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Alternative discussion formats: Class discussions often take one of two forms — either question-and-answer sessions, in which the teacher throws out questions and students answer them, or debates. Both of these formats are useful, but adding a few more ideas to your teaching repertoire can make for more variety in the classroom and provide more opportunities for engaging discussions. This edition explains how to manage dicussions in the form of a public relations campaign, a trial, a talk show, or the design of monuments, memorials, and museum exhibits.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History: Best practices, process guides, worksheets, and other resources for teaching with LEARN NC's digital textbook of North Carolina history.; Format: (multiple pages)

History and literature on trial: In Alternative discussion formats, page 3; In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 4.3; Putting historical or literary figures on trial makes a lively and challenging alternative to a class debate.; Format: activity; By Kathryn Walbert.

Jigsaw: In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 3.2; Jigsaw is a cooperative learning technique that was created with the goals of reducing conflict and enhancing positive educational outcomes. The jigsaw technique helps students realize they are essential components of a whole and encourages cooperation in...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Making small groups work: In Math for multiple intelligences, page 2; For students to work effectively in small groups, a teacher needs not only to set rules but to build a sense of community and teamwork within the basic structure the rules provide.; Format: article; By Gretchen Buher.As told to David Walbert.

Math for multiple intelligences: In Math for multiple intelligences, page 1; How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students.; Format: article; By Gretchen Buher.

Math for multiple intelligences: How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students — by using thematic planning, emphasizing problem solving, and teaching to multiple intelligences.; Format: series (multiple pages)

The not-so-famous person report: In Rethinking Reports, page 3.2; Instead of teaching the history of the famous, use research in primary sources to teach students that the past and present were made by people like them.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

A public relations campaign: In Alternative discussion formats, page 4; In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 4.4; By creating a PR campaign for a historial or literary figure, students can practice a wide range of thinking skills.; Format: activity; By Kathryn Walbert.

Rethinking Reports: Creative research-based assignments provide alternatives to the President Report, Animal Report, and Famous Person Report that ask students to think about old topics in new ways, work collaboratively, and develop products that support a variety of learning styles.; Format: series (multiple pages)

The talk show: In Alternative discussion formats, page 2; In Educator's Guides: North Carolina Digital History, page 4.2; The talk show is a format with which students are already familiar, and it provides the structure for a great discussion.; Format: activity; By Kathryn Walbert.

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