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- Suffrage: The changing role of women
- In this lesson, students use oral history excerpts and photographs to learn about the women's suffrage movement in the United States from a variety of perspectives.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Sita's fire ordeal
- In The Ramayana, page 6.11
- Rama and his court watch Sita during the fire ordeal, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita stands calmly in a gated area with flames burning around the lotus blossom platform on which she stands. One of the monkey kings lights the fire with...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Cherokee women
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.8
- Before the arrival of Europeans in North America, women enjoyed a major role in the family life, economy, and government of the Cherokee Indians. Cherokee society was organized according to a matrilineal kinship system, and women were the heads of households. Women also did most of the farming and had a voice in government.
- Format: article
- By Theda Perdue.
- Two Balinese women walking with baskets of soil on their heads
- Two Balinese women walk in single file carrying baskets of soil on their heads. The woman in front uses her right hand to stabilize her load, while using her left hand to shield her eyes from strong sunlight. She is wearing a blue T-shirt and a brown skirt....
- Format: image/photograph
- Societal attitudes towards women
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd discusses reasons why women have traditionally taken a deferential role to men. In particular she focuses on her view that many women were unwilling to endanger their security. She also touches upon the issue of...
- Format: audio
- 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.
- A forest hermit
- In The Ramayana, page 2.4
- The forest hermit's respected position as a wise sage is shown by his elevated position sitting on a stone platform at left. Rama, Laksman, and Sita kneel on the ground at right. The hermit holds a palm leaf fan on a long handle. The hermit's stone platform...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- 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
- The Ramayana
- The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- International historical perspective on suffrage
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd describes issues and problems she encountered while working outside of the United States as a representative of the International Federation of University Women.
- Format: audio
- Setting and Symbolism in A Doll's House
- This lesson is designed as a follow-up to the reading and discussion of the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. An understanding of the two literary terms setting and symbolism, and their impact on a work of literature, are essential to students' success in following the guidelines outlined in the North Carolina English Language Arts Standard Course of Study. This lesson has been modified for English Language Learners at the intermediate high proficiency level, but would also be adaptable for learners at the novice or advanced levels.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Guy Hill and Crystal Brown.
- 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
- Home is where the hearth is: Using photographs to discuss traditional family roles
- In this lesson students will examine pictures of hearths (fireplaces), which used to be the cornerstone of the home and family life. These images, from the Built Heritage Collection at North Carolina State University, will help students use observation skills and inference to draw conclusions about the culture of family life at various points throughout the history of North Carolina and the United States.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Loretta Wilson.
- The Quinceañera Celebration
- In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 3.1
- Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from quinceañera celebrations. One of the most important...
- Format: article
- Sita proves her purity by fire ordeal (Thai Ramayana mural)
- Sita proves her purity by undergoing a fire ordeal, as seen in a mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita stands calmly in a gated area with flames burning around the lotus blossom platform on which she stands. One of the monkey kings lights the fire...
- Format: image/photograph
- Rama and his court watch Sita undergoing fire ordeal (Thai Ramayana mural)
- Rama and his court watch Sita during the fire ordeal, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita stands calmly in a gated area with flames burning around the lotus blossom platform on which she stands. One of the monkey kings lights the fire with...
- Format: image/photograph
- AIDS in Africa Symposium
- Students will take on roles of those with a unique perspective on the AIDS crisis in Africa. Taking part in a symposium, each character, famous and ordinary, makes a statement and participates in a question-answer period.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Greg Mitchell.
- World War I - The impact of WWI on Mecklenburg County
- This is a fun and engaging computer activity designed to help students understand how a war in Europe can effect a town in North Carolina. This lesson is part of a unit on World War I. This lesson may be used in a World History class or United States History class. It will deals with the creation of Camp Greene in Mecklenburg County and the impact the camp had on the inhabitants of Charlotte. The lesson will also focus on changes that occurred in Charlotte during WWI.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Billie Clemens.
- Student life at the Normal and Industrial School
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.4
- Excerpt from the student handbook of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School, 1901. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Colonial North Carolina
- Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
