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- 1869: A report on schools in North Carolina
- In this lesson, students look at a report on the status of education in North Carolina in 1869 and discuss the reasons given then for why the Governor and Legislature should support educating North Carolina's children. They are provided an opportunity to compare and contrast the 1869 document against their own ideas about the civic duty to attend school through age sixteen and its relative value to the state and the country.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Victoria Schaefer.
- Canning for country and community
- In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Melissa Thibault.
- A dying industry
- In this lesson, students learn how tariffs protect certain domestic industries and consider the impact of that protection from a variety of perspectives.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 Social Studies)
- By Susan Taylor.
- Introducing students to environmental justice: A North Carolina case study
- This lesson plan for science and social studies uses the 5E model to have students consider an environmental justice case study.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science and Social Studies)
- By Dana Haine.
- Is China to blame?
- In this lesson, students participate in a Paideia seminar about North Carolina's dwindling furniture industry.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 Social Studies)
- By Susan Taylor.
Resources on the web
- The North Carolina City and County Management Association
- A great collection of resources for teachers introducing North Carolina city and country government. Includes free lesson plans, a textbook, interviews, news articles, and contacts for classroom visits. (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: North Carolina City and County Management Association
- North Carolina Civic Education Consortium
- The North Carolina Civic Education Consortium works with schools, governments, and community organizations to prepare North Carolina’s young people to be active, responsible citizens. Formed in 1997, the Consortium distributes effective models, tools,... (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: School of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill
