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University of North Carolina Wilmington: J. Price: Socialization [Pdf]
Find the definition, influences, agents, and reality of socialization research in this concise document.
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American Self Government: The First & Second Continental Congress [Pdf]
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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University of North Carolina: Causes of the American Revolution [Pdf]
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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University of North Carolina: Perfect Competition
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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The Ecology of the Cape Fear River System
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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University of North Carolina: Notes on Tocqueville
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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Unc University Library: "I Raised My Hand to Volunteer"
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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University of North Carolina: Nano Manipulator
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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Carolina Alumni Review: Where the Colony Went: This Could Be a Big Clue
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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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Reading to Write
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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University of North Carolina Press: Homepage
University of North Carolina Press homepage. Includes books excerpts, reviews, and award winners.
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Unc Press: William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist
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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University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Handouts: Writing About History
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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University of North Carolina: The Writing Center: Fallacies
Discussion of common fallacies, along with definitions, examples, and tips on avoiding them.
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University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons
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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Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons
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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Unc Tv: Understanding Tissues and Cells: Form Follows Function
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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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Brainstorming
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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Commas, Commas and More Commas
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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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Conditionals
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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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Gender Inclusive Language
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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University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Statistics
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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University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Handouts: Writing About Science
Information and specific tips on what scientific writing is and how to make it more precise, clear, and objective.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: The Writing Center: Speeches
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...