This presentation is intended for use with the lesson "Exploring African American Leadership and Service in North Carolina." In this lesson, students will explore the contributions African Americans have made to North Carolina by examining the "SERVICE" mural commissioned by the School of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill. The mural, which depicts key African-American leaders in North Carolina, is a stunning visual for teaching students about our state's history. After examining and interpreting the mural in small groups and through class discussion, students will choose and research one of the figures pictured in the mural. Students will then apply what they have learned by writing a monologue in which this figure speaks about his/her life in first person. The project will culminate with students dressing as their chosen figure and bringing the mural to life by presenting a 3-4 minute monologue in the character of their historical figure.

In this lesson, students will explore judicial review, elastic clause, individual rights of citizens, and the supremacy clause by participating in a pro se court regarding Bethel School District vs. Fraser.

In this lesson, students will examine the various cultural aspects of those enslaved, such as the important roles played by family names, food and religion, in shaping their identities.  Students will also explore how those same aspects continue to shape our own cultures today.

In this lesson, teachers can engage students in chapter by chapter discussions of Crow by Barbara Wright that encourage critical reading and higher order thinking. The numerous activity options provided allow students to creatively explore the fictional life of the characters as they relate to the 1898 Wilmington Race Riots through group work, drama, art, creative writing, deliberation, examination of primary source documents, and more.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson "Exploring Life in 1898 Wilmington and the Wilmington Race Riot with CROW." In this lesson, teachers can engage students in chapter by chapter discussions of Crow by Barbara Wright that encourage critical reading and higher order thinking. The numerous activity options provided allow students to creatively explore the fictional life of the characters as they relate to the 1898 Wilmington Race Riots through group work, drama, art, creative writing, deliberation, examination of primary source documents, and more.

In this lesson, students will examine the impact of North Carolina's economic and technological advances on the environment, as well as North Carolina organizations and laws created to address such impact, by connecting these issues to those posed in Dr. Seuss's The Lorax. Though classified as a children's book, The Lorax contains mature themes regarding the increasing negative effects human action and irresponsibility is having on the environment. In this lesson students will read the story or watch the movie and hold a mock hearing of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission about the damage the Once‐ler has done to the environment.

This lesson provides an examination of images and the creation of role plays through which students will explore the various perspectives of the Boston Massacre, understanding how this controversial day in history played a part in the outbreak of the American Revolution.

Students will read A Raisin in the Sun as they discuss and analyze the "American Dream." In this lesson, students discuss the concept of the "American Dream" and using poetry by Langston Hughes compare the "dream" to the reality experienced by particular groups who have historically struggled for access and equality. Students then further this exploration by reading and discussing Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, using the play as a basis to examine the way 1950s American society particularly restricted African American access to the "American Dream." Through their reading of the play, interactive class discussion, group work, art activities and creative writing activities, students gain an understanding that the concept of the "American Dream" has been and continues to be multidimensional and complicated, particularly in terms of the historical struggles groups of people have faced in attaining equal rights, access, acceptance, etc.

In this lesson, students will learn about the history and structure of the Electoral College. Students will view a video about the structure of the Electoral College, learn about North Carolina's importance in the 2016 presidential election, and participate in an Electoral College simulation. The lesson will culminate with students thinking critically about the merits and drawbacks of the Electoral College as members of the Congressional Committee to Study the Electoral College, where they decide whether to keep, modify, or abolish and replace the system.

In this lesson, students will read and discuss an excerpt of Douglass' July 5th oration, examining the contradictions and hypocrisies he raised regarding a nation who owned slaves while celebrating the ideals of liberty and equal rights. Students will apply their understanding of the speech and its themes by planning their own modern day Fourth of July celebration for the White House.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson "Exploring the Hypocrisy of American Slavery with Frederick Douglass' 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?'" In this lesson, students will read and discuss an excerpt of Douglass' July 5th oration, examining the contradictions and hypocrisies he raised regarding a nation who owned slaves while celebrating the ideals of liberty and equal rights. Students will apply their understanding of the speech and its themes by planning their own modern day Fourth of July celebration for the White House.

In this lesson, students will examine the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from its colonial roots to its 21st century situation. Students will participate in a jigsaw activity in which they teach each other about the history and major events of the conflict. Students will also examine Joe Sacco's graphic novel Palestine. As a culminating activity, students will create their own graphic novel illuminating the various perspectives regarding major events throughout the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In this lesson, students will view the short documentary about current North Carolina resident Peter Stein, a Holocaust survivor who was born in 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, just two years before Nazi occupation. His father was forced into slave labor and later deported to Terezin (Theresienstadt) - a work and death camp - and managed to survive, but his family of eight were all killed. Through the platform of Peter’s moving story, students will explore the realities of life in Terezin, while comparing this to the 1944 propaganda campaign Hitler launched with Terezin at its core. Based on Peter’s insights and words of wisdom, students will then explore what they believe the most important lessons of the Holocaust are by creating their own mural.

In this lesson, students will explore F.D.R.'s New Deal programs through reading, discussion, and artistic presentations to classmates.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson plan "F.D.R. and the New Deal." In this lesson, students will explore F.D.R.'s New Deal programs through reading, discussion, and artistic presentations to classmates.

Students learn what the four factors of production are and work in small groups to categorize different factors of production for certain industries. Students consider topics, such as limited resources and scarcity.

Students explore the Articles of Confederation and the revisions that created the US Constitution of 1787. Students analyze and assume the views of Federalist and Atnti-Federalists by participating in a partner debate over North Carolina's ratification of the US Constitution as either North Carolina Federalist James Iredell or Anti-Federalist Willie Jones. The lesson culminates with students writing and delivering a persuassive speech as a historical Constitutional framer with Federalist or Anti-Federalist views.

Students examine the freedoms granted to the press by participating in a partner evaluation of the rights and limitations outlined for the media, as well as examine the constitutionality of the Sedition Act and other government decisions.

In this lesson, students learn about the force and limits of the First Amendment's protection of free speech through a documentary about the landmark Supreme Court case Virginia v. Black. The students will investigate where the permitted use of a symbol may blur into a prohibited threat of violence by grappling with the meaning of a sign that is particularly charged with history: the burning cross. Students will also consider the duty of an attorney to an unpopular client by comparing and contrasting Black's attorney to other famous attorney/client pairs in history.

Students will explore the Revolutionary period through the choices made by the Second Continental Congress. Students will participate in an activity in which they assume the role of a Congressional member in the year 1775 and devise a plan for America after the onset of war.