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4-H on the home front: In this lesson plan, secondary students will analyze a variety of primary source textual materials to investigate how young rural people were encouraged to support the war effort during World War II.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

A Christmas Carol chronology: Christmas Carol Chronology, based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, provides students with an opportunity to develop comprehension by listing plot developments and arranging them sequentially. This lesson begins with cooperative learning groups and ends with an individual manipulative activity of cutting and pasting strips of events in chronological order.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); By Judy Gibbs.

Walk Two Moons: An integrated unit: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech is a bittersweet story of a teenager who desperately wants to be reunited with her mother. This unit is an integrated study combining setting, theme, point of view, character, and plot with geography and geometry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Janet Fore.

La comida y la salud: Focuses on food and health using the food pyramid in Spanish. Students consider food choices and share food likes and dislikes. This lesson should be used after introducing food vocabulary and me gusta.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Second Languages); By Alison Yount.

The ABCs of the Three Little Pigs: This lesson uses a familiar fairy tale to teach writing. It is designed to emphasize using varied sentence patterns in writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); By Penny Canipe.

ACC basketball: The students will use ACC basketball statistics to practice the process of converting fractions to decimals then to percents and will learn how to create and edit a spreadsheet. They will then use this spreadsheet to analyze their data. This unit is done during the basketball season.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Susan Dougherty.

African American English: In this activity, students learn about the history of African American English and the meaning of dialect and linguistic patterns. Students watch a video about African American English and analyze the dialect's linguistic patterns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Hannah Askin.

Alcohol and other drugs: This lesson addresses the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs on a young person's body. It also covers the primary reasons why students try illicit drugs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance); By Tina Hartig.

America's first people: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.2; These activities, designed to accompany "First Peoples" and "The Mystery of the First Americans," will enable students to explore the origins of human populations in North America.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Analyzing historical maps of North Carolina: In this lesson students will analyze historical maps and will use their knowledge of history, observation skills, and inference to draw conclusions about the events that affected the geographic development of North Carolina over time.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Loretta Wilson.

Analyzing North Carolina's natural history: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.4; These two short activities will allow students to examine the changes that occurred as the earth formed and assess their impact on what is now North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science and Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Analyzing primary sources: John White and the "lost colonists": In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 4.3; In this lesson, students will read about John White's attempt to find the "lost colonists" in 1590, and will practice thinking critically and analyzing primary source documents.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

And justice for all: The Trail of Tears, Mexican deportation, and Japanese internment: Many textbooks mention the Trail of Tears, but fail to mention that this early displacement of an ethnic minority is only the one of many legally-sanctioned forced relocations. This lesson will address the displacement of American Indians through the Trail of Tears, the forced deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, and the internment of Japanese American citizens during WWII.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Patricia Camp.

Anticipation guide: The importance of one simple plant: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.9; This activity is designed to be used with the article "The Importance of One Simple Plant." A series of true/false statements will enable students to compare what they previously knew about maize with what they've learned by reading the article.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Archaeobotany: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.6; Students will use pictures of seeds, an activity sheet, and a graph to identify seven seeds and the conditions in which they grow. They will also infer ancient plant use by interpreting archaeobotanical samples and determine changing plant use by Native North Carolinians by interpreting a graph of seed frequency over time.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 and 8 Science and Social Studies)

Archaeological soils: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.11; Students will determine components of a soil sample and evaluate how archaeologists use soils to interpret sites.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Area of solids: Finding area of rectangular solids and cylinders by cutting them into flat pieces and adding the areas.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Mathematics); By Dorothy Carawan.

Assertiveness for students: This lesson will introduce middle school students to assertive behavior as a tool for dealing with disagreements or conflicts with others.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance); By Nicki Neumann.

Autobiographical expression: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.2; This lesson for grade 6 introduces students to the theory of multiple intelligences. Students consider what their personal strengths are according to this theory.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Ruth Roberts.Adapted by Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Back to the future!: In this lesson plan, students research the history of an important invention and present what they've learned through an annotated timeline, historical fiction journal accounts, and VoiceThread technology.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills); By Diane Ruby.

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