Standard Course of Study :: Economics and Civics

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1869: A report on schools in North Carolina: In this lesson, students use a guided reading to look at a report on the status of education in North Carolina in 1869, and discuss the reasons given then for why the Governor and Legislature should support educating North Carolina's children. They are provided an opportunity to compare and contrast the 1869 document against their own ideas about the civic duty to attend school through age sixteen, and its relative value to the state and the country.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By Victoria Schaefer.

Canning for country and community: In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Melissa Thibault.

Effects of civil action: In this lesson, secondary students will analyze primary source materials to investigate how 4-H clubs made an impact on the home front in completing projects that supported the war effort during World War II. This lesson should be taught at the end of a World War II unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Feed a fighter: In this lesson students will examine “Additional Helps for the 4-H Mobilization for Victory Program,” a Cooperative Extension Work document from the Green 'N' Growing collection at Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University Libraries. The document will help students understand the efforts civilians underwent to support military efforts in World War II.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies); By Lisa Stamey.