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Grouping skills for mastery

In Math for multiple intelligences, page 4

Thematic planning helps relate mathematics to students' lives.

By Gretchen Buher.

Roanoke River Lighthouse

A new addition to Plymouth, North Carolina's landscape is a reproduction of the original 1866 Light Station. Operated by the Maritime Museum, this lighthouse is like no other on the coast and is a treat to visit.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Advertisement for Warm Springs Hotel

The Warm Springs, Madison County, Western North Carolina. Howerton & Klein, Proprietors. Hot, Warm, Tepid and Cold Baths. Readily accessible from every section of the United States, over. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and Connecting lines...

Format: image/poster

The First Year

Essays on the author's experiences in her first year of teaching: the mistakes she made, what she learned from them, and how she used them to become a better teacher — and how other first-year teachers can, too.

Format: book (multiple pages)

Marion Butler and fusion politics

In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.5

After the death of Populist leader Leonidas LaFayette Polk in 1892, North Carolina Populists turned to Sampson County native Marion Butler to lead their party. Butler was instrumental in the "fusion" campaigns of the 1890s that joined the Populist and Republican tickets.

Format: biography

Listening while you work: Using informal assessments to inform your instruction

In The First Year, page 2.2

Ongoing classroom assessment can be informal, but it provides invaluable information about what students are actually learning.

By Kristi Johnson Smith.

We all live downstream

This lesson uses the North American Streamside exhibit of the North Carolina Zoological Park as an inquiry-based starting point for a stream ecology study.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Eddie Hamblin.

Criminal law and reform

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.6

In the early nineteenth century, North Carolina had more than two dozen crimes punishable by death, and the state kept a variety of physical and humiliating punishments on the books as well. Reformers tried to make the criminal code clearer and more humane, but they made little progress before the Civil War.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

The "Revolutionary Mayor" of Wilmington

In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.4

Account of the Wilmington Race Riot by Alfred Waddell, who had led the violence. Waddell blamed the violence on blacks and Wilmington's white Fusionist leaders, and he claimed that he had been legally elected mayor of Wilmington. Includes historical commentary.

Marketing Song of Roland: The Movie

This enrichment and review lesson ties the French epic poem Song of Roland to workforce development marketing skills. It allows students to imagine themselves as entrepreneurs engaged in marketing schemes for Song of Roland: The Movie as they read the epic in English world literature class.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)

By Betty Eidenier.

Planning a successful (and educational) field trip

The world can be your classroom -- but ensuring that your field trip is a productive learning experience for students takes planning. This article helps you prepare your students, yourself, and others for a successful field trip.

Format: article

By Bobby Hobgood and Lesley Richardson.

Rhythm, pattern, color, and texture in art and poetry

In this lesson, students will discover the meaning of "rhythm," "patterns," "color," and "texture" through the performance and modeled analysis of a class "symphony." Students will also evaluate the impact of each element on the whole work and note personal reactions and connections to this art form. Students will then work in small groups to apply the same elements and personal evaluation and connections to a historical work of visual art. At the end of the lesson, students will reflect on ways these two experiences are similar.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)

By Carol Horne.

Resources on the web

The Classical Music Archives

A collection of over 30,000 musical files to listen to or download as well as biographical information and works lists for major composers. Many of the services are free on this website. A subscription fee offers enhanced services. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Classical Archives LLC

I Do Solemnly Swear

Using primary source materials such as drafts of inaugural addresses, letters, illustrations, and photographs, this site provides an overview of inaugural ceremonies throughout United States history. Primary source documents are an integral part of upper middle... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress