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Social Studies — Grade 8

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.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

The growth of cities
In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.4
Cities grew rapidly after the Civil War, in North Carolina as across the United States. But the great majority of North Carolina's population remained rural. This article includes maps and tables of census data.
Format: article
By David Walbert.
The Great Migration and North Carolina
In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 5.5
During the Jim Crow era of the early twentieth century, more than a million African Americans left the South for northern cities, where they took advantage of economic opportunities and created thriving communities.
Format: article
By Shepherd W. McKinley and Cynthia Risser.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Where do the Lumbee live?
In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 2.8
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 3–4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Gazelia Carter.
Webquest: Building an historic district
In North Carolina maps, page 2.3
In this lessons, students complete a webquest that includes having them view and analyze maps to recreate a historic district in North Carolina. Throughout this process, students think about how towns change over time and how technology impacts the way we live.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Jennifer Job.

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