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- Introduction to community helpers
- This is a introductory lesson to a unit on community helpers. It will begin to help students to identify different types of community helpers and the jobs they perform.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies)
- By Jerrye Ficklin.
- Our community helpers
- Each student will choose a different community helper. Once they have chosen their helper the student will then draw their community helper using Kid Pix. With the help of an adult they will be required to type one sentence about their helper. These pictures will be used to form a classroom book entitled Our Community Helpers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and Social Studies)
- By Meredith Horne.
- Let's be firefighters!!!
- In this lesson, we will look at firefighters and the role they play in our community. This lesson will familiarize the students with the types of equipment used by firefighters, the special clothing worn by firefighters, and the responsibilities each of them have in our community.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies)
- By Lavonne Holland.
- About LEARN NC
- LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, provides lesson plans, professional development, and innovative web resources to support teachers, build community, and improve K-12 education in North Carolina.
- Format: article/help
- State Library of North Carolina
- Find information about the library and its many services and resources. Conduct genealogical research, investigate higher education institutions, find NC statistics, and more. Contains a digital project featuring African-American schools in the post-Civil War era.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Exploring the church in the southern black community
- Students explore the Documenting the American South Collection titled, the “Church in the Southern Black Community.” Beginning with a historian's interpretation of the primary sources that make up the collection, students search the collection for evidence to describe the experiences of African Americans living in the south during the Antebellum through the Reconstruction Period centering on their community churches. The activity culminates in student presentations of a digital scrap book.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- Special education in Mexico
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.3
- In the 1990s, the inclusive education movement gained ground in Mexico, which resulted in the mainstreaming of special needs students into regular classrooms. The effects of this movement can be seen in the educational policies and services focusing on special needs students in Mexico.
- Format: article
- By Mary Faith Mount-Cors.
- Taxes
- Students earn classroom dollars, set up a bank book, pay fines, figure interest and pay taxes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Cecelia Zimerle.
- Diary of a journey of Moravians
- First-hand account of the journey of twelve Moravian brothers from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Bethabara, North Carolina in 1753.
- Format: diary (multiple pages)
- Defining career vocabulary
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.6
- In this lesson, students learn vocabulary terms associated with careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.
- Maintaining safe water: Whose job is it?
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.3
- In this lesson plan, students learn about careers that are involved in maintaining water quality.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.
- Moravian migration: Before a visit to Bethabara
- Students investigate NCECHO site to "read all about" the 1753 Moravian settlement of Bethabara within our social studies curriculum topic on Life Long Ago. The Historic Bethabara Park website has historic background in narrative and diary form. After reading and discussing this information in teams with the teacher, student teams present information to classmates in some visual product in one of five categories. Students also will visit the photos on NCECHO and answer analytical questions to increase understanding of the past as compared to today.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Quakers
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.5
- The Quakers -- more properly known as the Society of Friends -- were an important group in the politics and society of early North Carolina. This article explains their early history, beliefs, and immigration to North Carolina.
- Format: article
- By L. Maren Wood.
- Ackland Art Museum
- Features online versions of art museum's exhibits and permanent collection, field trip guidelines and activities, lesson plans, and in-depth institutional background.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Canning for country and community
- In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Character education: What would you do?
- This lesson is designed to teach character development, problem solving, and teamwork. It can also be used with exceptional students in a high school setting.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)
- Learning in colonial Carolina
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.8
- During the late 1600s and early 1700s, education in Carolina was largely informal. Most children learned by watching and imitating parents and older community members. The sons of the wealthy were sent away to schools in other colonies or in England. The first efforts to provide formal education in Carolina were made by religious groups — the Quakers, the Baptists, and the Presbyterians.
- Format: article
- By Betty Dishong Renfer.
- Bridging the differences: Cultural background of Mexican students entering U.S. schools
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.4
- Making the transition from life in Mexico to life in the United States can be difficult for students of Mexican origin. Schools and teachers can make that transition easier by understanding students' cultural backgrounds and by employing a few simple strategies.
- Format: article
- By Mary Faith Mount-Cors.
- Incorporating oral history into the K–12 curriculum
- In Oral history in the classroom, page 3
- Oral history techniques for use with students at all levels, from kindergarten through high school.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Smallpox
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.4
- Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus. Historically, smallpox had a mortality rate of as much as 30 percent. In the Americas, it killed as much as 90 percent of the indigenous population after contact with Europeans introduced the disease. Smallpox is now eradicated after a successful worldwide vaccination program.
- Format: article
