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Reading primary sources: Slave narratives: This interactive guide to reading a slave narrative steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: interview (multiple pages)

Lesson plans for teaching focus: A collection of LEARN NC's lesson plans for teaching focus, the first of the five features of effective writing.; Format: bibliography/help

Two perspectives on slavery: A comparison of personal narratives: This activity for grade 11 will help students evaluate and critique authors' perspectives. Students will read two first-person narratives and analyze how each text is influenced by its author's cultural background.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

More vivid word choices: Said is dead: The students will expand their vocabulary and learn synonyms for overused words. By using the story Chicken Little by Stephen Kellogg, students will see how an acclaimed author uses many different words for "said."; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Linda Justice.

Slave narratives: A genre study: In this lesson, students will read selected excerpts from slave narratives, determining common characteristics of the genre. Students will then write their own slave narratives as a slave from their region of North Carolina, researching for historical accuracy and incorporating elements of the slave narrative genre to demonstrate understanding.; Format: lesson plan; By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

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 11–12 Social Studies); By Meghan Mcglinn.

Reading slave narratives: The WPA interviews: A reading guide for students working with WPA Federal Writers Project interviews with former slaves.; Format: article/learner's guide; By David Walbert.

Slavery across North Carolina: In this lesson for grade 8, students read excerpts from slave narratives to gain an understanding of how slavery developed in each region of North Carolina, and how regional differences created a variety of slave experiences.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Welcome to my world!: Developing a personal narrative timeline: Students will create digital, narrative, and drawn versions of a timeline of at least five events of their life.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Women of the South in a changing society: This lesson examines the lives of women in Southern Appalachia and other areas of the south during the Civil War and focuses particular attention on analyzing the historical stereotypes of women of the 19th-century.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Cindy Mcpeters and Aletha Aldridge.

Excerpt from Fannie Dorum slave narrative: Fannie Dorum was born into slavery in Franlin, North Carolina. In this brief excerpt, she describes the work she did as a slave.; Format: book

Great beginnings: Good beginnings hook readers and make them want to continue reading. Students will learn the features of good beginnings by reading the beginnings of several narrative picturebooks, and then writing good beginnings for their own narratives.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Spirituals and the power of music in slave narratives: In this lesson for grade 4, students will learn about the importance of music in the lives of slaves by reading slave narratives and listening to recordings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Music Education and Social Studies); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Oral history through personal narratives: Students apply their knowledge of story elements to art and literature of the 1950s by developing a story, comprehending someone else's story, and diagramming the five elements of plot. Students will then create, revise, edit, and publish their own personal narrative.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Mary Magee.

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.

Excerpt from William H. Robinson slave narrative: William H. Robinson was born into slavery in Wilmington, North Carolina, one of 12 siblings. After slavery ended in 1865, he worked for many years as a traveling singer and banjo player, then attended Central Tennessee College and became a minister. In this excerpt, he writes about the secret meanings of many spirituals.; Format: book

Religion and slavery in the American South: Comparing perspectives: In this lesson plan, students consult a variety of primary sources from the Documenting the American South Collection to uncover the varied impacts of religion in the lives of slaves in the American South. They are encouraged to seek out multiple, and sometimes contradictory, perspectives of this history.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Meghan Mcglinn.

You can't tell it all!: Narrowing the focus of personal narratives: Students will learn to focus their personal narratives on just one main event by listing events on a topic and identifying one main event to write about. Focusing their personal narratives on one main event helps students to write about only the important things and leave out events and details that are not related to the main event.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

An introduction to slave narratives: Harriet Jacobs' Life of a Slave Girl: This lesson is intended to enhance student knowledge about the life experiences of a slaves in America during the 1800s by using the story of a North Carolina slave woman who eventually escaped.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Joe Hooten.

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