- 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.
- Reading guide: Native peoples of the Chesapeake region
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.8
- This worksheet will help students understand the article "Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region," and will encourage them to make connections between the Chesapeake Indians and the Indians of coastal North Carolina. Students will also consider multiple perspectives as they think critically about the interactions between Indians and newly-arrived Europeans in the 1600s.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Along the Trail of Tears
- A part of history is often forgotten when teaching younger students. This is the relocation of the Cherokee Indians when the white settlers wanted their property. The US Government moved whole groups of Indians under harsh conditions. This trip became known as the Trail of Tears. Using this as a background students will explore and experiment with persuasive writing as they try to express the position of Cherokee leaders.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Glenda Bullard.
- Role plays from research on Native Americans
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 5.3
- Introduction Dramatic role plays make history come alive. Research has a purpose! Students select a North Carolina American Indian to research. (I find students feel more connected if they do the selecting. Drawing names from a deck of 3x5 cards adds...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Linda Tabor.
- "Native Carolinians" additional activities
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.10
- These lessons from the UNC Research Laboratories of Archaeology's Intrigue of the Past can be used as additional activities for the digital history textbook module "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- 20th century warfare: Unique contributions of the American Indian
- In this lesson, high school students will assess the importance and contributions of the American Indian in the United States' twentieth century wars. They focus in particular on the Navajo Code Talkers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By John B. Jones.
- The removal of the Cherokee Indians
- This lesson allows students to assess the influence of the Trail of Tears. Students will read a brief history of the Cherokee Indians, past and present. They will watch the Unto These Hills video and read excerpts from Native Americans and government officials during the Indian Removal. Students will write an essay supporting or opposing the Indian Removal Act.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Amy Oxendine.
- Lumbee learning
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.2
- Introduction Education for the Lumbee tribe has always been important. After Reconstruction ended and the state of North Carolina began its journey to educate its people, no provisions were made for American Indians. Segregated schools provided education...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Second Languages)
- By Gazelia Carter.
- Why the opossum's tail is bare
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 4.2
- A recording of a radio adaptation of a Cherokee legend, with suggestions for use in the classroom.
- Format: article/lesson plan
- Native Americans and Jamestown
- Using primary sources, students will investigate the role of Native Americans in the successes and failures of Jamestown. Students will identify and analyze inaccurate portrayals of Pocahontas and Powhatan by comparing historical facts with literary fiction.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Jennifer Ricks.
- Understanding the Columbian Exchange
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 5.1
- This lesson will help students think about the effects of the Columbian Exchange, particularly the exchange of disease as it affected the psychology of the Europeans and Native populations in the early settlement of the Americas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Federal recognition for Lumbee Indians
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.7
- Introduction North Carolina recognizes the Lumbee Indian Tribe; however, Federal recognition has not been given. Why? What are the criteria for recognition? What are the reasons for and against Lumbee recognition? This lesson uses a teacher-made debate...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies)
- By Linda Tabor.
- Legends: Dramatic story telling
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 5.1
- Introduction The act of storytelling makes learning exciting. Participating in a dramatic presentation of American Indian Legends allows class members to create, learn, and teach. Learning Outcomes Students will select an American...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4, 6, and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Linda Tabor.
- What does it mean?
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.5
- Introduction Visual symbols can be important ways of communicating ideas. Individuals, corporations, communities, and organizations use logos, seals, flags, icons, and other visual symbols to represent their values, share their histories, and send...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Gazelia Carter.
- Where do the Lumbee live?
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.6
- Introduction Knowing the location of a community, city, state or nation is important. More important, however, is understanding of the personality of the location. Robeson County, home of the Lumbee Tribe, is more than a North Carolina county that...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Gazelia Carter.
- North Carolina American Indian stories
- In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Janice Gardner.
- Educator's guide: Spain and America
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.1
- The article "Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest" introduces a lot of information and a number of issues that may be new to students. These suggestions will help you use the article in a way that best fits the needs of your class.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Piedmont cultures graphic organizer
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.3
- This activity will assist students in understanding Piedmont cultures as they read the article "Peoples of the Piedmont."
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Cherokee relocation
- Using primary sources from the Documenting the American South collection, students will investigate the boundaries of the Cherokee lands set for North Carolina after the Revolutionary War.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Donna Hernandez.
- Masks in Burkina Faso and Cherokee clans
- Focuses on the seven masks of the Cherokee clans and the masks in Burkina Faso (Africa). Students explore different masks through individual and group projects demonstrating their understanding of the roles masks play in the Cherokee culture and the African culture in Burkina Faso.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Second Languages)
- By Maguy Techer-Yancey.
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