Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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Archaeological context: In their study of context, students will use a game and a discussion to demonstrate the importance of artifacts in context for learning about past people.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Connecting Folktales and Culture in North Carolina and Beyond: Students will explore connections to North Carolina culture as they engage in reading and analyzing three folktales of North Carolina Literary Festival author, William Hooks. After comparing these stories to other versions of the traditional tales, students will become authors and storytellers themselves as they rewrite a tale from a new cultural point of view. Opportunities are also included to extend this study to world cultures and folktales.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); By Jeanne Munoz.

Language families: Students will identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina and calculate the physical area covered by each language family.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Social Studies and Mathematics)

Molly's Pilgrim Activity: Using the book by Barbara Cohen, students will respond to the social and historical significance of this portrayal of the Thanksgiving holiday. Students will also participate in constructing a Venn diagram and completing a cloze activity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Rita Wilson.

North Carolina American Indian Stories: In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Janice Gardner.

North Carolina Cherokee Indians: The Trail of Tears: In this two week unit, students will study the Cherokee by participating in literature circles, learning about Native American story telling, writing a letter to Andrew Jackson to protest against the Creek War, and more.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies and English Language Arts); By Gina Golden.

Rock art: Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and Science)

Site robbers: Students will use an interview with a Native American to write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

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: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity one: This activity for grades 3–6 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an adapted introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

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: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

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 (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Mapping your state's culture: In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the concept of culture. They learn about interesting aspects of North Carolina's culture, including arts, recreation, folklore, and cultural diversity. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Native Americans today: In this lesson, teachers use children's nonfiction books and the Internet to help their students develop accurate, substantive information about Native American people in the present day. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: IRA/NCTE