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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 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
