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Each learning guide focuses on a particular topic and time period relating to North Carolina. Included in each guide are the grade level they are intended to be used for and the Common Core standards it matches with.

• Pesticide Use, 1930s-1970s
• Rural Housing, 1930s-1950s
• Technology in Agriculture
• Tobacco Harvesting, 1945-1970
• Vegetables as Cash Crops, 1960-2012

Each of the lesson plans below were developed in partnership with the College of Education and NC State University Libraries. They include primary resources, background information, classroom activities, and links to the Common Core.

• After Five Years, What?
• Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
• The Public Must Understand Agriculture
• Twenty-Twenty Vision - What Every Rural Development Worker Needs

Are you using these materials in your classroom? If so, please let us know!