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 5.06

Describe North Carolina's reaction to the increasing United States involvement in world affairs including participation in World War I, and evaluate the impact on the state's economy.

Resources aligned to this objective

W.A.R. (Wars Are Real)
This lesson plan allows students to research various American wars and conflicts that have occurred during the history of our country. It is designed as an end of the year project to cover a lot of our history in a short amount of time.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
By Jane Landreth.
War Time Propaganda: American Posters of the Great War
This lesson correlates with students' study of the World War I period. In particular, students will examine wartime propaganda, in the form of posters that appeared on the home front digitized in the Documenting the American South's North Carolina and the Great War collection.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)
By Kathryn Sansbury.