New teacher’s edition of social studies textbook available on library Web site
A new Living in Our World Web site has been created at N.C. State University. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ 4-H Youth Development Department joined forces with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) Outreach program and the NCSU Libraries’ Digital Media Lab to develop the site. It is a free-of-charge, online version of the newly revised Teacher’s Edition of Living in Our World, a social studies textbook series developed at N.C. State for grades 4–7.
The classroom activities at the Web site were designed to conform to the latest goals and objectives for the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for grades 4–7 social studies. The materials — including worksheets, maps and guides to classroom discussion — are available to classroom teachers, 4-H Afterschool coordinators, parents and other North Carolinians interested in social studies education for young people.
CHASS Outreach, 4-H and the NCSU Libraries collaborated on the site’s creation for more than five months, according to Dr. Regina Higgins, editor of Living in Our World, who noted the participation of Dr. James Clark, professor of English and former director of Humanities Extension/Publications; Dr. Ed Maxa, 4-H and Youth Development Department Extension leader and associate professor; and Carolyn Argentati, NCSU Libraries associate vice provost and deputy director.
The site’s lessons, activities and worksheets were created by North Carolina classroom teachers and are suitable for the classroom, after-school programs and informal learning. The site offers integration of language arts, math and science components, along with images from the Living in Our World video series. It also features adaptations and worksheets for students for whom English is a second language.
Once accessed at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/livinginourworld/index.htm, the Living in Our World site provides user-friendly directions to grade-level resources and other pertinent information.
— Terri Leith
The classroom activities at the Web site were designed to conform to the latest goals and objectives for the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for grades 4–7 social studies. The materials — including worksheets, maps and guides to classroom discussion — are available to classroom teachers, 4-H Afterschool coordinators, parents and other North Carolinians interested in social studies education for young people.
CHASS Outreach, 4-H and the NCSU Libraries collaborated on the site’s creation for more than five months, according to Dr. Regina Higgins, editor of Living in Our World, who noted the participation of Dr. James Clark, professor of English and former director of Humanities Extension/Publications; Dr. Ed Maxa, 4-H and Youth Development Department Extension leader and associate professor; and Carolyn Argentati, NCSU Libraries associate vice provost and deputy director.
The site’s lessons, activities and worksheets were created by North Carolina classroom teachers and are suitable for the classroom, after-school programs and informal learning. The site offers integration of language arts, math and science components, along with images from the Living in Our World video series. It also features adaptations and worksheets for students for whom English is a second language.
Once accessed at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/livinginourworld/index.htm, the Living in Our World site provides user-friendly directions to grade-level resources and other pertinent information.
— Terri Leith