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- The land of milk and honey: Propaganda and the colonies
- In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 3
- In this lesson, students use primary sources to examine the use of propaganda and how it influenced people's decisions to immigrate to the colonies.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Lara Willox.
- The land of milk and honey: Reasons for migration
- In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 2
- In this lesson, students brainstorm reasons people leave their homes and move somewhere else. After discussing modern day reasons for migration, students will explore the motives of early settlers to immigrate to colonial North Carolina. Motives will be explored using a primary source, specifically letters from potential settlers asking for permission to come to the "land of milk and honey."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- By Lara Willox.
- The land of milk and honey: Relocated or not
- In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 4
- In this lesson, students read primary sources to learn about the establishment of the city of New Bern, North Carolina. The students will also use maps to draw conclusions about what was read.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
- By Lara Willox.
- Moravians in North Carolina
- In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 5
- In this lesson students will explore groups that moved to North Carolina from other colonies. Time will be spent discussing the influence the Moravians had on colonial North Carolina. Students will also research the buildings that were a part of an early Moravian town.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- By Lara Willox.
- 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.
- Navigating the inlets and havens
- In this lesson plan, students read and analyze a primary source document written in the early 1700s that describes the inlets of the North Carolina coast. The students adopt the perspective of a contemporary ship's captain and discuss the importance of the information in the document.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- North Carolina maps
- A collection of lesson plans for grades K-12 centered on historic maps of North Carolina
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Politics and economics of land settlement in colonial North Carolina
- In Colonial and state records of North Carolina, page 10
- In this lesson, students will use a primary source document to examine the political nature of land settlement in North Carolina. The influence of the economy on the land settlement will also be highlighted. Students will also learn about colonial industry in North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- "The present state of North Carolina": Making decisions
- In this lesson, students read an excerpt from John Lawson's 1709 book A New Voyage to Carolina and use a graphic organizer to decide whether they would have emigrated to Carolina as a result of reading Lawson's book.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- A proprietary colony: Exploring the Charter of Carolina
- In this lesson for grade 8, students will examine the 1663 Charter of Carolina and complete a graphic organizer exploring the elements of the Charter. Students will then write a letter to the King of England from the perspective of one of the Lords Proprietors.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Provisions for Carolina: Comparing lists
- In this lesson, students will compare and contrast two historical documents: A list of recommended provisions for colonists traveling to Virginia in 1622, and a similar list of recommended provisions for colonists traveling to Carolina in 1709. Students will infer what has changed and what has stayed the same between the publication of these two documents.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Reading guide: A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663)
- In this activity, students read the initial plans by the Lords Proprietors for settling and governing the province of Carolina. They respond to questions designed support their comprehension of this primary source document.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and 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.
- 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)
- Teaching suggestions: Families in colonial North Carolina
- These teaching suggestions present a variety of ways to work with an article about families in colonial North Carolina. Suggested activities span a wide range of possibilities and offer opportunities for a variety of learning styles.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Teaching suggestions: Governing the Piedmont
- This set of teaching suggestions was designed to help students understand an article about the colonial government of the Piedmont.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 and 11 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Teaching suggestions: The North Carolina Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
- This list of teaching suggestions will support students' understanding of how information was disseminated during the colonial era, as they read an article about North Carolina's first newspaper and a series of colonial-era excerpts from Poor Richard's Almanack.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Teaching suggestions: The Tuscarora War
- These teaching suggestions will aid students' comprehension as they read an article about the Tuscarora War. Suggestions include a role-play activity with step-by-step instructions and a list of leading discussion questions.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Turpentine, pitch, rosin, and tar — OR — Can you buy a navy in a naval store?
- In this lesson plan, students examine three primary sources related to naval stores and participate in a discussion designed to help them understand the significance of naval stores in colonial North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Understanding Cary's Rebellion
- This lesson plan will aid students' comprehension as they read an article about Cary's Rebellion in the North Carolina digital history textbook.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
