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- The African American experience in NC after Reconstruction
- The documents included in this lesson come from The North Carolina Experience collection of Documenting the American South and specifically focus on African Americans and race relations in the early 20th century. The lesson juxtaposes accounts that relate to both the positive improvements of black society and arguments against advancement. Combined, these primary sources and the accompanying lesson plan could be used as a Document Based Question (DBQ) in an AP US history course.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- De facto vs. de jure segregation
- This lesson will help students understand the difference between de facto and de jure segregation. Students will listen to three oral history excerpts and discuss the experiences of segregation described in each. As a follow-up activity, students will brainstorm solutions to both de facto and de jure segregation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Desegregating public schools: Integrated vs. neighborhood schools
- In this lesson, students will learn about the history of the "separate but equal" U.S. school system and the 1971 Swann case which forced Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to integrate. Students will examine the pros and cons of integration achieved through busing, and will write an argumentative essay drawing on information from oral histories.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Lunsford Lane: A slave in North Carolina who buys his freedom
- In this lesson plan, students read a primary source document to learn about the life of Lunsford Lane, a slave who worked in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina. Students answer questions about Lane based on his memoir to help them understand the details of his life.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By John Schaefer and Victoria Schaefer.
- Mountain dialect: Reading between the spoken lines
- This lesson plan uses Chapter 13 of Our Southern Highlanders as a jumping-off point to help students achieve social studies and English language arts objectives while developing an appreciation of the uniqueness of regional speech patterns, the complexities of ethnographic encounter, and the need to interrogate primary sources carefully to identify potential biases and misinformation in them. Historical content includes American slavery, the turn of the century, and the Great Depression.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- A record of school desegregation: Conduct your own oral history project
- In this unit, students will research the history of school desegregation and will use their knowledge to conduct oral history interviews with community members. Students will reflect on the experience through writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- School desegregation pioneers
- In this lesson, students will learn about the challenges faced by the first students to desegregate Southern schools. Students will hear oral histories telling the story of desegregation pioneers from Alabama and North Carolina and critically analyze images of school desegregation. They will synthesize the information by writing a narrative from the point of view of a black student desegregating a white school.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Slavery across North Carolina
- In this lesson, students read excerpts from slave narratives to gain an understanding of how slavery developed in each region of North Carolina and how regional differences created a variety of slave experiences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Spirituals and the power of music in slave narratives
- In this lesson, students will learn about the importance of music in the lives of slaves by reading slave narratives and listening to recordings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education and Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Teaching about slavery through newspaper advertisements
- In this lesson for grades 8 and 11, students will analyze a selection of advertisements related to slavery from an 1837 newspaper in order to enhance their understanding of antebellum North Carolina, U.S. history, and the history of American slavery.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Kathryn Walbert.
