Standard Course of Study :: United States History

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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); By Wanda Taylor.

Lunsford Lane: A Slave in North Carolina Who Buys His Freedom: Lunsford Lane's story is about a slave who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Though his master owns as many as three plantations outside of Raleigh, Mr. Lane is not a plantation slave. Rather, he works for his master in the city-dwelling. His story provides an example of an ingenious, determined, and disciplined slave who's vision and creativity affords him the opportunity to earn money and eventually buy his freedom. This is an incredible story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By John Schaefer and Victoria Schaefer.

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.