In this lesson, students explore the concept of memory and the various ways people choose to process and share their memories. Focusing on memories from those who experiences the Holocaust, students explore the way various mediums (testimony, art, poetry, etc.) can teach us about the past. Finally, students focus on poetry and art written by children of the terezin concentration camp in which the authors share various memories and write a letter to their chosen child sharing what they wish they could say to him/her.

In this lesson, students learn about non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Students work in groups to read excerpts from the 'The Other Victims: First-Person Stories of Non-Jews Persecuted by the Nazis', which highlights the experiences of additional groups deemed undesirable by Hitler, including Gypsies, African-Germans, Jehovah's Witnesses, Poles, political prisoners, and more. Students then connect the themes present in the persecution of these groups to occurrences within their own school and community, gaining an understanding of the danger of intolerance.

In this lesson, students will learn about registering and voting in North Carolina, particularly focusing on North Carolina's preregistration law, which allows 16 and 17 year-olds to pre-register to vote. The law was originally effective January 1, 2010 but was repealed in 2013 by NC's Voter Information Verification Act. In July 2016, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a number of VIVA's provisions and reinstated pre-registration for 16 and 17 year-olds. Students will also explore the importance of registering and voting, as well as the reasons for voter apathy. This lesson will culminate with students creating a commercial to encourage North Carolina’s 16 and 17 year-olds to pre-register to vote.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson plan "How and Why Did the Holocaust Occur?: Exploring Action and Inaction through the Survival Story of Esther Gutman Lederman." In this lesson, students will closely examine the various categories and actions (or inactions) of people during the Holocaust, including the perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, resisters, rescuers, victims, and survivors. Students will explore each category in an attempt to gain an intricate understanding about how something as unfathomable as the Holocaust occurred. Students will then identify these categories of people while viewing the incredible story of Holocaust survivor, Esther Gutman Lederman. Esther spent 22 months hiding in a home owned by a Christian family in Poland. She is alive because this Christian family risked their own lives to save her and 4 other Jews. Students will culminate their exploration by focusing on the incredible actions of victims and survivors (such as Esther), resisters, and rescuers, as they create a medal of honor to bestow on a person or group of their choice.

In this lesson, students will consider immigration in general as well as through the specific lens of the Asian Indian immigrant experience by viewing clips from Remarkable Journey. Students will explore their own immigrant ancestry as they consider the concept of America as a "Nation of Immigrants," as well as the varying reasons for immigration throughout history, the varied experiences of immigrants, their relationship to the American Dream, and the misconceptions that often frame immigration in our society. As a culminating artistic activity, students will create an updated Statue of Liberty - a new design that addresses immigration, America as a "Nation of Immigrants," the concept of the "American Dream," and the related concepts addressed throughout the lesson.

Students gain an understanding of different economic systems and the theories they are based on by studying the most influential economists of the past three centuries.

Students will learn basic information about the Incan empire and its downfall through selected readings and discussion activities. Students will futher their understanding regarding the clash of Spanish and Incan society by creating newspapers detailing the events, people, and places during the Spanish conquest of the Incan Empire.

In this lesson students will learn about various punishments with a special focus on prisons and prison reform for convicted persons in the United States. Through a Power Point, class discussion, and a group reading activity, students will explore the various benefits and societal consequences of America's prison system. Students will further explore possible prison legislation by participating in a General Assembly simulation to determine how North Carolina should deal with prisons during a budget crisis.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson plan "Incarcerated America." In this lesson students will learn about various punishments with a special focus on prisons and prison reform for convicted persons in the United States. Through a Power Point, class discussion, and a group reading activity, students will explore the various benefits and societal consequences of America's prison system. Students will further explore possible prison legislation by participating in a General Assembly simulation to determine how North Carolina should deal with prisons during a budget crisis.

In this lesson, students are drawn into post-Revolutionary Philadelphia during the midst of the infamous yellow fever epidemic of 1793 by reading Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Fever 1793. Use this novel as supplemental reading to assist students in developing their understanding of and interest in colonial times, while heightening their reading skills and ability for higher order thinking.

In this lesson, students will become familiar with the fundamental concepts of international trade and foreign exchange of currency. Students will participate in a simulation of international trade followed by reading a comic book and viewing a short video about globalization and trade.

This lesson serves as an introduction to the European Union and many of the countries that are part of the European Union. Students will independently learn about the history, institutions, and policies of the European Union through a webquest. As a culminating activity, students will research an EU member country to create a travel brochure and jingle that will educate their classmates about the various EU member countries.

Students will receive an overview of the Holocaust via PPT, class discussion, readings, and creative activities. Students will begin by exploring prewar Jewish life, helping them understand that individual lives are behind Holocaust statistics. Students will illustrate their understanding of this period of history by creating a blended poem of their own words and the words of a Holocaust survivor.

In this lesson, students will analyze the unprecedented protests surrounding the 2009 Iranian presidential elections and the role technology played in the dissemination of information and in planning the protests themselves. Through reading, a Power Point presentation, discussion, examination of various mediums such as political cartoons, photographs, and a graphic novel, students will gain an understanding of Iran's political history, its current governmental realities, and the historical significance of the 2009 protest movement.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson plan "Iran's 2009 Voter Uprising." In this lesson, students will analyze the unprecedented protests surrounding the 2009 Iranian presidential elections and the role technology played in the dissemination of information and in planning the protests themselves. Through reading, a Power Point presentation, discussion, examination of various mediums such as political cartoons, photographs, and a graphic novel, students will gain an understanding of Iran's political history, its current governmental realities, and the historical significance of the 2009 protest movement.

In this lesson, students learn about various aspects of Japanese Internment through a rotating stations activity where they examine various artifacts related to the period. The lesson culminates with students assuming the role of a Supreme Court Justice and deciding the constitutionality of Japanese internment.

In this lesson, students will discuss the concept of democracy and through this lens, analyze the unjust Jim Crow laws that dominated the South. Through discussion, readings and the examination of primary sources, students will gain an understanding of how the period immediately following World War II set the stage for numerous challenges to Jim Crow, one of which was the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation. Students will culminate this lesson by creating a historical marker that honors the Journey of Reconciliation’s riders and educates the public about this important period of history.

Students learn about society's legal codes, the differences between common, criminal, civil, constitutional, administrative, and statutory law, and the various law enforcement agencies and their jurisdictions by participating in role plays.

Students discuss the current system of school funding in North Carolina,
examine the pros and cons of state versus local funding, and explore the impact of Leandro v. State of
North Carolina on North Carolina's public schools.

In this group of lessons, students will learn facts to dispel common myths about immigrants. Students will also explore the reasons for immigration throughout history, as well as the historical through-line regarding the quest for the “American Dream.” Using the Introduction to “A Home on the Field” and an excerpt from Chapter 11, students will gain an understanding of how these issues are at play in North Carolina’s current immigration issues.