LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

The learner will characterize qualities of good citizenship by identifying people who made a difference in the community and other social environments.

Objective 1.06

Identify selected personalities associated with major holidays and cultural celebrations.

Resources aligned to this objective

Graphically Organize a Biography
This lesson is a good ending to a unit on biographies. The students will work together in small groups to create a poster that displays the information from a biography in a graphic organizer.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Information Skills, Guidance, and Social Studies)
By Ellen Benton.

Lesson plans on the web

What makes a hero?
Students explore whether they have heroes to emulate. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities