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Stories from the Holocaust

This lesson is designed to supplement a study of World War II. Students will read first hand accounts of individuals who escaped Nazi persecution and eventually settled in Asheville, North Carolina. This lesson may be used as an 8th grade Social Studies or English project(It could also be used as an integrated project), 10th grade English, or 11th grade US History. This lesson uses the NCEcho portal to access the material.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

By Billie Clemens.

Christoph von Graffenried's account of the Tuscarora War

In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.7

Account of the beginnings of the Tuscarora War in North Carolina between settlers and Indians. Primary source includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Immigration in U.S. history

In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.5

Tens of millions of immigrants over four centuries have made the United States what it is today. They came to make new lives and livelihoods in the New World; their hard work benefited themselves and their new home country.

Format: article

Among the Tuscarora: The strange and mysterious death of John Lawson, gentleman, explorer, and writer

They've taken his clothes, picked the straight razor out of his pocket: one brave fingers it, touches the blade — bright blood springs from his thumb and he laughs. The pitch pine split by the women is ready, a clay pot full...

Format: article

By Marjorie Hudson.

Olaudah Equiano remembers West Africa

In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.4

Excerpt from a book written by a freed slave in the late eighteenth century, with memories of his boyhood in Guinea. Describes the government, culture, religion, architecture, and agriculture of the region. Primary source includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.

Resources on the web

Voices of the Holocaust

The Paul V. Galvin Library of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) staff has published this set of typescripts that detail first-hand accounts of victims of the Holocaust on the Internet as a collection of primary source material. The set includes 70... (Learn more)

Format: website

Provided by: Illinois Institute of Technology

Remembering Pearl Harbor

An interactive site provides a series of resources that give a first hand and up to the minute account of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Find interactive timelines, photos, videos, firsthand accounts, and tons of information about both the... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: National Geographic Society

Creating character: Justice and Fairness

In this lesson, students examine the differences between justice and fairness and are encouraged to confront discrimination in the classroom and reflect upon their own prejudices. Students contrast the accounts of Alex Stern, a witness in a war crimes trial;... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)

Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute