The Collection

The Curriculum Materials Center maintains a collection of materials designed to support the educational activities of the students, faculty and staff of the School of Education. The collection includes:

Textbooks and Supplementary Materials:
The CMC houses textbooks from previous adoption cycles (current state-adopted textbooks are kept in Davis Library), as well as ancillary materials for current texts. Subject areas include: Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science, Health, Art and Music. In addition, the CMC collects materials to support other programs in the School of Education.

Audiovisual Materials:
Videos, audio cassettes, compact discs and books on tape may be borrowed for classroom use.

CD-ROMs and Other Software:
The CMC collects stand-alone software, as well as those that support specific textbook series.

Special Library Collections:
The CMC collaborates with faculty members, local educators and School of Education programs to create and loan special collections. For example, through a PDS partnership, several area high schools received vocational education materials on extended loan. Also, some collections are available in-house, such as America Reads, NC TEACH, Gender Studies and the Jazz Collection.

Juvenile Books:
This collection includes juvenile biography, picture books, easy readers, fiction and non-fiction, as well as over 150 big books in English and Spanish.

Manipulatives:
An extensive collection of math, science, and language arts manipulatives is available. Examples include Unifix cubes, base ten blocks, thermometers, measuring tools, vocabulary cards and sentence strips.

Posters, Floormats, and Workmats:
These ancillary materials are stored in a vertical file arranged by subject area or kept in the corresponding manipulatives cupboard.