A Siouan Village

Students choose three activities that demonstrate their knowledge of North Carolina history. In this North Carolina history lesson, students choose three activities from a tic-tac-toe sheet to complete. They research information, write a...

Students are introduced to the various language families. Using this information, they identify and locate the language families of contact in North Carolina. They also calculate the physical area covered by each language family on a map.

Students construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history from studying archaeological evidence cards.

A cross-curricular lesson introduces youngsters to the difference between observation and inference. Learners analyze a sketch of the building of Algonkian boats and of an ancient coin. Use it in a science or social studies setting.

Fourth graders, in their study of classification and attributes, use "doohickey kits" to classify objects based on their attributes and examine how scientists and specifically archaeologists use classification to help answer research...

Fourth graders identify and locate the three language families of North Carolina. They calculate the physical area covered by each language family and label them on a map.