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**North Carolina Kids’ Page** http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg This site has loads of information. It can be used in almost all areas. There are links to an almanac, state symbols, fun facts, How a Bill Becomes a Law, Recreation and more. There’s a page for homework help. http://readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/ This is a great site for students to think about characters, character traits, and character goals. Students supply the answers to the questions about characters. This could be used when teaching about famous North Carolinians.
 * Character Trading Cards**

http://kidsvid.altec.org/nav_pages/about.html This site walks students through the steps to make a video. Students can post their video to this site or take a look at some videos that have been created by students. This site could be used to showcase student projects. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php This site will design rubrics to evaluate projects. There are premade rubrics and you can design your own. This is a time saver for teachers. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/curriculum/socialstudies/elementary/trekkingncbook.doc Lesson plans and ideas developed by North Carolina teachers for teaching social studies at grade 4. There are many good lessons and ideas at this site.
 * Kids' Vid**
 * Rubistar**
 * Treking North Carolina**

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