LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

CEU courses open for enrollment

Biodiversity in Your Backyard
Designed especially for teachers of elementary-aged students, this course will expand your life science content knowledge with material aligned to the NC Standard Course of Study. You will have two classrooms during this course–-this interactive, online classroom and your own backyard!
Take this course: Begins March 9.

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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
Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide
LEARN NC works collaboratively with educators and other individuals from a variety of backgrounds to develop web-based resources for teachers and students. This manual guides educators through the process of developing content for publication on the web, including writing, design, technical guidelines, and copyright.
Format: book (multiple pages)
Lesson plans collection policy
In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.1
LEARN NC's policies for accepting lesson plans for publication and managing its collection of lesson plans.
Format: article/help
Linear equations
In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.2
In this lesson for grade seven, students calculate monthly bills for cell phone plans using linear equations.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.
Lesson plans for teaching focus
A collection of LEARN NC's lesson plans for teaching focus, the first of the five features of effective writing.
Format: bibliography/help
About the five features of effective writing
An explanation of the "Five Features of Effective Writing" model (focus, organization, support and elaboration, style, and conventions) with links to detailed articles, lesson plans, and exemplars of student writing.
Format: bibliography/help
Tobacco bag stringing: Educator's guide
Elementary lesson plans Elementary lesson plans based upon Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was, study primary source documents and visuals,...
Format: lesson plan
Lesson plans on the web
In Election 2008, page 3.1
A collection of resources and activities for students and teachers that focus on the 2008 election as well as the election process.
Format: bibliography
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
Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach
This collection of kindergarten lesson plans uses classic nursery rhymes to teach curriculum objectives in math, English language arts, science, and healthful living.
Format: (multiple pages)
Instructional writing
In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.5
Writing a lesson plan for other teachers to use isn't like writing one for yourself. When you write for the web, you're practicing instructional writing.
Format: article/help
Packaging resources
In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 2.3
LEARN NC is especially interested in publishing "packages" of resources that integrate instructional plans, best practices, and/or materials for student learning, including primary sources and multimedia. Teachers will be more likely to use and adapt upon...
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Sample classroom floor plans
Basic floor plans and explanations for a traditional classroom, discussions/debates, a horseshoe arrangement, and centers.
By Mitch Katz.
Lesson plan publication standards
In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.2
Standards for acceptance of lesson plans for publication.
Format: article/help
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
Allied Plans for the Invasion of Japan, August 1945
Allied Plans for the Invasion of Japan, August 1945
Map shows Allied plans for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan in August 1945.
Format: image/map
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.
Templates to help you with paperwork
In The First Year, page 1.2
Templates for a parent contact log, discipline log, multipurpose log, sub plan, in-school-suspension plan, IEP notebook, grade book, and locker log.
By Kristi Johnson Smith.
Teaching about North Carolina American Indians
This web edition is drawn from a teachers institute curriculum enrichment project on North Carolina American Indian Studies conducted by the North Carolina Humanities Council. Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, webliographies, and lesson plans about North Carolina American Indians.
Format: book (multiple pages)
Beginning Teacher Success: Online course syllabus
Syllabus for the online course Beginning Teacher Success designed to support beginning teachers with assignments and reading materials to guide and scaffold learning the best teaching practices.
Format: syllabus