Pauline S. Johnson
I am currently the Director of a Teaching American History Grant for Buncombe County Schools, Asheville City Schools, and Madison County Schools. I have taught history and English in the seventh and eighth grades for over twenty-six years at Reynolds Middle School in Asheville, North Carolina. I am currently doing adjunct work for Mars Hill College and Western Carolina University. I have a Masters Degree from Western Carolina University and am Nationally Board Certified in Early Adolescence/Social Studies-History. I am certified to teach K–12 and I also have Academically-Intellectually Gifted certification.
Resources created by Pauline S. Johnson
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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.
- 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 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 photographs using Magic Eye
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity two, page 2
- This activity will use a "Magic Eye" to help students analyze photographs of people. A Magic Eye is a half-sheet of construction paper or card stock that has a hole about 2 1/2 inches in diameter cut from the center. By using the Magic Eye, students will have an opportunity to more carefully examine photographs by focusing on smaller sections of an image.
- Format: lesson plan
- Adapted 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.
- Anticipation guide: "A Little Kingdom in Carolina"
- A learner's guide to the article "A Little Kingdom in Carolina," this activity will help student comprehension.
- Format: worksheet/learner's guide (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- 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.
- British migration to Roanoke: Push and pull factors
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 4.1
- In this lesson, students will examine the push/pull factors that led settlers to attempt to settle Roanoke Island in the 1580s.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Canova's statue of Washington
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.8
- In 1815, at a time when the state of North Carolina was unwilling to spend money on roads or schools, the General Assembly spent as much as $60,000 on a statue of George Washington for the State Capitol.
- Format: book
- Commentary and sidebar notes by Pauline S. Johnson.
- The Carolina colony: Comparing three perspectives
- In this lesson, students compare three different primary sources written by early colonists, and consider the reasons the colonists had for moving to Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Carousel brainstorming
- Carousel brainstorming is a strategy that requires students to access background knowledge or review what they have learned by thinking about subtopics within a broader topic. This strategy can be used in any discipline.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- 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–2 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Coastal Plain cultures graphic organizer
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.5
- As students read the article "Peoples of the Coastal Plain," this graphic organizer will help them develop an understanding of the cultures that existed in North Carolina's Coastal Plain hundreds of years ago.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Comparing creation stories
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.5
- In this activity, students compare creation stories from three peoples -- Cherokee, European, and West African -- that met in colonial North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- De Soto in America
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.4
- In this lesson for grade 8, students will evaluate the effectiveness of the De Soto expedition through the interior of the southeastern United States in the years 1539-1543. They will examine the impact of that trip on the Native Americans. Students will engage in historical empathy as they put themselves in the place of the Native Americans and the Spanish soldiers who encountered them on the expedition.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Discussion guide: Religion in early America
- This discussion guide will help students understand the larger context of religion in colonial America as they read about topics such as Quaker emigration and the Great Awakening.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- 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.
- Educator's guide: The arrival of Swiss immigrants
- Teaching suggestions to help your students synthesize the information in the article "The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Effects of civil 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 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- 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 (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
