LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 5

The learner will research by finding information to support informal or formal productions.

Objective 5.03

Adapt and use information about character traits derived from a text.

Resources aligned to this objective

The Greensboro Sit-ins
Students will explore the Greensboro Sit-ins. They will experience segregation through drama, research the people involved in the protest at Woolworth's, and then stage a re-enactment of the event.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
By Lucinda Gainey.

Resources on the web

A suitable job for a woman
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students identify the model for the character Amelia Martin by discovering information about four women: Abbie Burgess, Louisa May Alcott, Ida Lewis, and Clara Barton. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Pioneer America: Pioneer living
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about what life was like for early American pioneers. After reading about pioneers in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, students conduct independent research on one aspect of pioneer... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies and Theater Arts Education)
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