Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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Critical Inquiry of Propaganda Posters from World War I: Students will examine posters from World War I to determine the use of propaganda. The posters reflect economics, patriotism, environmental issues, recruitment, fear, and investment. The primary sources, found in Documenting the American South (UNC-CH Libraries), provides a wide array of posters.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Paulette Scott.

Dynamic dialect: Horace Kephart and our Southern Highlanders: Students will read an excerpt from Horace Kephart's Our Southern Highlanders and explore how language and dialect have changed over the years.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Billie Clemens.

Good medicine: Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Science); By Leslie Ramsey.

Industrialization and Progressive Reform in the Craft Revival: In this lesson plan, originally published on the Craft Revival website, students will analyze the process of making a hobby into a job. They will explore Craft Revival work environments, representations of industrial work environments, and data regarding Craft Revival work. To close the activity, students write a journal entry comparing Craft Revival and industrial work experiences.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Patrick Velde.

Mountain dialect: Reading between the spoken lines: This lesson plan uses Chapter 13 of Our Southern Highlanders (available online) as a jumping-off point to help students achieve social studies and English language arts objectives while developing an appreciation of the uniqueness of regional speech patterns, the complexities of ethnographic encounter, and the need to interrogate primary sources carefully to identify potential biases and misinformation in them. Historical content includes American slavery, the turn-of-the-century, and the Great Depression.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Kathryn Walbert.

The North Carolina mountains in the early 1900s through the writing and photography of Horace Kephart: Students will develop an understanding of daily life and culture in the mountains of North Carolina during the early 20th century through photographs and written sources; practice visual literacy skills and gain experience analyzing visual and written sources of historical information; and learn to revise their early analyses of historical sources and to synthesize the information found in different kinds of primary documents by planning a museum exhibit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Kathryn L. Walbert.

Outfitting a World War I Soldier - Teaching US History with Primary Sources: What do soldiers wear? Students will say a uniform and mention boots. However, many of the necessities of soldiers are often overlooked by civilians whether the items be standard issue or personal.This lesson gives students the opportunity to not only look at William B. Umstead's artifacts from World War I, but gain insight into how and why each item was used.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Paulette Scott.

A Road Map to Reading: Students struggle with informational texts and websites. Understanding the structure of these texts is essential to efficient information gathering. The "Road Map" is a pre-reading strategy. Like the road map in your atlas, this mapping activity will help students visualize the layout of the text before they start reading so they will have an idea of where they are going (or where to find the information they are looking for) when they start reading. This lesson will also address active-reading strategies students can use to find information for research in print and electronic sources.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies); By Elizabeth Hubbe and Melissa Thibault.

Carnegie libraries: The future made bright: Using maps, images, and web texts, students explore the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie and the impact of the libraries he endowed. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8–12 Information Skills and Social Studies); Provider: Teaching With Historic Places: National Park Service

Child labor: Giving voice to the industrial revolution through monologues: Students gather information using selected websites and explore issues related to child labor, particularly as it occurred in England and the United States during the Industrial Revolution. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Fueling the fires of American industrialization: Students examine the role wood played in the American Industrial Revolution. By calculating how much wood was consumed by U.S. railroads before and after the invention of wood preservatives, students will observe the connection between technology and forest conservation. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies, English Language Arts, and Mathematics); Provider: Forest History Society