United States History

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.

Grooming in 1930s North Carolina

Using primary source materials, this lesson plan provides a glimpse into the lives of girls and women from the 1930s and will give students the opportunity to study what was considered attractive for the time, how the Depression affected grooming practices, and the universal concept of healthful living.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

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.

Lesson plans on the web

The Great Depression and the 1990s

Students will use the American Memory Project's American Life Histories and other government resources to explore the origins of the welfare state and will then evaluate the need for such programs in the present. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies and English Language Arts)

Provider: Library of Congress/American Memory Project

The Great Depression and the 1990s

Students gain a better understanding of why the government takes care of its people and how the U.S. welfare state started. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Provider: Library of Congress/American Memory Project

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