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- Arts of persuasion
- Strategies for teaching middle school students to think critically, analyze persuasive arguments, and use speaking and writing to persuade others.
- Format: series (multiple pages)
- Interracial "harmony" and the Great Awakening
- The students will be introduced to two episodes in 19th century American history, around the time of the Great Awakening, that show glimpses of some positive and negative consequences of interracial interaction in a religious context. The students will examine primary sources from the Documenting the American South collection to then be able to write a "sermon" from the perspective of a southern itinerant preacher during the Great Awakening arguing for or against religion as a cure for the social ill of racism and slavery.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Jamie Lathan.
- Government "kooshball" debate
- Students will be presented with a situation where they will have to list pros and cons of an Islamic government and a democratic government. The students will be assigned one side of the argument and will write statements that support their side to be used in a debate. This lesson should follow a study of Islamic government and culture.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Terry Philbeck.
- Liberation and deliberation: The North Carolina ratification debates of 1788
- This lesson focuses on the deliberations over ratification of the US Constitution by the North Carolina legislators. In particular it traces the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-federalists found in the primary sources digitized in the Documenting the American South collection.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Mark Laskowski.
- The Trial of Hamlet
- In this lesson students have the chance to research courtroom procedure to try Hamlet for the murder of Polonius. Then, with some students in the roles of characters from the play, the class will conduct the trial of Shakespeare's most famous anti-hero.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
- By Ross White.
- The African American experience in NC after Reconstruction
- The documents included in this lesson come from The North Carolina Experience collection of Documenting the American South and specifically focus on African Americans and race relations in the early 20th century. The lesson juxtaposes accounts that relate to both the positive improvements of black society and arguments against advancement. Combined, these primary sources and the accompanying lesson plan could be used as a Document Based Question (DBQ) in an AP US history or African American history course.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- Modern China: The dam debate
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.7
- In this lesson for grade seven, students learn about the Three Gorges Dam in China and the controversy surrounding its construction. Students will take on the roles of people whose lives may be affected by the dam, and will participate in a debate about it.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Second Languages)
- By Susan N. Carter-Hope and James Philippart.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett, Meredith Ebert, and Sonya Rexrode.
- Why inquiry?
- The rationale for using discovery learning methods in teaching science.
- Vote for me! A re-election editorial
- In Rethinking Reports, page 1.4
- A research assignment in which students write an editorial for or against the re-election of a selected president.
- By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
- Pilgrimage: Mission
- The students view symbols and traditions of world religions in artwork as a source for discussion of the effect of “mission” in world history. This discussion also parallels texts usually taught in English II.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Betty Eidenier.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity seven
- In this activity for grades 7–12, students take on the role of legislators who must make a decision concerning the passage of an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Students will evaluate the impact of emotional appeal in persuasion. This activity builds on information learned in activities one through six.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- The Stanly-Spaight Duel
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 8.1
- In early nineteenth-century North Carolina, arguments often ended in duels. The 1802 duel between Richard Dobbs Spaight and John Stanly, in which Spaight was killed, led to legislation outlawing the practice, but the law had little immediate effect.
- Format: article
- The Great Gilly Hopkins: Characterization and prediction
- In the final chapters of the novel, Gilly's grandmother learns she has a granddaughter and decides to take Gilly out of foster care. Many of my classroom readers are often dismayed by this unexpected conflict and its outcome. In this lesson, the classroom becomes a courtroom where students predict the outcome of this conflict.
This activity can be used at the end of the novel, but I like to use it after reading chapters 10 and 11 so students can compare the courtroom decision to the end of the novel. - Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Emily Vann.
- Selecting evidence to support an argument
- This is a strategy lesson to teach students how to select evidence from a text to support an argument for an essay. It was designed to take two class periods and is comprised of three mini-lessons; these lessons include teacher modeling strategy to large group, student practice with strategy in small groups, and student practice with strategy individually on what will ultimately be the essay that they write.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Caroline Sain.
- School uniforms: Point-of-view writing
- This lesson deals with an issue that is very important to students: school uniforms. It incorporates writing, speaking, and math.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)
- By Linda Bulluck.
- Alternative discussion formats: History and literature on trial
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 3
- Putting historical or literary figures on trial makes a lively and challenging alternative to a class debate.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- 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.
- Who started the Civil War?: Comparing perspectives on the causes of the war
- This lesson plans presents the account of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a confederate spy during the Civil War. Students are encouraged to find confirming and refuting evidence of her perspective on what caused the Civil War by browsing the Documenting the American South Collection of digitized primary sources.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- The little house out back: The architecture of an outhouse
- In this lesson students will practice forming opinions and supporting them with facts by examining pictures of a North Carolina outhouse and an architectural plan of an outhouse. They will use their knowledge of history to draw conclusions about the conveniences available to people of different socio-economic groups in North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- Desegregating public schools: Integrated vs. neighborhood schools
- In this high school lesson plan, 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.
