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Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four: In this activity for grades 3–5, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity one: This activity for grades 3–6 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an adapted introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity three: In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity five: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will evaluate primary source photographs from the tobacco bag stringing collection and some of Lewis Hine's photographs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity four: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will examine primary source photographs and biographical information that were collected for the Virginia-Carolina Service Corporation to set up a data record.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity one: This activity for grades 7–12 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity seven: In this activity for grades 7–12, students take on the role of legislators who must make a decision concerning the passage of an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Students will evaluate the impact of emotional appeal in persuasion. This activity builds on information learned in activities one through six.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity three: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will evaluate primary source photographs from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Topography of North Carolina and its influence on settlement: This lesson explores where North Carolina is in relation to the United States and North America. Also, we will explore the different regions of North Carolina and how the topography of the region affected settlement.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Development and Social Studies); By Jessica Wilson and Tabitha Horton.

The Trail of Tears: In The Walking Classroom, page 11; In this lesson for fifth grade language arts and social studies, the Walking Classroom kids discuss the history of the Trail of Tears and its aftermath.; Format: lesson plan

Turning the century: Students will create a museum display illustrating life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies); By Lisa Stamey.

Two perspectives on slavery: A comparison of personal narratives: In this lesson, students will evaluate and critique authors' perspectives. Students will read two first-person narratives and analyze how each text is influenced by its author's cultural background.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Underground Railroad quilts: Fact or folklore?: In this lesson, students explore the controversy surrounding a book entitled Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, which was published as a non-fiction account of fugitive slaves sending coded messages through quilt patterns. Students evaluate numerous sources and assess the validity of each in an attempt to determine if the quilt codes are fact or folklore.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies); By Abby Stotsenberg.

A visit to colonial North Carolina: This lesson extends student learning about the colonial period in North Carolina history by incorporating primary sources from the Documenting the American South collection. After reading first-hand accounts of travelers to colonial America, students will create their own travel brochure advertising North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Meghan Mcglinn.

Vote for me! A re-election editorial: In Rethinking Reports, page 1.4; A research assignment in which students write an editorial for or against the re-election of a selected president.; Format: activity/lesson plan; By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.

A walk of betrayal: The Trail of Tears: In this lesson plan for fourth and fifth grade students will read various resources and watch videos about the Cherokee. They will trace the history of the Cherokee, discuss the outcomes of the impact of the white man, and determine how that intrusion led the Cherokee to the Trail of Tears. The students will examine the survival of the Cherokee and explore their accomplishments into the 21st century.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies); By Mary Towles.

The Walking Classroom: Lesson plans and podcasts aligned to the fifth grade curriculum.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Walking the Trail of Tears: Students will read accounts and learn about what happened on the Trail of Tears. They will discuss the causes of removal, explore the trail, and understand the effects it had on the Cherokee.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies); By Marsha Davis.

"We the People": Students will gain a better understanding of the U.S. Constitution by exploring the language of the Constitution.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Karen Creech, Terri Hodges, Megan Lawson, and Mary Ostwalt.

Welcome to the New World: This lesson provides students an opportunity to read and interpret writings of the late 1500's and to transfer the information provided in the writings into a visual medium as a means of understanding and interpretation. The lesson also provides students practice in persuasive techniques.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Barbara Jean.

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