LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

The learner will investigate how individuals, families, and groups are similar and different.

Objective 1.01

Describe how individuals are unique and valued.

Resources aligned to this objective

All About ME: Likenesses & Differences
This lesson will help to enhance the self-esteem of students by focusing on each child's individual differences.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living Education, Social Studies, and Guidance)
By Crystal Sigmon.

Lesson plans on the web

Back in the olden days
In this Xpeditions lesson, students discuss what it might have been like when, and where, their parents and grandparents grew up. The students conduct interviews to see if their guesses were right. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
Native American cultures across the U.S.
Students discuss the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Wanted: A new friend
This ARTSEDGE lesson uses the book Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move to explore self-portraiture. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Weeping camel: Finding rituals in our daily lives
In this Xpeditions lesson, students identify characteristics of traditional and modern rituals found in different cultures. Through reading stories about rituals, students identify some of their characteristics. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
What should a house do?
This is a set of nine lesson plans which compares and contrasts the homes built by the first American settlers with those of the Native American peoples. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities