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- Southern Appalachian Center - Rural Life Museum
- Through its exhibits and programs, the Rural Life Museum helps students to learn about their rich rural heritage.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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)
- Race in her lifetime
- In this lesson, students will use oral histories to trace the life of Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Historic Rural Hill Farm - Center of Scottish Heritage
- Students will go back in history when they visit Historic Rural Hill Farm.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Photo analysis: Focus on population
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.
- Format: worksheet
- By Eric Eaton.
- Language change in North Carolina's cities
- In this activity, students view a video about the changing dialects of North Carolina's urban areas and then respond to a series of questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Hannah Askin.
- 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.
- Historic Oak View County Park
- This nineteenth century farmstead has been made into a county park and is devoted to interpreting the area's agricultural and rural heritage for the citizens of Wake County.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Tarkil Branch Farm's Homestead Museum
- Take a trip back in time to this working farm and museum. Comprised of 32 exhibits and over 850 items, students studying North Carolina history will see what it was like living on a farm in the nineteenth century.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The middle school challenge for English language learners of Mexican origin
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.2
- English language learners of Mexican origin face numerous challenges in American middle schools, including cultural segregation and assumptions made by schools regarding the students' educational backgrounds. This article offers strategies for educators to help students overcome those challenges.
- Format: article
- By Mary Faith Mount-Cors.
- The County Doctor Museum
- The Country Doctor Museum offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about the history of health care.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Photographs: a process guide for students
- Questions to consider when looking at photographs as primary sources.
- By Dan McDowell.
- Connecting with community through oral history
- In Oral history in the classroom, page 5
- Through interviews and photographs, Harnett County students learn about their community's agricultural past.
- By Jean Sweeney Shawver.
- 4-H on the home front
- In this lesson plan, secondary students will analyze a variety of primary source textual materials to investigate how young rural people were encouraged to support the war effort during World War II.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- From rural Mexico to North Carolina
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 1.2
- Most immigrants to North Carolina from Mexico come from rural areas, and it is valuable for teachers to understand these students' cultural backgrounds.
- By Regina Cortina.
- Effects of civil action
- In this lesson, secondary students will analyze primary source materials to investigate how 4-H clubs made an impact on the home front in completing projects that supported the war effort during World War II. This lesson should be taught at the end of a World War II unit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Free falling: Working with radicals
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.4
- In this lesson, students solve problems involving radicals and discuss the importance of radicals in various careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
- By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
- 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.
- Unraveling a cultural mystery: Nepal
- In this lesson, students explore two religious festivals in Nepal through audio recordings and photographs. Students begin with a vague knowledge about the festivals and develop a more thorough understanding as more information is revealed through the course of the lesson. The author recommends incorporating these activities into a larger lesson plan of your design.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Kristin Post.
- Industrialization and Progressive Reform in the Craft Revival
- In this lesson plan, originally published on the Craft Revival website, students will analyze the process of making a hobby into a job. They will explore Craft Revival work environments, representations of industrial work environments, and data regarding Craft Revival work. To close the activity, students write a journal entry comparing Craft Revival and industrial work experiences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Patrick Velde.
