Standard Course of Study :: United States History

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Analyzing Children's Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt: Students will analyze letters that children wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Angie Panel Holthausen.

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.

Dynamic dialect: Horace Kephart and our Southern Highlanders: Students will read an excerpt from Horace Kephart's Our Southern Highlanders and explore how language and dialect have changed over the years.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Billie Clemens.

Paired Writing: Hoover and FDR: Taking on the persona of FDR and Hoover, students will write responses to citizens seeking help with real world problems.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Angie Panel Holthausen.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity five: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will evaluate primary source photographs from the tobacco bag stringing collection and some of Lewis Hine's photographs from the George Eastman House collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity four: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will examine primary source photographs and biographical information that were collected for the Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation to set up a data record.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity one: This activity for grades 7–12 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity seven: In this activity for grades 7–12, students take on the role of legislators who must make a decision concerning the passage of an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Students will evaluate the impact of emotional appeal in persuasion. This activity builds on information learned in activities one through six.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity six: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will read and evaluate primary source stories from the Federal Writer’s Project.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity three: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will evaluate primary source photographs from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two: In this lesson, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Great Depression about the effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act on North Carolina's tobacco bag stringers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Worth a thousand words: Depression-era photographs: Students gain insight into New Deal programs and the experience of Depression-era Americans (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities