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Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Transitions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This University of North Carolina writing tutorial gives examples and how to use transitions and stresses the importance of organization. W.9-10.1c cohesion/clarity/reason, W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/trans, W.11-12.1c...
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Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Radiometric Dating

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge site from The University of North Carolina regarding radiometric dating, how it works, inaccurate methods, Carbon-14 dating, and lots more.
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eBook
University of North Carolina

Unc: Harriet: The Moses of Her People

For Students 9th - 10th
E-text of a book with primary and secondary source information about Harriet Tubman by Sarah Bradford published in 1886. RI.9-10.7 different mediums
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Activity
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Constructing Thesis Statements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Readable, but thorough handout on the thesis statement. Covers what it is, why it's important, how to come up with one, examples, and how to evaluate. Bibliography included. W.9-10.2a Intro/org/graphics
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Activity
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Reorganizing Drafts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
One step you might want to take in revising a draft is to examine the organization of your paper and decide if and how the organization needs to be adjusted. This handout offers five strategies for examining and reorganizing your draft....
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Article
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Radicalism or Reformism? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the variations between socialist, social democratic and labor parties across 18 countries in the early twentieth century. Taking an inside look at case studies, there was a political emergence of the bourgeoisie and an...
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Activity
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina: Tar Heel Reader

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students can create, illustrate, and publish books for beginning readers, which are made available for the public to read. Authors must go through the free registration process in order to create a book.
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Primary
University of North Carolina

Unc: First Person Narratives of the American South

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A unique collection of first-person accounts, this concentrates on all the populations of the South, such as ex-slaves, enlisted men, middle-class women, displaced plantation owners. The works are sorted by the author's name. To search...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: William Richardson Davie

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but detailed entry on this delegate to the Constitutional Convention from North Carolina. He later served as a Governor of the state and is considered to be the founder of the University of North Carolina.
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Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Audience

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Identifying and then writing appropriately for a specific audience is one of the most difficult writing tasks for many student writers. This handout explains how to address these two challenges and gives some concrete suggestions to help...
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Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: The Writing Center: Conclusions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Offers strategies for writing conclusions, things to avoid, and examples of effective conclusions.