenth century, newspapers were founded in several cities across the coastal plain and Piedmont.; Format: article

When will I ever use this in real life?: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.8; In this lesson for grade seven, students research careers and determine how people with these occupations use English, math, and science skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.

Rainbow spelling: A kinesthetic approach to encoding: The following lesson requires the students to spell words containing learned phonemes using a visual and kinesthetic learning approach.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); By Wendy Parton.

Weather activities with Night of the Twisters: While reading the novel Night of the Twisters, students will complete activities related to weather concepts described in the story. Students will complete activities which explore the key concepts of cloud formation, air pressure, and local weather patterns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science); By Melissa Bancroft.

Integrating computer use into a Trainable Mentally Disabled Level IV curriculum.: Students involved in the Trainable Mentally Disabled program will use computers to supplement reading and personal information skills being taught as part of the implementation of student's Individual Education Plan. This activity will also allow students to reinforce fine-motor, visual-motor and behavioral skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills); By Suzanne Morris.

Math Fun: We have compiled some of our favorite mathematics instructional resources to help students develop a sense of numbers and how they are used by us everyday. Students will have fun practicing their skills and trying new problem-solving ideas.; Format: bibliography/help

Reporting on Nat Turner: The Raleigh Register, Sept. 15: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 9.6; Article from a Raleigh newspaper reporting the events of Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

North Carolina rivers: Students will locate 28 rivers within the state of NC, noting names and origins of names, directions of flow, navigability, and development of population centers in relation to the rivers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Mike Stevenson.

“J'adore la pizza” by Karen Kransky: Finding rhyming words in a French poem: This lesson is designed to increase students' awareness of some French letter-sound combinations that rhyme, in spite of being spelled differently using the poem, "J'adore la pizza" by Karen Kransky.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages); By Laura Hemphill.

Economic resources using thinking maps: This lesson uses several literature selections in order to identify and classify natural, human, and capital resources. Students will work together in small groups to gather information and individually complete a Thinking Map. The assessment includes completing a Tree Map individually and sharing group information with the rest of the class. This lesson will take two days.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Robin Campbell.

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