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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)

Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Representing historic women figures in North Carolina: In Commemorative landscapes, page 2.4; This lesson, developed using the Commemorative Landscapes collection, examines North Carolina’s commemoration of the contributions made by women and asks students to think about how the commemoration of women might affect our collective understanding of women’s contributions to North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies); By Kate Allman.

Whose monument? Whose revolution?: In Commemorative landscapes, page 2.6; This lesson was developed using the Commemorative Landscapes collection. This lesson explores the way North Carolinians have constructed their collective memory of the American Revolution and analyzes how that collective memory might influence their view of historical processes and events.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies); By Kate Allman.

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