Curriculum Level: 9-12
Preserving Indigenous Culture & Tradition: Symbolism & Finding Identity through Beadwork
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 9-12Students will learn about North Carolina Indigenous cultures, traditions, symbolism, and beadwork. They will have the opportunity to work with a guest artist to spark their creative minds. They will sketch a beadwork design incorporating a specific tribe, history, and an Identity Symbol. Students will sew their design as a…
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Researching Methods: Indigenous Genocide using the “Ten Stages of Genocide”
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 9-12This lesson will provide students with an overview of the Ten Stages of Genocide, authored by Dr. George Stanton of Genocide Watch to determine how government policies have been utilized to eradicate communities throughout world history. Students will be assigned or select an Indigenous community to research and evaluate, using…
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SDG Achieved! Choose a Country. Create a Plan.
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 6-8, 9-12By Ashley Grant from Greene County Middle School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: Working collaboratively, students will develop an action plan to solve a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in one country by the year 2030. Students will research the targets for their SDG, focusing on national level strategies and solutions…
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Sea Ice Impacts on a Subsistence Lifestyle
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 6-8, 9-12Students will be introduced to the subsistence lifestyle through the interconnected lenses of changing climate, food insecurity, and decreasing sea ice. Students will become familiar with the location of Savoonga, Alaska, home to a Siberian Yupik community, within the Arctic region as a whole, as well as be able to…
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Still Here: Listening to Native American Women’s Voices
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 6-8, 9-12This lesson is an opportunity for students to recognize that Native American women’s stories offer valuable insights on their life experiences and American history. Students will learn about Native American women, listen to their stories, and recognize that these voices offer contributions to enrich their understanding of US history and…
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Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina
Year: 2021-2022 | Level: 9-12This lesson is designed to engage students in an exploration of the history and practice of sustainable agriculture in North Carolina. The focus is on the development of agriculture by Indigenous peoples and the impact the cultural shift that occurred with the influx of European settlers and the onset of…
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Sustainable Communities
Year: 2021-2022 | Level: 9-12Students will explore the types of natural resources available and how these resources were used by American Indians in North Carolina during the past 1,000 years. They will compare and contrast past and contemporary sustainability to evaluate whether or not Indigenous natural resource management practices are still in use today….
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Sustainable Tourism throughout the Spanish-Speaking World
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Jennifer Nichols from Cox Mill High School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: After identifying a country in the Spanish-speaking world and the environmental, cultural, and other important impacts caused by tourism, students will identify connections to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Students will explain the impacts of tourism, both…
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The Impact of Indigenous Novels: A Book Club Unit
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 9-12In this Literature Circles/ Book Club unit, students will select novels to read in groups that all focus on the experiences of Indigenous peoples. They will conduct group meetings to discuss their selected novel and explore the themes and ideas presented in their novel to help them understand its cultural…
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The UN as a Peace and Justice Institution
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Denise-Marie Copeland from The Center of Applied Sciences and Technology (The COAST) OVERVIEW OF LESSON: How successful has the United Nations been as a Peace and Justice Institution? Using a collaborative jigsaw strategy, students investigate three contemporary conflicts. Students use a graphic organizer to record and compare information about…
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