K-12 Lesson Plans

Elementary and Middle

Grade 8 and High School

A Lesson in Probability
Grades: 3-6; Subject: Math; Related Subjects: Cherokee Language, history of basket-making
A Native American Book Response
Grades: 3-6; Subjects: English, Language Arts, and Reading; Related Subjects: Social Studies, Art
Basket Designs
Grades: 4 & 5; Subject: Math; Related Subjects: Art and History of basket-making
Basket Weaving
Grade 4; Subject: Visual Arts Education; Related Subjects: Language Arts 
Mountain Crafts and Traditions
Grade 4; Subject: NC History; Related subjects: Appalachian Culture
Pottery 1: Discovery
Grade 4; Subject: Visual Arts Education; Related Subjects: Social Studies and Language Arts
Pottery 2: Connections
Grade 4; Subjects: Visual Arts Education; Related Subjects: Social Studies and Language Arts
Pottery 3: If My Clay Could Sing
Grade 4; Subject: Visual Arts Education; Related Subjects: Language Arts, Music, Social Studies
Quilt Dilations
Grades 6-8 ; Subject: Mathematics
Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Grades 4-5; Subject: Art; Related Subjects: Social Studies, Language Arts, Geometry 
Weaving From a Draft Pattern
Grades 4-8; Subjects: Art Education; Related Subjects: Social Studies and Math
Weaving with Miss Lucy
Grade 1; Subject: Art Education; Related subjects: Social Studies
The Cherokee Wampum Belt
Grade: 11; Subject: English III - World Literature; Related Subjects: Government/Economics, History, Art
Cherokee Origin Stories
Grade: 10; Subject: English II - World Literature; Related Subjects: World History, Art
Cherokee Removal
Grades: 7-12 (Designed specifically for 11th Grade); Subjects: U. S. History and Civics; Related Subjects: American Art, Geography
Cottage Industries
Grade 8; Subject: Career and Technical Education; Related subjects: Social Studies, Language Arts, Math
Craft Life
Grades 8-12; Subject: Career Development; Related Subjects: Language Arts, Social Science
Craft School or College?
Grades 8-12; Subject: Career Development
Dye Sample Journal
Grades 10-12; Subject: Art; Related Subjects: Chemistry
Economic Change
Grades 8-11; Subjects: History of N.C., U.S. History, Economics; Related Subjects:  Art
Economics and Entrepreneurship
Grade 10; Subjects: Civics, Economics; Related Subjects: Appalachian Studies
Industrialization and Progressive Reform
Grades 8-12; Subject: U.S. History and N.C. History; Related Subjects:  Art
Native American Gender Roles
Grade 11; Subject: English III; Related subjects: American History, Sociology
Quilt Squares
Grades 10-11; Subjects: Civics, Economics, U.S. History; Related Subjects: Appalachian Studies
What Was Life Like?
Grades 8-12; Subjects: History of N.C., U.S. History; Related Subjects Art, Language Arts
Writing Historical Fiction
Grade 11; Subject: English; Related Subjects: U.S. History