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- North Carolina in the New South
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- William Hamlin oral history excerpt
- William Hamlin attended segregated schools in Charlotte, NC in the 1950s and 1960s, but later sent his children to integrated schools. Here, he explains his opinions about integrated schools, and why tolerance of others may be more important than legal desegregation....
- Format: audio/interview
- The Wilmington Record editorial
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.1
- Editorial by Alex Manly in the Wilmington (North Carolina) Record, an African American newspaper, 1898, that fueled the white anger against blacks that led to the Wilmington Race Riot. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper
- Lesson plan publication standards
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.2
- Standards for acceptance of lesson plans for publication.
- Format: article/help
- Deficit thinking
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.2
- Teachers frequently attribute the academic struggles of English language learners to the students' inability or unwillingness to learn English, but this "deficit thinking" can better be replaced by a focus on what immigrant students bring to the classroom.
- By Buck Cooper.
- Reaching Latinos through social studies
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 4.1
- Teachers can help immigrant students feel more comfortable in the classroom by basing social studies lessons on students' own knowledge and backgrounds.
- By Paul Fitchett.
- The thirty-second system for managing tardies and misdirected attention
- In The First Year, page 3.3
- A countdown can give your students a chance to settle in and get ready to learn or to refocus their attention when it has wandered.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Birds of a feather, an interdisciplinary unit: Language Arts wing
- This lesson, which features Mark Twain's “Jim Baker's Blue-jay Yarn,” is part of an interdisciplinary unit on birds that contains math/science and language arts components. In the language arts wing, students will explore dialects and personification through this very entertaining tall tale full of the antics of talking blue-jays.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Janet Fore.
- Andrew Jackson calls for Indian removal
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.3
- Excerpt from President Andrew Jackson's first inaugural address, 1829, in which he argued that American Indians should be removed west of the Mississippi. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: speech
- Commentary and sidebar notes by Kathryn Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- 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)
- African American history
- A guide to lesson plans, articles, and websites to help bring African American history alive in your classroom.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Beyond Black History Month
- Go beyond approaches that marginalize African American history by "shifting the lens" to look at events from new perspectives.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- A soldier recalls the Trail of Tears
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.8
- In this letter to his children, written on his eightieth birthday, Private John G. Burnett tells the story of the removal of the Cherokee to the West. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Reading primary sources: An introduction for students
- A step-by-step guide for students examining primary sources, with specific questions divided into five layers of questioning.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- 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
- Winter Olympics: What a blast!
- The following lesson plan outlines an integrated unit on the Winter Olympics from the perspective of Physical Education. All subject areas can participate (suggestions are listed below), but the culminating activity is the Olympic Games organized through Physical Education classes. This lesson plan could be adapted for any grade level by making the Olympic events age appropriate.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Barbara H. Williams.
- Children's literature promotes understanding
- Bibliotherapy and critical literacy are two ways to use books to help children better understand themselves, others, and the world around them. This article explains both strategies and provides resources for selecting appropriate books.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Mountain dialect: Reading between the spoken lines
- This lesson plan uses Chapter 13 of Our Southern Highlanders as a jumping-off point to help students achieve social studies and English language arts objectives while developing an appreciation of the uniqueness of regional speech patterns, the complexities of ethnographic encounter, and the need to interrogate primary sources carefully to identify potential biases and misinformation in them. Historical content includes American slavery, the turn-of-the-century, and the Great Depression.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- A record of school desegregation: Conduct your own oral history project
- In this unit for grade 8, students will research the history of school desegregation, and will use their knowledge to conduct oral history interviews with community members. Students will reflect on the experience through writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Individual and family comparisons
- Through a series of six activities, this lesson plan will help first-grade students to explore similarities and differences between individuals and families.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Social Studies)
- By Julia R. Foote.
