Containing more than 50 articles from the award-winning Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine and over 40 lesson plans, this multidisciplinary Educator Notebook will enrich your exploration of North Carolina and American history with diverse perspectives. This resource's link takes you to a very short form that gives you free downloadable access to the complete PDF book.

In this lesson, students review the history of lynching in America and how the NAACP led the fight to pass a federal anti-lynching law. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students create, layout, and publish an opinion/editorial page for a 1934 newspaper on the topic of lynching.

Students analyze Jim Crow laws, a state constitution, literacy tests, poll taxes and voting eligibility affidavits to evaluate how these tools enabled states, especially in the south, to avoid recognizing the rights of African Americans.

Students explore the right to education and the battle that ensued to end centuries of unequal opportunities for African-Americans.

This assignment will allow students to dig deeper into a theme/lens of American History 2.  This can be adapted to work with any time period or extended to last the entire semester to see change over time.  Students will incorporate research and writing, technology, and even art.  Students will research the time period through one of the following lenses: Conflict/War, Technology, Government and Policy, American Dream, American Identity.  For use with other units or time periods you could include Business and Economy.Students will create a webpage on a Google Site created by the teacher.  Students must include on their page a summary of their topic, a timeline, a student created video, and a student created visual.

In this activity, students use primary source documents to assess the validity of this statement: "The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education paved the way for a new level of justice for all Americans," with reference to political, economic, and social developments during the last three decades of the twentieth century.

In this activity, students study an image from the women's suffrage movement and answer a series of questions.

Students will analyze documents pertaining to the woman suffrage movement as it intensified following passage of the 15th Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for African American males. Documents were chosen to call attention to the struggle's length, the movement's techniques, and the variety of arguments for and against giving women the vote.

Students will hear stories from former civil rights activists, analyze what motivated students to join the movement, what their experiences were like, and consider the relevance of this history today.

Students will be able to describe three specific moments in the Civil Rights Movement: the Freedom Rides, the 1963 Birmingham Movement, and the 1963 March on Washington; contrast the different roles of activists such as the Freedom Riders, demonstrators in Birmingham, and leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X; analyze and evaluate the relationship between civil rights activists and the Federal Government, specifically the Kennedy Administration.

In this lesson, students review President Johnson's political career, especially with regard to legislation. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students will role play as a member of Congress. Their job is to forge a compromise on a piece of controversial legislation.

A chapter from The American Yawp open source history textbook focusing on, "The New Era."

This Educator Notebook provides information on Women’s History in North Carolina for teachers to use as a resource, either as stand-alone units, or integrated into standard curriculum. Included is research from museum curators and educators, and articles published in the Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine which are written for students in grades 4-12. Lesson plans and suggested activities complement many of the topics. Adaptable to multiple ages, they meet curriculum goals set forth by the NC Department of Public Instruction and connect to classes in national and world history, geography, economics, and the arts, and can be part of any unit of social studies. This resource's link takes you to a very short form that gives you free downloadable access to the complete PDF book.

In this activity, students compare World War II propaganda posters from the United States, Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union. Then students choose one of several creative or analytical writing assignments to demonstrate what they've learned.

In this lesson plan from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will identify and discuss the condition and aspirations of free African Americans in the years following the Civil War, identify the social factors that led to the rise of Jim Crow segregation and evaluate the effects of segregation.

In this lesson, students will learn about Herbert Spencer's "social Darwinism" theory and how many Americans enthusiastically embraced it to justify laissez-faire capitalism. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students will review proposed federal estate tax laws and vote on which one they believe is the fairest law.

In this lesson, students examine political cartoons and identify the obstacles to women's political participation. Students will also study a Suffrage Fact Sheet and answer a series of questions. Students will then provide their opinion as they answer additional questions.

This interactive site provides primary resources and curator interviews designed to focus on the 1898 Standard Voting Machine as an object in historical context. Also provided are a lesson plan and annotated links to other online resources to expand student understanding of the topic.

In this lesson, students will learn about the case of Dorothy E. Davis, et al. vs. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia using primary source materials. This case predated the Brown vs Board of Education case and was brought about by a 16 year old student who complied the data about the differences between her all black school and the all white school.

In this lesson, students will examine how Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey developed competing visions for the future of African Americans in the early years of the 20th century. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students will research current African American leaders and their views on current issues. The students will write a report and give a brief oral presentation on their research.