Students will learn the difference between theme and main idea; when to use them and with which genre. Students will be able to determine the central message by refering to the text as a basis for the answers. By understanding themes, students will be able to compare and contrast themes within and between stories.
Material Type: Unit of Study
In this lesson, students will learn about services available in our community and what would happen if these services were not functioning.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
REMIX - this is XYZ county's NExt Steps. We remixed by adding details about our ...... We invite you to remix this planning template to brainstorm the why, what, who, when & how of GoOpenNC, and determine what next step(s) you plan to take.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
This lesson provides students with an introduction to exponential functions. The class first explores the world population since 1650. Students then conduct a simulation in which a population grows at a random yet predictable rate. Both situations are examples of exponential growth.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will be divided into groups and asked to analyze and evaluate editorial cartoons pertaining to late 19th and early 20th century American imperialism. Students are expected to determine the perspective of the artists. After group evaluation, students will present their finding to the entire class.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Districts and schools will use this template to plan their next steps for engaging with #GoOpenNC
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
REMIX - this is Wilkes County's NExt Steps. We remixed by adding details about our ...... We invite you to remix this planning template to brainstorm the why, what, who, when & how of GoOpenNC, and determine what next step(s) you plan to take.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Districts and schools will use this template to plan their next steps for engaging with #GoOpenNC
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Districts and schools will use this template to plan their next steps for engaging with #GoOpenNC
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
In this task, students find equivalent expressions by visualizing a familiar activity involving distance.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
With this digital collection, students will explore the subject of immigration in U.S. history with particular attention to the two and a half decades from 1890 to the start of World War I.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this lesson, students explore the artwork of Georges Seurat and create a masterpiece.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
This lesson delves into the fascinating process and products of sexual selection: the process by which traits become more or less common depending on an individual's ability to mate with more or better partners. Understanding sexual selection allows a deeper understanding of natural selection and evolution.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Districts and schools will use this template to plan their next steps for engaging with #GoOpenNC
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Brainstorming next steps for MGSD to engage with #GoOpenNC
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Students will use non-fiction books on the subject of spiders to find key details in the text that lead them to the main idea. Students will use a graphic organizer that shows the concept as a math problem in which the key details from the text are added up to find the main idea. At the end of the lesson, students will create a poster utilizing key details and main idea from a book about an arachnid.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
In this activity, students use chocolate to create models of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important aspects of the task and its potential use.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Districts and schools will use this template to plan their next steps for engaging with #GoOpenNC
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
