How do you find the North Star shining brightly on a clear sky during night?

The proper name for the North Star is Polaris. To find it, you first need to identify the constellation Ursa Major and the constellation Ursa Minor. It is in Ursa Minor. Using the stars Dubhe and Merak in Ursa Major as starting points for a line, follow the line to Polaris. It is not a particularly bright star, but is overhead in the northern hemisphere and does not appear to move in the way many other stars do. They all appear to rotate around it.