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Children and families in North Carolina

In this lesson plan, elementary students will analyze photographs of children from North Carolina provided by the Green ‘N’ Growing collection from the Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University. They will investigate how individuals and families are similar and different, and to begin to acquire an understanding of change over time.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

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)

Folklife

Students will learn North Carolina folklore, traditions, war activities, local legends, superstitions, food preparation traditions, art, songs and dances which are unique to the area.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Carolyn Early.

Graphic organizer: The well-ordered family

This activity provides a way for students to further their comprehension as they read an excerpt from a book by an eighteenth-century Puritan minister about children's duties toward their parents. Students will complete a graphic organizer and answer questions about the reading passage.

Format: chart/lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

Home is where the hearth is: Using photographs to discuss traditional family roles

In this lesson students will examine pictures of hearths (fireplaces), which used to be the cornerstone of the home and family life. These images, from the Built Heritage Collection at North Carolina State University, will help students use observation skills and inference to draw conclusions about the culture of family life at various points throughout the history of North Carolina and the United States.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Loretta Wilson.

Reading guide: Cherokee women

In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.7

These questions will help to guide students' reading of "Cherokee Women" and encourage them to think critically about the text. The questions focus primarily on the Cherokee matrilineal kinship system and on the cultural differences between the Cherokee and the Europeans who arrived in the early 1700s.

Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

Teaching suggestions: Families in colonial North Carolina

These teaching suggestions present a variety of ways to work with an article about families in colonial North Carolina. Suggested activities span a wide range of possibilities and offer opportunities for a variety of learning styles.

Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

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Like father, like son: Presidential families

The lessons in this unit from EDSITEment provide an opportunity for students to learn about and discuss two U.S. families in which both the father and son became President. Students will address questions such as: What types of people might become President... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)

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