At the end of this assignment, you will be able to summarize or prepare a list of changes that have taken place in North Carolina since it became a state.
This 360 scene provides a view of mountain peaks in 4 different states. Standing on top of Devil’s Courthouse in North Carolina you can also see peaks located in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Devil’s Courthouse derives its name from a Cherokee Legend.
In this lesson, students begin thinking about the importance of farming and how we get our food. Note: This lesson was created in accordance with the VIF Global Competence Indicators for Grade 4. For more information about VIF and these indicators, please visit https://www.vifprogram.com/. This lesson was developed by Brenda Todd as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
In this lesson, students collaborate, communicate, and synthesize new learning about the importance of agriculture to society. This is the culminating lesson in the unit, that pulls all lessons (1-11) together. Note: This lesson was created in accordance with the VIF Global Competence Indicators for Grade 4. For more information about VIF and these indicators, please visit https://www.vifprogram.com/. This lesson was developed by Brenda Todd as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
This lesson begins by following up to the previous lesson in which students were instructed to politely refuse one single-use item. Students will observe how one community in South America makes something wonderful from trash. Students will learn the importance of reducing their trash by actively participating in a trash-sorting activity, and demonstrate the ability to reuse trash by making a "trash to treasure" product. This lesson was developed by Lee Ann Smith as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
This lesson introduces students to ideas on how they can make the world a more beautiful place. Students will discuss trash vs. recycling, decomposition rates of various items, and how to refuse and choose alternatives to single-use items. This lesson was developed by Lee Ann Smith as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.
Students become aware of the importance of the maritime history and culture of the North Carolina Outer Banks through the study of WWII, Piracy, Shipwrecks, and the Civil War.
Go on a virtual hike of the Rufus Morgan Trail and Falls, which is located near Franklin, NC in Macon County. The area is named after Albert Rufus Morgan, a pioneer in helping create the Appalachian Trail. The virtual tour starts with a 360-degree photo of Forest Road 388, which is used to drive to the trail. This will lead to more views of various areas along the trail, culminating in a 360-degree view of the main Rufus Morgan Falls.
With plenty of links taking you to various NCPedia articles, this interactive outline provides information about the history of transportation in NC from 1750 to the Wright Brothers' flight in 1903.
In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about a unique blackwater river in North Carolina - the Lumber River. The river has played an important role for the plants, people, and animals that have called it home.
In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about navigating the Lumber River and the people who navigated it for hundreds of years.
This teacher-created ReadWriteThink timeline covers the history of transportation in NC from 1750-1903.
Students are taken on a virtual field trip to western North Carolina to investigate the intersection between people and water in nature. How have humans adapted their environment to maximize the benefit of water? Are all intersections of people and water beneficial for both parties? STudents reflect on the power of water and our responsibility as environmental stewards to respect our water systems.
The best way to learn something is to repeat, retell and teach something to others. Students will learn about events in history. They can be scientific or historical events. Students may read about them in a history book or even in a book of historical fiction.
In this activity, students use a story map to follow the historic route of the Buncombe Turnpike and learn more about its economic and cultural impact on western North Carolina. Students will also see how the landscape has transformed in the nearly 200 years since the creation of the Turnpike.