LEARN NC

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

Goal 5

The learner will evaluate the impact of political, economic, social, and technological changes on life in North Carolina from 1870 to 1930.

Objective 5.03

Describe the social, economic, and political impact of migration on North Carolina.

Resources aligned to this objective

Where do the Lumbee live?
In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.6
Introduction Knowing the location of a community, city, state or nation is important. More important, however, is understanding of the personality of the location. Robeson County, home of the Lumbee Tribe, is more than a North Carolina county that...
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Gazelia Carter.
Lumbee English
In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.1
Introduction Linguist Walt Wolfram, a professor at North Carolina State University says, “The Lumbee English dialect bears the imprint of the early colonization by the English, Highland Scots, and Scots-Irish. Moreover, Lumbee American Indians’...
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Gazelia Carter.

Resources on the web

Webquest: Building an historic district
In this lesson for eighth grade social studies, students use historical overlay maps to create an historic district in Oxford, North Carolina. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
Provided by: UNC Libraries
Human migration: The story of the cultural landscape
In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and census data. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic