Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity two: This activity for grades 3–6 will teach students how examining photographs can help them to better understand the past. This activity can be used as an introduction to looking at primary source photographs.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity three: In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: article (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four: In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.; Format: article (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Little and big houses: Using the book Little House on the Prairie and international keypals, students will learn about similarities and differences among children at different times and in different places.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies); By Karen Ester.

Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Families - Then and now: Students apply their knowledge of communities as they compare and contrast the home life described in Sarah Plain and Tall to the home life described in Because of Winn-Dixie.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Debbie Fox and Sherri Hendrix.

Understanding Tenement Life: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore what daily life was like for the millions of poor Irish, German, Jewish, and Italian immigrants living in tenement apartments at the turn of the century. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Then and Now: Life in Early America, 1740-1840: Students use archival materials, re-creations, and classroom activities in order to consider which aspects of everyday life have changed and which have stayed the same in the last 200 years. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Sodbusters!: Students examine photographs of sod houses, build a model sod house, and picture themselves living in a ‘soddie’ to gain a firsthand perspective on the frontier period of American history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Jamestown changes: In this lesson, students will study census data showing the names and occupations of early settlers of the English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, to discern how life changed in the Jamestown settlement in the first few years after it was founded. The... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: EDSITEment

Immigrating to America: Students learn about what it was like for new immigrants to come through Ellis Island at the turn of the century. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Social Studies); Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

History in quilts: Students will recognize how people from different cultures and time periods have passed down the tradition of quiltmaking. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

Earth Day every day: This Xpeditions lesson demonstrates how classroom and community projects can improve the local environment and benefit communities beyond one's own. Students discuss environmental concerns, analyze these concerns, and offer practical remedies. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic