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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.
- Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities
- In this lesson, students will listen to three oral histories that shed light on political and personal reactions toward the 1954 Supreme Court ruling Brown versus Board of Education. Includes a teacher's guide as well as the oral history audio excerpts and transcripts.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- The Great Depression: Impact over time
- In this lesson students listen to oral history excerpts from Stan Hyatt from Madison County and evaluate how the Great Depression affected one North Carolina family over time.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Reading questions: Learning in colonial Carolina
- This set of questions was designed to accompany an article about education in colonial North Carolina.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Understanding Charlotte Hawkins Brown's rules for school
- In this lesson plan, students read a primary source document that lists rules for proper school behavior, written by Charlotte Hawkins Brown, a teacher who dedicated her life to improving the educational opportunities of African Americans in North Carolina in the early 20th century. Students analyze the rules in the context of the racial politics of the era and in the context of progressive education.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Social Studies)
- By Jamie Lathan.
