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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.
- Analyzing children's letters to Mrs. Roosevelt
- Students will analyze letters that children wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Angie Panel Holthausen.
- 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)
- Children at work: Exposing child labor in the cotton mills of the Carolinas
- In this lesson, students will learn about the use of child labor in the cotton mills of the Carolinas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They will learn what life was like for a child worker and then write an investigative news report exposing the practice of child labor in the mills, using quotations from oral histories with former child mill workers and photographs of child laborers taken by social reform photographer Lewis Hine.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Civil rights protests and dilemmas
- In this lesson students explore well-known civil rights protests then listen to two oral histories of individuals who protested in their own way to promote equality for African Americans. Students specifically will consider personal risks involved in protest.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Cotton mills from differing perspectives: Critically analyzing primary documents
- In this lesson, students will read two primary source documents: a 1909 pamphlet exposing the use of child labor in the cotton mills of North Carolina, and a weekly newsletter published by the mill companies. Students will also listen to oral history excerpts from mill workers to gain a third perspective. In a critical analysis, students will identify the audiences for both documents, speculate on the motivations of their authors, and examine the historical importance of each document.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- 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.
- Effects of civic action
- In this lesson, secondary students will analyze primary source materials to investigate how 4-H clubs made an impact on the home front in completing projects that supported the war effort during World War II. This lesson should be taught at the end of a World War II unit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Exploring first-person female narratives related to Sherman's march to the sea
- This lesson plan uses first-person narratives from the Documenting the American South collection to demonstrate differences in perspective related to historical events, in this case, Sherman's march to the sea. It encourages students to compare the views of two southern ladies with that of a Union soldier.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- Exploring the 1835 NC Constitutional Convention
- This internet scavenger hunt allows students to read the actual proceedings of the 1835 Constitutional Convention while they discover for themselves some of the significant amendments that were made. The activity also sets the foundation for class discussions about why the state Constitution was amended in 1835 and what impact the amendments had on religious groups, free blacks, and American Indians.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Barbara Jean.
- Eyewitness to the flood
- In this lesson, students will listen to oral history excerpts from Hurricane Floyd survivors and contrast their experiences with the experiences of the characters in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Family story with research
- Using the book, When The Legends Die and a Native American story-telling unit, students gather a family story of their own.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Eric Broer.
- Feed a fighter
- In this lesson students will examine “Additional Helps for the 4-H Mobilization for Victory Program,” a Cooperative Extension Work document from the Green 'N' Growing collection at Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University Libraries. The document will help students understand the efforts civilians underwent to support military efforts in World War II.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Lisa Stamey.
- 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.
- Fugitive Slave Law simulation
- Students face the critical issue of the Fugitive Slave Law that gave Southerners the right to regain their runaway slaves and return them to bondage. It is also considered by many to have contributed to growing sectionalism in the U.S. and eventually the Civil War. In order to take on the roles of historical actors, students will examine primary source documents from the Documenting the American South collection and critique arguments in favor and opposed to the law.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- Good medicine
- Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Leslie Ramsey.
- An introduction to slave narratives: Harriet Jacobs' Life of a Slave Girl
- In this lesson, students will learn about the life experiences of slaves in the United States during the 1800s by reading the story of a North Carolina slave woman who eventually escaped.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Joe Hooten.
- Letters back home: A soldier's perspective on World War I
- World War I traumatized many of the soldiers that participated in the war. It had a lasting effect on the political, economic, social, and cultural lives of Americans during the 1920's. By reading letters that one soldier wrote to his family back home. Students can gain insight into the reasons why the “Great War” had such a profound impact on the United States in years following the war.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By George Gray Jr..
- 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.
