North Carolina State University / D.H. Hill Library, Special Collections
Home page: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/research/
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at North Carolina State University collects rare and unique materials to support the university’s research and teaching.
The SCRC has partnered with LEARN NC to develop lesson plans that explore various aspects of North Carolina’s history through 4-H and Home Demonstration materials. The lessons use photographs, audio, and other materials from the library’s collection “Green ‘N’ Growing: The History of Home Demonstration and 4-H Youth Development in North Carolina.”
Resources provided by North Carolina State University / D.H. Hill Library, Special Collections
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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.
- 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.
- Bird's-eye view of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
- A drawing of the campus of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later North Carolina State University), 1897.
- Format: image/illustration
- Canning for country and community
- In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Children and families in North Carolina
- In this lesson plan, elementary students will analyze photographs of children from North Carolina provided by the Green ‘N’ Growing collection from the Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University. They will investigate how individuals and families are similar and different, and to begin to acquire an understanding of change over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Creating museum exhibits to understand slavery
- In this lesson students will analyze primary source documents from the Built Heritage collection at the North Carolina State University. They will use their textbooks, knowledge of history, observation skills, and inference to draw conclusions about slavery in North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Social Studies)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- Effects of civic action
- In this lesson, secondary students will analyze primary source materials to investigate how 4-H clubs made an impact on the home front in completing projects that supported the war effort during World War II. This lesson should be taught at the end of a World War II unit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Everyday geometry: Hidden figures and polygons
- A lesson plan for grade 5 math in which students use historical photographs and drafting plans to demonstrate their knowledge of mathematical figures and polygons.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
- By Sonna Jamerson.
- Feed a fighter
- In this lesson students will examine “Additional Helps for the 4-H Mobilization for Victory Program,” a Cooperative Extension Work document from the Green 'N' Growing collection at Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University Libraries. The document will help students understand the efforts civilians underwent to support military efforts in World War II.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Lisa Stamey.
- Grooming in 1930s North Carolina
- Using primary source materials, this lesson plan provides a glimpse into the lives of girls and women from the 1930s and will give students the opportunity to study what was considered attractive for the time, how the Depression affected grooming practices, and the universal concept of healthful living.
- Format: article
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Home is where the hearth is: Using photographs to discuss traditional family roles
- In this lesson students will examine pictures of hearths (fireplaces), which used to be the cornerstone of the home and family life. These images, from the Built Heritage Collection at North Carolina State University, will help students use observation skills and inference to draw conclusions about the culture of family life at various points throughout the history of North Carolina and the United States.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- How do I look to you?
- In this lesson, students will evaluate public service posters and a grooming pamphlet to determine if and how propaganda was used to improve the health of children, and define acceptable appearances for young women in the 1930s.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- Interpreting lives through tombstone analysis
- In this lesson students will take on the role of archaeologists by examining pictures of gravestones from the Built Heritage collection at North Carolina State University. They will use their knowledge of history, observation skills, and inference to draw conclusions about the lives and deaths of past North Carolina residents.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Loretta Wilson.
- Leonidas Polk
- Leonidas Lafayette Polk (L. L. Polk) was a North Carolina farmer, journalist, and political figure. He founded the Progressive Farmer magazine in 1886 and led the national Farmers' Alliance, which spawned the Populist Party in the 1890s.
- Format: image/photograph
- Lighting the maritime path: The geography of North Carolina's lighthouses
- In this lesson students will examine images of North Carolina lighthouses from the Built Heritage Collection at North Carolina State University and explore various websites to determine the relative location of eight North Carolina lighthouses and develop an understanding of maritime activities and coastal living.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- By Sonna Jamerson.
- The little house out back: The architecture of an outhouse
- In this lesson students will practice forming opinions and supporting them with facts by examining pictures of a North Carolina outhouse and an architectural plan of an outhouse. They will use their knowledge of history to draw conclusions about the conveniences available to people of different socio-economic groups in North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- Live-at-Home in North Carolina
- In this lesson students will examine pictures and documents relating to the Live at Home program started in North Carolina by Governor O. Max Gardner to help North Carolina farmers refocus on food crops rather than cash crops during the Depression. These photographs, from the Green 'N' Growing collection at the North Carolina State University, will help students draw conclusions about the culture of North Carolina in the early 1930s and understand how they overcame the hardships of the Depression.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- Living the pioneer life
- In this lesson, students will use photographs of Appalachian log dwellings to understand how advances in technology, the desire to own land, and political incentives have resulted in economic and social changes over time for the people of North Carolina. The students will examine text and historical documents to assess the time period in which log cabin structures were built, the reasons for constructing them, and the lives of the people who built these houses.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- By Sonna Jamerson.
- The needs of animals
- In this lesson plan first grade students will examine photographs of 4-H club members with animals from North Carolina. They will make observations from the visual material to build an understanding of the needs of animals. They will begin to learn that these needs have remained the same in different times.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- North Carolina State University
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.2
- North Carolina State University was founded in 1887 as the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a land-grant institution that would provide teaching, research and extension services to the people of the state. This article gives a brief history of the school from its founding to the present day.
- Format: article
