1869: A report on schools in North Carolina

• Author: Victoria Schaefer
• Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
• Institution Name: LEARN NC
• Collection: LEARN NC Lesson Plans
• Grade Level: Secondary

• Abstract: In this lesson, students use a guided reading to look at a report on the status of education in North Carolina in 1869, and discuss the reasons given then for why the Governor and Legislature should support educating North Carolina's children. They are provided an opportunity to compare and contrast the 1869 document against their own ideas about the civic duty to attend school through age sixteen, and its relative value to the state and the country.

• Course Type: Learning Module
• Languages: English
• Material Types: Curriculum Standards, Lesson Plans
• Media Formats: Text/HTML
• Curriculum Standards: North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
  Social Studies (2003)
  Grade 10 — Economics and Civics
  
  * Goal 4: The learner will explore active roles as a citizen at the local, state, and national levels of government.
  o Objective 4.06: Describe the benefits of civic participation.
  o Objective 4.08: Participate in civic life, politics, and/or government.
  * Goal 10: The learner will develop, defend, and evaluate positions on issues regarding the personal responsibilities of citizens in the American constitutional democracy.
  o Objective 10.01: Explain the distinction between personal and civic responsibilities and the tensions that may arise between them.
  o Objective 10.03: Evaluate the importance of supporting, nurturing, and educating oneself in the United States society.
  o Objective 10.04: Demonstrate characteristics of effective citizenship.
  o Objective 10.05: Describe examples of recurring public problems and issues.

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