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Nature and the Environment
| Gem Mining |
| Cowee 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. |
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| Hiking Through History on Kephart Prong |
| Through this website, teachers and students will be able to learn about the wider history of the region through examination of a particular watershed, Kephart Prong in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
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| History of the Pigeon River |
| This unit focuses on the study of the history of the Pigeon River in terms of geography, settling, economic development, biomes, and environmental concerns. |
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| Impact of Hiwassee Dam on Cherokee County |
| This is a unit of study designed to acquaint students with a working knowledge of local history, an understanding of man-made environmental changes, and the economic impact brought to this area through the building of Hiwassee Dam. Students will trace the steps of heartbroken families who were displaced, and recognize the strides made from the boom of employment and services. |
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| Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest |
| This project is a sixth grade mathematics unit which integrates the history of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and utilizes resources from the Library of Congress. |
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| Lake Chatuge – Melanie Thompson |
| This project is a series of digitized story problems which reinforce fifth grade math competencies while giving students a broad overview of our lake. As students work through the series of problems they will learn the history of our lake, the current uses of the lake and gain a feel for our future with the lake. |
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| Life in Swain County at Proctor and Hazel Creek |
| The 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. |
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| Mountain Ecosystems / Immigration |
| This unit starts with a hands-on lesson in science on ecosystems. Students will build their own ecosystems and monitor the health of their "environment." The project continues with a study of the effects of development, farming, road run-off, and other environmental issues that affect the Little Tennessee watershed in Macon County. |
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| Our North Carolina Mountains and The People Who Have Lived Here |
| This unit is designed to give 4th and 5th grade students an understanding of the rich, diverse history of the North Carolina mountains and the people who have called these mountains home. Students will gain an appreciation for the mountain ecosystem, the Cherokee culture, and the impact of the European settlers |
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| The Copper Mine at Eagle Creek |
| The story of the copper mine that evolved along the banks of Eagle Creek in what is now the Fontana Lake Reservoir and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
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| The Environment of the Western North Carolina Mountains |
| This unit plan relates to the social studies theme of human/environmental interaction in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Students will examine representative plants and animals of the region and the factors that can affect their evolution over time. Students will extend their learning to the effects of humans on the environment regionally, nationally, and globally. |
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| The History of Removal in Swain County |
| This is a project whereby fourth graders examine three events in the history of Swain County in which people were relocated - the formation of the National Park, the construction of Fontana Dam, and the Trail of Tears. |
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| The Hooper Bald Project |
| No bald in the Southern Appalachians has a more improbable history than Hooper. In the more than 130 years of white-man history, it has been reachable only by foot, horse, wagon, or jeep. Yet it had the first bathtubs in Graham County. The first Angus cattle in Western North Carolina fattened on its wild grass. Fourteen Russian wild boars arrived there in 1912 and the problems and pleasures caused by their progeny will make Hooper Bald remembered for generations. |
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| Timber in Haywood County |
| This unit includes study and lecture on the history of the timber industry, student interviews and technological research on past heritage and knowledge of the lumber industry, a look at animals and possible impacts logging may have had on their habitats, and culminates with students making recycled paper. |
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