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3-5 Archive
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Logging Communities of Swain County
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe project covers three main themes: a) logging communities b) resources of the region and c) environmental impacts of logging on the region. -
Life in Swain County at Proctor and Hazel Creek
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe content area of study will encompass the disciplines of social studies, reading, math, and computer technology. The scope of the unit is to acquaint the students with their cultural heritage by comparing and contrasting pioneer life in Swain County to the changes that have occurred over a period of time. The concepts will be taught in the third grade from the N.C. Standard Course of Study. -
Gem Mining
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsCowee Valley, located in Northern Macon County, in Franklin, North Carolina is an area rich with gem mines. Gem mining is a hobby and tourist attraction. Students will learn about the history of gem mining in Cowee Valley. Students will explore types of soil, rocks, map skills, cultural traditions, community interaction, and economic resources of this community in relationship to gem mining in our area. -
A Look into the Past of Jackson County
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsThis unit is designed to correlate with the 3rd grade North Carolina Standard Course of Study. -
Haywood County, NC, Career Choices
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsThis unit is designed to direct students on the path of a career choice for a promising future in the job world. To help students identify and search for their ideal career. To show them what type of jobs are a good match for them and what types of jobs they should avoid. To help them discover their strenghts, weaknesses, interests and capabilities. To give them insight and clarity into the fundamental nature of the careers that will work well for them. We will take them on an exciting journey through the past to the future to discover how their ancestors made their living. This journey will include past history and the present future of jobs and trades in Haywood County. This project was designed to work with grades second through twelfth grades. -
One Room Schools in Haywood County
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsThis is a grade 1-8 unit on one-room schools in Haywood County. It will include the first school to the present. This unit takes eleven days and covers computer skills, language arts skills, and social studies skills. It includes some art, music, and cooking activities. Students will learn what one-room schools were like, and compare them with schools of today. -
A Day in the Life of a Pioneer
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsMany pioneers did not know how to read or write. Nevertheless, they had to know many skills that the average person today does not know. Visit our pages and see some skills a pioneer had to know to survive.