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Reading, Writing and Research: Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum: Turn your students into savvy consumers of information. Explore reading and writing instruction and information literacy concepts, and learn to effectively integrate these literacy skills into your teaching, regardless of the subject or grade level.; Take this course: Begins May 4.

I-search: Method of inquiry grounded in students' curiosity about a topic. Students develop a question for inquiry based on personal interest, assumed to faciltiate greater investment in the project and more meaningful research experiences for students.

Search LEARN NC from your website!: Want to make it easy for teachers to find and use LEARN NC's collections right from your school or library website? Just copy the code below and paste it into your web page! If you know some HTML and CSS, feel free to style it as you like. ...; Format: article/help

Finding resources for students: On the LEARN NC website, resources that can be used by students are called "learning materials." You can access them in a number of ways: 1. Site navigation menu On the site navigation menu in the left sidebar, select "Learning...; Format: article/help

Around the world in multimedia: LEARN NC offers a collection of more than 2,000 high-resolution photographs and audio recordings from Asia and Latin America, with historical and cultural context and related lesson plans.; Format: article/help

Finding lesson plans on the LEARN NC website: This document explains how to find lesson plans by browsing the collection, by goal & objective of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, and by searching.; Format: article/help

Teen job search: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.3; In this lesson plan, students research three jobs and draft a written response explaining how their skills and experiences have prepared them for those jobs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.

Finding, not searching: You can work smarter, not harder, by determining your searching style, learning more about what your searches return and why, and learning to look in the right place first.; By Melissa Thibault.

Searching LEARN NC: Searching from any page On every page of the website, you'll see a search form in the right-hand side of the banner. You can use this form to search across all our collections. Suggestions As you type a word or phrase into the search field,...; Format: article/help

Tools of the trade for information seekers: A guide to understanding and using search engines, directories, and the invisible web.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Resource recon: Teams of students will search for the answers to questions using various information resources. The questions will be in categories such as: biography, current events, historical events, geography, language. Besides competing for the fastest answer, the students will learn (1) how to use the resource effectively, and (2) which resource is best for finding different types of information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Keith Dudley.

Accessing the American Memory collection: Searching: In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 2; Take a look at the second installment in the American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide and find out how to search the collections with success. You'll learn all kinds of tricks and techniques, and even explore the Library of Congress's latest search tool.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Communicating with parents, colleagues, and administrators: Effective communication is often about avoiding problems rather than solving them. These resources on communicating with parents, participating in a mentoring relationship, and working with colleagues and administrators will help you communicate effectively in a number of situations.; Format: bibliography/help

Classroom management: A guide to LEARN NC's collections, designed especially for new teachers.; Format: bibliography/help

At home in the tropical rainforest: Students will choose one rainforest animal to research using print and electronic resources. They will work cooperatively with a partner to create a Hyperstudio card with the following information: photograph of the animal, the layer of the rainforest it inhabits, sound the animal makes, and an interesting fact about the animal.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Science); By Sally Eller.

The search for El Dorado: The legend of El Dorado predates the arrival of Spaniards in South America. The Chibcha people of present-day Colombia apparently performed an annual ritual where the leader was coated in fine gold dust, which he then washed off in a lake during a solemn ceremony....; By William M. Wisser.

The search for El Dorado: In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 4; The legend of El Dorado predates the arrival of Spaniards in South America. The Chibcha people of present-day Colombia apparently performed an annual ritual where the leader was coated in fine gold dust, which he then washed off in a lake during a ceremony....; By William M. Wisser.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive): Counting and directional words: In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 12; In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive)" to practice recognition of written numbers and directional words.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Lisa Wright.

Using the multimedia library: Guidelines and instructions on finding and using images, audio, and video in the LEARN NC multimedia library.; Format: article/help

Recipe for Success: Students will use an electronic card catalog to find books by subject using the call number. This lesson was used in collaboration with a third grade thanksgiving unit. As part of the unit students were to find a recipe to prepare and bring to class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills); By Elizabeth Gibson and Melissa Withers.

Vessels in Greek art: Museum visit: This lesson focuses on the uses, shapes, importance, and historical storytelling on Greek vessels in art.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education); By Katie O'Connor.

Subject search in card catalog: This lesson encourages students to engage in independent research through providing them with experience in accessing the variety of library materials available to them. This lesson is good for those schools who do not have online catalogs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills); By Jennisen Lucas.

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