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- Native Americans in North Carolina
- In North Carolina maps, page 2.6
- In this lesson, students create a PowerPoint presentation giving the history and impact of one of the six major Native American tribes of North Carolina. They will show understanding of population movement, different perspectives, and the roles the Native Americans played in the development of the state.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Jennifer Job.
- Native Americans: Original natives of colonial North Carolina
- In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 7
- In this lesson, students will explore different groups of Native Americans that inhabited the lands of North Carolina prior to the arrival of the colonists. Students will also examine how colonists interacted with the Native Americans after the colonists arrived in North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Social Studies)
- By Lara Willox.
- "Native Carolinians" additional activities
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.10
- These lessons from the UNC Research Laboratories of Archaeology's Intrigue of the Past can be used as additional activities for the digital history textbook module "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Naval stores
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 2.5
- Introduction From early Colonial times until the Civil War, the naval industry was important to North Carolina. The term naval stores describes all products of the gum of the pine tree. The name itself explains its use in the shipbuilding industry....
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- By Gazelia Carter.
- North Carolina American Indian stories
- In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Janice Gardner.
- North Carolina Cherokee Indians: The Trail of Tears
- In this two week unit, students will study the Cherokee by participating in literature circles, learning about Native American story telling, writing a letter to Andrew Jackson to protest against the Creek War, and more.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Gina Golden.
- North Carolina maps
- A collection of lesson plans for grades K-12 centered on historic maps of North Carolina
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- North Carolina place names
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.8
- This lesson contrasts and compares the names that Native Americans living in North Carolina gave to their villages and places with the names that European and other settlers gave to theirs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Social Studies)
- North Carolina powwow
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 10.2
- Introduction American Indians who have lived in North Carolina have contributed to and continue to contribute to the development of the state. Correcting the stereotypes found in movies & inaccurate literature is necessary for thinking skills development....
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies and Theater Arts Education)
- By Linda Tabor.
- Piedmont cultures graphic organizer
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.3
- This activity will assist students in understanding Piedmont cultures as they read the article "Peoples of the Piedmont."
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Pottery traditions
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.5
- Students will learn how Indian people of North Carolina made and used coiled pottery, summarize why archaeologists study pottery, and make and decorate a replica of a North Carolina coiled pot.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Reading Amadas and Barlowe
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 4.2
- In this lesson, students will read about Amadas and Barlowe's 1584 voyage to the Outer Banks, and will practice thinking critically and analyzing primary source documents.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Reading guide: Cherokee women
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.7
- These questions will help to guide students' reading of "Cherokee Women" and encourage them to think critically about the text. The questions focus primarily on the Cherokee matrilineal kinship system and on the cultural differences between the Cherokee and the Europeans who arrived in the early 1700s.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Reading guide: Native peoples of the Chesapeake region
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.8
- This worksheet will help students understand the article "Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region" and will encourage them to make connections between the Chesapeake Indians and the Indians of coastal North Carolina. Students will also consider multiple perspectives as they think critically about the interactions between Indians and newly-arrived Europeans in the 1600s.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Reading guide: Spain and America
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.2
- These terms and questions will guide students as they read "Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest." Filling in the chronological list of dates will enable students to understand the order in which events unfolded in Spain and in America, and answering the questions will encourage students to think critically about the readings in the chapter.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Reading guide: The religious world of the Cherokee
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.6
- These questions will help to guide students' reading of "Maintaining Balance: The Religious World of the Cherokee" and encourage them to think critically about the text. The questions ask the students to consider Cherokee religious beliefs and how they may have affected interactions with the Europeans who arrived in the early 1700s.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- The relocation of the Cherokee in North Carolina
- In North Carolina maps, page 2.8
- In this lesson, students will analyze maps to learn more about the movement of the Cherokee population in North Carolina. Students will show the geographical changes of Cherokee land from the 18th to the 19th centuries through an understanding of maps, writings about the tribe, and the Treaty of 1819. This lesson should precede instruction on the Trail of Tears.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Jennifer Job.
- The removal of the Cherokee Indians
- This lesson allows students to assess the influence of the Trail of Tears. Students will read a brief history of the Cherokee Indians, past and present. They will watch the Unto These Hills video and read excerpts from Native Americans and government officials during the Indian Removal. Students will write an essay supporting or opposing the Indian Removal Act.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Amy Oxendine.
- A request for aid: Tuscarora role-play activity
- In this lesson plan, students read and analyze a primary source document in which the Tuscarora Indians request permission to move from Carolina to Pennsylvania in 1710. Students participate in a role-play activity to aid their comprehension of the document and of the historical event.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Rock art
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.3
- Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4, 6, and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
