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Commemorative landscapes: These lessons for elementary, middle, and high school were developed in collaboration with The University of North Carolina Library Commemorative Landscapes project to introduce and promote student understanding and writing of North Carolina’s history through commemorative sites, landscapes, and markers.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Good medicine: Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies); By Leslie Ramsey.

Where have we been? Tracing family through a timeline of national history: In this lesson, students are introduced to examples of how wars and technological developments have impacted the movement of people throughout United States and world history. Using a timeline, students will begin to connect historical events with the people they impacted. They will then investigate where their families fit into history in both time and place.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)

Resources on the web

American Experience: Over 75 features that accompany the PBS series The American Experience, that document people and events that shaped United States history. Find video, audio, maps, images, and other resources that explore Presidents, Biographies, War and Politics,... (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: PBS

The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary: Celebrate the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, one of our most famous founding fathers, through the educational resources provided on this website. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: BenFranklin300.org

Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life, An Electric Mind: A rich, diverse website that examines the life of Benjamin Franklin from many angles using a variety of activities to engage the learner. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: PBS

Camp Silos: Provides educational material related to the natural prairie, pioneer farm life, early agricultural technology, and the story of corn from its early Indian origins to the present using virtual field trips, primary sources, and a variety of other multimedia... (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area

Fueling the fires of American industrialization: In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students examine the role wood played in the American Industrial Revolution. By calculating how much wood was consumed by U.S. railroads before and after the invention of wood preservatives,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Social Studies); Provided by: Forest History Society

I hear the locomotives: The impact of the Transcontinental Railroad: In this lesson, found on the EDSITEment website, students analyze archival material in order to make connections between the arrival of the railroads and many of the changes that occurred subsequently in the United States and its territories. They learn... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: EDSITEment

Learning Network: New York Times On The Web: The New York Times On The Web's Learning Network offers daily lesson plans, education news, and current events quizzes and daily news summaries for students. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: New York Times

Museum of Broadcast Communications: Sponsored by The Museum of Broadcast Communications, this site contains an online Television Encyclopedia, a comprehensive archive of radio and television history and programming. Educational resources and lesson plans support the site's content. The content... (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: Museum of Broadcast Communications

The U-505 Submarine: Take a virtual tour and learn the history of the U-505, a captured a German U-boat submarine from World War II. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago