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- Traveling through Africa
- Students will plan a one-week, three country trip through Africa and create a travelogue of places they will visit. The students will create an electronic scrapbook of highlights of the trip (including cultural highlights, historical points of interest, geographic features, etc.)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Ren Bryan.
- Mapping HIV infection in Africa
- Using statistical information and maps, students will note the correlation between socio-economic factors and the impact of HIV/AIDS in the countries of Africa.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Greg Mitchell.
- Wife inheritance and the AIDS epidemic in Africa
- When an African man dies, it is the responsibility of his brother to inherit his widow. This has become a key factor in the spread of the AIDS virus. This plan looks at this tradition and the AIDS epidemic in African countries and students will discuss possible solutions in a Paideia seminar.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Greg Mitchell.
- Africa: Interpreting physical maps
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.1
- In this lesson for grade seven, students look at a physical map of Africa and use it to speculate how the geography of a given region might affect human culture in that area.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Mary B. Taylor.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Foods of African Countries
- Students study the foods of African countries. In doing so, they learn the geographical locations of specific countries on the continent of Africa, the vocabulary of African food products, and the similarities/differences of food grown throughout the various physical terrains and climates of the continent.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills)
- By Barbara Gibson.
- Current events in Africa
- In this lesson for grade seven, students find two news stories about a current event in Africa: one from an American media source and one from an African media source. Students compare the two to gain an understanding of cultural bias and perspective.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Shane Freeman.
- Economic planning in West Africa
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.3
- In this lesson plan for grade seven, students will research the West African nation Mali and will work in groups to create proposals for improvement projects in Mali. Students will discuss careers that require creating proposals and giving presentations.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Mary B. Taylor.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- AIDS in Africa Symposium
- Students will take on roles of those with a unique perspective on the AIDS crisis in Africa. Taking part in a symposium, each character, famous and ordinary, makes a statement and participates in a question-answer period.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Greg Mitchell.
- Slavery and bias in historic West Africa: A case of he said, he said
- In this lesson, students will examine three primary source documents concerning West African history, and will work to discover the similarities and differences between the documents. Students will discover the biases revealed by the authors of the documents.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Shane Freeman.
- Diseases of Africa
- Students will demonstrate an ability to research diseases in Africa and the causes, symptoms, treatment, and long-range solutions involving infrastructure development. They will compare and contrast countries and diseases. Working in groups, students will do research and prepare a multimedia presentation on the disease.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Development and Social Studies)
- By Jim Carson.
- Masks in Burkina Faso and Cherokee clans
- Focuses on the seven masks of the Cherokee clans and the masks in Burkina Faso (Africa). Students explore different masks through individual and group projects demonstrating their understanding of the roles masks play in the Cherokee culture and the African culture in Burkina Faso.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Second Languages)
- By Maguy Techer-Yancey.
- Call and response singing
- This lesson is a study of call and response singing, especially as it relates to African-American spirituals.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education)
- By Melody Moore.
- Research frenzy
- Students will use a variety of reference materials to complete a trivia-question scavenger hunt assignment. Within the context of this assignment, students will be exposed to questions in many curriculum areas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Information Skills)
- By Jan King.
- Asian, African, or Australian inventors & inventions
- The lesson integrates both Social Studies and Language Arts in a research and a creative writing component. The student will further understand inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the focused continents in the 7th grade Social Studies curriculum, as well as have the opportunity to develop his/her writing, reading, and oral communication skills. The project also incorporates mathematics with an emphasis on percentages and graphing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Information Skills, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
- By Jeff Rachlin and Melissa Reid.
- Comparing proverbs
- The lesson will feature comparisons of American and African proverbs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pat Chancer.
- Surprise box descriptions
- Students will learn to give oral definitions and descriptions. Each student will take a turn describing the contents of a plastic egg with a category plus attribute format. Other members in the group will have an opportunity to guess the contents of the egg after listening to the description.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Susan Karcher.
- A visit to colonial North Carolina
- This lesson plan extends student learning about the colonial period in North Carolina history by incorporating primary sources from the Documenting the American South collection. After reading first-hand accounts of travelers to colonial America, students will create their own travel brochure advertising North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- Motor car and galimoto: An intercultural lesson in pragmatism, creativity, and perseverance
- In this lesson for grade three, students read the book Galimoto, about a young boy in Malawi, Africa, and his quest to gather wire in order to make a toy car. Students discuss the literary elements of the book, study the language used, and complete their own quests to gather wire and create their own galimotos.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
- By Edie McDowell.
- African animals in habitats
- This is an inquiry-based animal study for early childhood students centered around a visit to the African Continent of the North Carolina Zoo.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Sue McCullah.
- Reading guide: Spain and America
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.2
- These terms and questions will guide students as they read "Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest." Filling in the chronological list of dates will enable students to understand the order in which events unfolded in Spain and in America, and answering the questions will encourage students to think critically about the readings in the chapter.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
