Curriculum Level: 9-12
Gender Equality
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Jessamyn Bailey from High Point Central High School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: The goal of this lesson is to give students the background knowledge and critical thinking skills to analyze gender equality in different societies and to advocate for equity for all genders. The lesson presents global facts, a regional…
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Gender Equality, Gender Portraits
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Jessamyn Bailey from High Point Central High School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: The goal of this lesson is to have students think critically about gender equality in their own lives and in the life of a family member they admire. This lesson will cover SDG Goal 5: Gender Equality and…
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Hurricanes, Climate Change and Infrastructure
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Maggie LeGrand, North Gaston High School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: How can your local community reduce the risk of flooding from climate change? What causes hurricanes and flooding? What can we learn from looking at cities around the world that are searching for solutions to this growing problem? Because many…
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Identity through Storytelling
Year: 2021-2022 | Level: 9-12Students will consider the many ways stories are communicated, not just through words, but also through material culture, to consider how identity is created based on the objects and architecture that surround us today and in the past. Archaeologists call these objects “artifacts” when referring to material culture recovered from…
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Impacts of the Atlatl and Proving Their Effectiveness Mathematically
Year: 2021-2022 | Level: 9-12The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the atlatl, an instrument or spear-thrower used by American Indians in North Carolina to aid in hunting, and to examine this instrument from a mathematical perspective. In doing so, students will use prior knowledge of circles to understand the concept…
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Indigenous Food Systems as Models for Conservation & Restoration
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 9-12Globally, Indigenous communities currently, or have historically, relied upon and stewarded biodiverse ecosystems for food procurement. In this lesson, students will explore projects seeking to restore agricultural and wild harvest methods in various parts of the United States. They will learn the historical context of why such practices were prohibited,…
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Iroquois Confederacy’s Impact on the United States Constitution
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 9-12This lesson will focus on Native American government structures, specifically the Iroquois Confederacy, and the influence of those structures on the formation of the government of the United States of America. We will also address reasons why these contributions are not stressed in American education. At the conclusion of the…
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Modeling the Garden Creek Mounds
Year: 2021-2022 | Level: 9-12The Garden Creek mounds are located approximately 1.7 miles from Pisgah High School, along the Pigeon River near Canton in Haywood County, North Carolina. After learning about the history of the periods in which these mounds were constructed and the history behind them, students will model the amount of earth…
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Origin Stories of Land Use
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 9-12This lesson explores the meaning of land both environmentally and culturally, incorporating viewpoints of land from indigenous stakeholders, ecologists, government entities, historians and economists. How we ascribe value to land definitely impacts how that land is transformed or restored. Who has a voice in this process and why? Do all…
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Peace, Justice, and the League of Nations
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Denise-Marie Copeland from The Center of Applied Sciences and Technology (The COAST) OVERVIEW OF LESSON: This lesson will guide students to analyze the League of Nations in order to make a claim about whether or not it was an effective peace and justice institution. Students will compare text excerpts…
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