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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

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

American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide: Each article in this series features an in-depth look at one aspect of the Library of Congress' American Memory with a special focus on North Carolina materials.; Format: series (multiple pages)

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.

Information literacy: not just for students: Good Internet research skills are important for teachers, too. This article provides an introduction to "information literacy" concepts and a list of references for teachers and media specialists.; Format: article; By Diane Kester.

Tracing the Titanic tragedy: Students will learn about the Titanic disaster as a historical event by reading informative articles and books and by use of the Internet. They will then produce a database of passengers with information about them and use the database to analyze the information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies); By Elizabeth Harren.

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.

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

Accessing the American Memory collection: Browse by subject, chronology, and geography: In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 3; Browsing the collections gives anyone new to American Memory a chance to get a sense of the scope and variety of its materials. For the experienced user, browsing allows you to unearth previously undiscovered resources—with...; By Melissa Thibault.

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.

Reading primary sources: Newspaper advertisements: This interactive guide to reading classified advertisements in a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: newspaper (multiple pages)

The Lost Colony: Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition was met with constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

Newspaper words: Students will use newspapers to find the letters for certain words, such as spelling words, or words with certain beginnings or endings, and then create those particular words by cutting and pasting.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Emily Goodson.

Interdisciplinary Integrated Unit on DNA/Genetics Part C: Language Arts: The third lesson of an interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics, focusing on language arts. The first two lessons in the unit focus on science and math.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Marlene Smith, and Tori Goldrick.

The Lost Colony: In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 3; Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted to establish an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition met constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

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.

Impressed with embargo: Students will learn about the causes of the War of 1812 and make connections to current world events.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Andrea McGuire.

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.

Habitat photo album: Students will use digital cameras and explore the outdoors searching ecosystems for opportunities to take pictures of different habitats and the components that go into them.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Science); By Colleen Buchauer and Lesley Brooks.

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