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North Carolina women and the Progressive Movement

This lesson includes primary sources from Documenting the American South specifically related to North Carolina women involved in reform movements characteristic of the Progressive era. For the most part, these documents detail women's work in education-related reform and describe the creation of schools for women in the state. They also demonstrate that, as was true in the rest of the nation, the progressive, female reformers of N.C. were segregated based on race and socio-economic status.

Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)

By Meghan Mcglinn.

Kings and gods

In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 5

Khmer kings promoted the idea, known as devaraja, that there was an intersection of the ruling king and a validating god, usually the Hindu god Siva. Banteay Srei, shown here, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Siva that was built during the...

By Lorraine Aragon.

The Learning Page: Activities and features

In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 6

In this installment of the American Memory Guide, learn to easily locate activities and features specially designed for students and your classroom.

Format: article

By Melissa Thibault.

Industrialization and Progressive Reform in the Craft Revival

In this lesson plan, originally published on the Craft Revival website, students will analyze the process of making a hobby into a job. They will explore Craft Revival work environments, representations of industrial work environments, and data regarding Craft Revival work. To close the activity, students write a journal entry comparing Craft Revival and industrial work experiences.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)

By Patrick Velde.

Women's history

LEARN NC has selected several resources from our collections to help your students learn about women's history. Find lesson plans, websites, and articles to help your students learn about the achievements and experiences of women.

Format: bibliography/help

Populists, fusionists, and white supremacists: North Carolina politics from Reconstruction to the Election of 1898

In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.2

After Reconstruction, Conservatives (later Democrats) reversed many of the gains Republicans had made while in power. In the 1890s, the new People's (or Populist) Party joined with Republicans in a "fusion" campaign that briefly won control of the state government.

Format: article

By Nicholas Graham.

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

By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Resources on the web

A new profession takes seed

Students study the origination and development of the Forest Service, a classic example of Progressive Era idealism. Students will examine the changing responsibilities and roles of foresters during the 20th century through present-day and also will reflect... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)

Provided by: Forest History Society

From Slavery to Civil Rights: A Timeline of African American History

Primary source documents tracing the history of African Americans through Slavery, Abolition, Antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction, Progressive Era, World War I, Between the Wars, World War II, and Civil Rights. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Library of Congress

National Women’s History Museum (NWHM)

Students can learn about famous women who have made a contribution to the United States. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

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Theodore Roosevelt, His Life and Times on Film

This presentation features 104 films which record events in Theodore Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history through its collection of primary source materials. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History