Lesson Plans
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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The United States & Beyond: Sustainable Development Issues in the U.S. and the Spanish Speaking World
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Jennifer Nichols from Cox Mill High School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: After selecting and researching one United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), students will create a final product that compares and contrasts the challenges and progress toward achieving that goal in the United States and a selected Spanish-speaking country. Students…
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The Voices Ricochet: Dissecting Myths and Stereotypes By Establishing Awareness of Indigenous Groups Among Youth
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: 9-12The voices of Indigenous groups globally still ricochet amidst paradigm shifts. This lesson is designed to raise awareness of their existence among youth. To equip students with the skills needed to function effectively in the 21st century, this lesson is designed to help students understand the realities surrounding Indigenous groups…
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Themes in Indigenous Stories
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: K-5Students will hear stories about Indigenous People and their connections to the earth and its resources. They will see how the areas lived in drive the stories that we are listening to by comparing and contrasting elements of folktales. Students will look at the central message, setting, character, and themes…
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This Land: Indigenous Lands in North Carolina
Year: 2021-2022 | Level: 9-12Students will use online and print resources to learn about American Indians that lived, and continue to live, in North Carolina. Students will learn about the size of different tribal territories (some of which were vast) and the diversity in tribal lands and among the tribes themselves. Ideally, students will…
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Understanding Housing and the Sustainable Development Goals
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 6-8By Sean Wheat from Oberlin Magnet Middle School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: A new mixed-use community is being developed next to our school. This will increase the number of dwellings within the footprint. The overall goal is to analyze what are the elements of adequate housing and how those elements relate…
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UNSDG Mini-Golf Course
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Angela Love Moser from Innovation Early College High School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: Students will work in pairs to research a chosen UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) that will become the thematic basis of a mini-golf course hole. As a group, students will complete an entire UNSDG-themed mini-golf course that…
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Water Disparities
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 9-12By Maggie LeGrand from North Gaston High School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: As students investigate water scarcity in the United States, China and other regions of the world they will analyze how water scarcity impacts marginalized communities and identify how stakeholders can reduce water consumption to improve water access. This lesson…
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Welcome to My Life
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 6-8By Alissa McElreath from Dillard Drive Magnet Middle School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: Throughout this unit, students will investigate what external factors impact a child’s access to education. Students will gain an overview of all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and work closely with SDG 1: No Poverty and…
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