Research Laboratories of Archaeology


Project Archaeology: Lesson Plans


Project Archaeology lesson plans for North Carolina are available in a book called Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples, published by the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. If you wish to obtain or use this book, the following links may be helpful:

Project Archaeology lesson plans for North Carolina can also be found online at two sites, both affiliated with UNC-Chapel Hill: the Research Laboratories of Archaeology and Learn NC. Although the format of presentation on each site is different, the lesson plans on both are essentially the same.

The Research Laboratories of Archaeology maintains a complete, electronic version of Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples at http://rla.unc.edu/lessons. Instructors can browse the lesson plans on screen and download exact facsimiles of the printed lesson plans in PDF format.

Learn NC maintains an extensive database of lesson plans classified by grade level and linked to the state's Standard Course of Study. The Intrigue lesson plans can be found at http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/intrigue. All are aligned with the current North Carolina Curriculum. Note that one can also search Learn NC’s lesson-plan database by grade level, subject, and the Standard Course of Study.

Other, related resources on the Learn NC web site are:


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