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- Along the Trail of Tears
- A part of history is often forgotten when teaching younger students. This is the relocation of the Cherokee Indians when the white settlers wanted their property. The US Government moved whole groups of Indians under harsh conditions. This trip became known as the Trail of Tears. Using this as a background students will explore and experiment with persuasive writing as they try to express the position of Cherokee leaders.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Glenda Bullard.
- Cherokee clans
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.1
- Introduction Hollywood movies have not accurately portrayed American Indians who lived in North Carolina. By researching and role playing the seven clans of the Cherokee, the false stereotypes will be replaced with factual knowledge and understanding....
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- By Linda Tabor.
- Cherokee lore and traditions
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.3
- Length 9 Weeks Class Length: 45 minutes - Meets daily Learning outcomes Promotes life-long learning: appreciation of different cultures. Provides hands-on activities: making masks. Integrates with EOG testing: reading....
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Patricia Lancaster.
- Cherokee relocation
- Students will use primary sources to investigate the boundaries of the Cherokee lands set for North Carolina after the Revolutionary War.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Social Studies)
- By Donna Hernandez.
- Legends: Dramatic story telling
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 10.1
- Introduction The act of storytelling makes learning exciting. Participating in a dramatic presentation of American Indian Legends allows class members to create, learn, and teach. Learning Outcomes Students will select an American...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4, 6, and 8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
- By Linda Tabor.
- Native American music: Two North Carolina tribes
- In this lesson plan, students will listen to songs from two North Carolina tribes. Students will learn about the music through listening, analyzing, singing, moving, and playing instruments.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education and Social Studies)
- By Merritt Raum Flexman.
- North Carolina Cherokee Indians: The Trail of Tears
- In this two week unit, students will study the Cherokee by participating in literature circles, learning about Native American story telling, writing a letter to Andrew Jackson to protest against the Creek War, and more.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Gina Golden.
- North Carolina maps
- A collection of lesson plans for grades K-12 centered on historic maps of North Carolina
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Reading guide: Cherokee women
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.7
- These questions will help to guide students' reading of "Cherokee Women" and encourage them to think critically about the text. The questions focus primarily on the Cherokee matrilineal kinship system and on the cultural differences between the Cherokee and the Europeans who arrived in the early 1700s.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Reading guide: The religious world of the Cherokee
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.6
- These questions will help to guide students' reading of "Maintaining Balance: The Religious World of the Cherokee" and encourage them to think critically about the text. The questions ask the students to consider Cherokee religious beliefs and how they may have affected interactions with the Europeans who arrived in the early 1700s.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- The relocation of the Cherokee in North Carolina
- In North Carolina maps, page 2.8
- In this lesson, students will analyze maps to learn more about the movement of the Cherokee population in North Carolina. Students will show the geographical changes of Cherokee land from the 18th to the 19th centuries through an understanding of maps, writings about the tribe, and the Treaty of 1819. This lesson should precede instruction on the Trail of Tears.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Jennifer Job.
- Storytelling with Cherokee folktales
- This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Ricky Hamilton.
- Trail of Tears museum exhibit
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 6.7
- In this lesson plan, students create a museum exhibit about the Cherokee Removal of 1838-1839.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Andrea Stewart, Keisha Gabriel, and Patty Grant.
- A walk of betrayal: The Trail of Tears
- In this lesson plan for fourth and fifth grade students will read various resources and watch videos about the Cherokee. They will trace the history of the Cherokee, discuss the outcomes of the impact of the white man, and determine how that intrusion led the Cherokee to the Trail of Tears. The students will examine the survival of the Cherokee and explore their accomplishments into the 21st century.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
- By Mary Towles.
- Walking the Trail of Tears
- Students will read accounts and learn about what happened on the Trail of Tears. They will discuss the causes of removal, explore the trail, and understand the effects it had on the Cherokee.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
- By Marsha Davis.
- Why the opossum's tail is bare
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.2
- A recording of a radio adaptation of a Cherokee legend, with suggestions for use in the classroom.
- Format: article/lesson plan
