Standard Course of Study :: United States History

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Role plays from research on Native Americans: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 5.3; Introduction Dramatic role plays make history come alive. Research has a purpose! Students select a North Carolina American Indian to research. (I find students feel more connected if they do the selecting. Drawing names from a deck of 3x5 cards adds...; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Linda Tabor.

Plantation life in the 1840s: A slave's description: This lesson introduces students to a description of life on the plantation and the cultivation of cotton from the perspective of a slave. It focuses on the use of slave narratives made available by the Documenting the American South collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By John Schaefer and Victoria Schaefer.

Lunsford Lane: A slave in North Carolina who buys his freedom: In this lesson plan, students read a primary source document to learn about the life of Lunsford Lane, a slave who worked in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina. Students answer questions about Lane based on his memoir to help them understand the details of his life.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By John Schaefer and Victoria Schaefer.

A comprehensive study of North Carolina Indian tribes: Students will apply their research skills of gathering and validating information to study the eight state recognized American Indian tribes of North Carolina in order to create an Honors U.S. History Project. Students then will create a comprehensive study of those tribes to be compiled into a notebook to be copied and shared with the eighth grade teachers of North Carolina History in our county.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)