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Farmville's choice

In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.

Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Live-at-Home in North Carolina

In this lesson students will examine pictures and documents relating to the Live at Home program started in North Carolina by Governor O. Max Gardner to help North Carolina farmers refocus on food crops rather than cash crops during the Depression. These photographs, from the Green 'N' Growing collection at the North Carolina State University, will help students draw conclusions about the culture of North Carolina in the early 1930s and understand how they overcame the hardships of the Depression.

Format: article (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Loretta Wilson.

4-H and Home Demonstration during the Great Depression

During the first few years of the Great Depression, North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service agents focused on emergency relief for adult farmers rather than the 4-H program. By 1933 club enrollment fell to its lowest levels since 1925, and the summer...

Format: article

By Amy Manor.

Political theories about suffrage

In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd and her interviewer share some of their theories as to why women achieved suffrage in 1920. In their conversation they discuss that some women were too disinterested or lethargic to press for suffrage. They also...

Format: audio

Valentine's Day: Love it? Or love it not?

In The First Year, page 3.5

Don't let holidays overwhelm the focus on learning.

By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Women, then and now

In this lesson, students will analyze images and a home demonstration pamphlet, a Cooperative Extension Work document from the Green 'N' Growing collection at Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University Libraries. The primary sources will help students assess the roles, opportunities, and achievements of women beginning in 1950.

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

By Lisa Stamey.

Electroplating: When is a penny worth less than one cent?

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.8

In this lesson, students understand the chemical differences between pennies made before and after 1982, and gain an understanding of the process of electroplating.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Four myths about online learning

There are a number of myths circulating about online courses. This article explains what online courses are and debunks some of those myths.

Format: article/help

By Ross White.

Grooming in 1930s North Carolina

Using primary source materials, this lesson plan provides a glimpse into the lives of girls and women from the 1930s and will give students the opportunity to study what was considered attractive for the time, how the Depression affected grooming practices, and the universal concept of healthful living.

Format: article (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

Confirming and visualizing Lewis dot structures

With this activity, students can calculate and visualize the atomic and molecular structures of bonds and lone pairs in the molecule methanol (methyl alcohol, CH3OH).

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Bob Gotwals.

Soil and erosion unit: Section 1

This two week unit will involve descriptive information on North Carolina soil types and how the presence of plants affects soil erosion. Upon completion of Section 1, you may continue to Section 2.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Amy Robertson.

The Dukes of Durham

In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.7

After the Civil War, Orange County farmer Washington Duke put everything he had into growing tobacco. From farming he quickly expanded into manufacturing, and by the end of the nineteenth century, his son controlled the largest tobacco industry in the world.

Format: article

American Indians

A guide to some of the best resources for teaching about American Indians, including lesson plans, articles, websites, and field trip opportunities.

Format: bibliography/help

Firing a musket: 18th-century small arms

During Living History Week at Alamance Battleground, reenactor Bill Thompson explains late eighteenth-century small arms, including how a flintlock works and the differences between rifles and muskets, and demonstrates the loading and firing of an English...

Format: video/video

Resources on the web

Free Online MIT Course Materials

At this site MIT provides a number of great resources for high school teachers and students. These include video demonstrations, AP level practice problems and exam questions, hands on learning examples, and links to further resources from MIT education outreach... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: MIT

The Lab-Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science

This site offers information on various scientific topics, and includes sections for teachers and kids at the bottom of the home page. Find lesson plans, activities, critical thinking puzzles, experiments, demonstrations, games, articles, and various multimedia... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: ABC

YES I Can! Science

The classroom resources and background material necessary to teach science so that students will develop insight into the fundamental principles which form the basis of modern science and technology, and develop essential analytical and critical-thinking life-skills.... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: York University Science and Engineering

NASA's Space Place

Sponsored by NASA, this clever website features information about earth, space and technology through games, activities, and animation. The friendly, attractive interface will easily engage elementary and middle school children in the fantastic world of science.... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: NASA