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Primary
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Wilmington: J. Price: Socialization [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the definition, influences, agents, and reality of socialization research in this concise document.
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PPT
University of North Carolina

American Self Government: The First & Second Continental Congress [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 12th
Looks at the significant events and decisions of the First and Second Continental Congresses that piloted the movement towards self-government.
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PPT
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Causes of the American Revolution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Goes through the various events that led up to the American Revolution and the actions and responses of the British and the Colonies.
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Unit Plan
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Perfect Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows cost curves for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, and has an interactive graph to show what their profit margin is at various levels of production.
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Article
University of North Carolina

The Ecology of the Cape Fear River System

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cape Fear Estuary drains the largest watershed in North Carolina, containing 27% of the State's population. The Cape Fear River itself (about 320 km or 200 miles in length) is formed in the Piedmont by the confluence of the Haw and...
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Handout
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University of North Carolina: Notes on Tocqueville

For Students 9th - 10th
These notes prepared by a university instructor for a course on American society summarize Tocqueville's views of equality, despotism, and the problems of individualism in a democracy.
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Unit Plan
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Unc University Library: "I Raised My Hand to Volunteer"

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit contains digitized documents, images, and other archival materials relating to 1960s student protests in Chapel Hill, N.C. The exhibit is divided into four parts, relating to four different periods of protest in 1960s...
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Website
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University of North Carolina: Nano Manipulator

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of North Carolina takes you through the research being done at Univ. of North Carolina with SPM. Includes an introduction to scanning probe microscope.
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Article
University of North Carolina

Carolina Alumni Review: Where the Colony Went: This Could Be a Big Clue

For Students 4th - 8th
This article describes how the patches on a map drawn by John White, Governor of the lost Roanoke Colony, came to inspire someone's curiosity and were discovered to hide a location that the colony may have relocated to. This map is known...
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Activity
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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Reading to Write

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Since students often need to write about what they read, this site offers strategies to use while reading that will make the writing much easier. These include not only reading strategies but note-taking and planning strategies as well.
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Website
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Press: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
University of North Carolina Press homepage. Includes books excerpts, reviews, and award winners.
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Activity
University of North Carolina

Unc Press: William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, presented by the University of North Carolina Press, provides a summary and reviews of this book by Daniel J. Singal. More importantly, the site offers links to a few excerpts from the book, which is a critical biography. The...
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Handout
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University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Handouts: Writing About History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are provided with an eight-step process for completing academic writing on historic topics. Steps include understanding the topic, making an argument, organizing information and supporting details, and other important writing...
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Activity
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: The Writing Center: Fallacies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discussion of common fallacies, along with definitions, examples, and tips on avoiding them.
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Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
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Handout
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Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.
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Unit Plan
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Unc Tv: Understanding Tissues and Cells: Form Follows Function

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module complete with a video, detailed power point presentation identifying and detailing the functions of tissues and cells, and a quiz to measure understanding of how micro-organs work.
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Activity
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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Brainstorming

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This handout describes brainstorming as " taking advantage of your natural thinking processes by gathering your brain's energies into a 'storm.'" Learn how to use brainstorming techniques to gather ideas before you begin a project or to...
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Handout
University of North Carolina

Commas, Commas and More Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How do you become a comma super hero? Use this awesome resource to learn more about commas. Students and teachers can brush up on their comma skills when they explore this educational site.
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Handout
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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Conditionals

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this handout to understand the different types of conditional ("if") clauses which appear in the English language and the verb tenses which should be used with each type of conditional. The examples are very clear in this explanation...
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Handout
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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Gender Inclusive Language

For Students 9th - 10th
This handout helps students understand both the need for gender-sensitive language in their writing, and ways to change their writing to make sure that it is gender-sensitive or gender-neutral.
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Website
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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
When presenting an argument, the use of statistics to support a point can be very effective. This handout offers advice on both how to read statistics so that you understand exactly what they mean, and how to use them in your argument so...
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Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Handouts: Writing About Science

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information and specific tips on what scientific writing is and how to make it more precise, clear, and objective.
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Article
University of North Carolina

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: The Writing Center: Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tips and information about giving effective speeches including: What's different about a speech?, What's your purpose?, audience analysis, creating an effective introduction, making your speech easy to understand, helping your audience...