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Live-at-Home in North Carolina

In this lesson students will examine pictures and documents relating to the Live at Home program started in North Carolina by Governor O. Max Gardner to help North Carolina farmers refocus on food crops rather than cash crops during the Depression. These photographs, from the Green 'N' Growing collection at the North Carolina State University, will help students draw conclusions about the culture of North Carolina in the early 1930s and understand how they overcame the hardships of the Depression.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Loretta Wilson.

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 Social Studies)

By Angie Panel Holthausen.

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 8–10 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 (multiple pages)

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The Great Depression and the 1990s

Students frequently echo sentiments such as, “The government is too big,” or “The government should make welfare mothers pay for their own needs.” It seems that many citizens, high schoolers included, have begun to believe in reduced... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 11 Social Studies)

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