North Carolina Place Names

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...

What is identity? What is bullying? What is identity-based bullying? After discussing these questions as a class, pupils engage in partner discussions before participating in a small group activity to act out bullying scenarios. Then,...

Fourth graders become familiar with aspects of county government in North Carolina. They name at least three ways that county government helps people utilize resources to answer questions about county government.

Providing a creative way to review information, this lesson has learners create a diamante poem to share what they have learned. In this case, the topic of the poem is North Carolina, but a teacher could use this technique with any topic.

Summarazation skills are the focus of this interesting lesson on cultural diversity in North Carolina. After viewing a PowerPoint on the steps used to summarize, pupils collect important details from the book, The Writer and compose a...

Through an exploration of North Carolina lighthouses, pupils create a series of graphs displaying key information. The lesson begins with a video on lighthouses, continues with an activity involving inputting data into an Excel sheet,...

Fourth graders imagine what North Carolina looks like from the air. Looking at a map, they list the different kinds of views we might find, (i.e., beach, mountains, cities, farms, etc.) then attempt to draw their own version of a map.

Fourth graders research assigned regions of North Carolina. They, in groups, develop presentations that present their information orally and visually as an advertisement for their region.

Fourth graders research the coastal plain in North Carolina. In this research lesson, 4th graders examine key features, animals, industry and land geography in the state. Students create a Venn Diagram with the information gathered and...

Fourth graders investigate the three regions of North Carolina using works of art.