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Cape Hatteras has lesson plans designed to allow teachers to bring the seashore to the classroom and the classroom to the seashore. Pre-visit, on-site and post-visit activities for history and social studies lessons are available for download.
Cape Hatteras has lesson plans designed to allow teachers to bring the seashore to the classroom and the classroom to the seashore. Pre-visit, on-site and post-visit activities for history and social studies lessons are available for download.
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- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Little Kinnakeet Life-Saving Station: Home to Unsung Heroes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Tags: USLSS,Cape Hatteras,Lifesaving Service,Rescue
Why did the Federal Government take an active role in protecting mariners by creating the U.S. Life-Saving Service?
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Pirates of North Carolina
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Tags: Cape Hatteras,pirates,Blackbeard,North Carolina
This lesson is designed to introduce students to pirates who plagued the coast of North Carolina during the time of colonization, as well as to develop research skills in technology and write a research report. They will use a variety of strategies and writing process elements in the composing of their report. It will allow students to integrate research of social studies/history of the colonial era with technology, reading, and writing.