Subject Area: English Language Arts
Site Excavation
Year: 2021-2022 | Level: K-5Through the Excavating Occaneechi Town online module on the Ancient North Carolinians website, students will learn the five-step procedure archaeologists follow during site excavation. Students will then conduct their own excavation process of a fictional site, plotting artifacts on a grid, and drawing conclusions about the lifeways of the people that lived there.
Songwriting as Story Telling: Celebrating Indigenous Cultures Through Poetry and Music
Year: 2023-2024 | Level: K-5Students will demonstrate their understanding of what it means to be Indigenous and Native Peoples and that many of these cultures and First Nations continue to be vibrant and thriving communities to this day. They will be able to identify a variety of First Nations around the world by describing…
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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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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 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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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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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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What If? An SDG Children’s Book
Year: 2022-2023 | Level: 6-8, 9-12By Ashley Grant from Greene County Middle School OVERVIEW OF LESSON: Students will select a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and conduct research to investigate the current state of the world and its progress towards meeting their chosen SDG. Students will then create a children’s book that details what they…
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