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Mountain Crafts and Traditions and Their Changes Over Time

3-5, Computer and Technology Skills, English/Language Arts, Information Skills, Social Studies

This unit is designed for 4th graders studying North Carolina history. Students will explore aspects of mountain life around the turn of the century as well as aspects of mountain life today and address changes to crafts and traditions over time.

Our North Carolina Mountains and the People Who Have Lived Here

Our North Carolina Mountains and the People Who Have Lived Here

3-5, Computer and Technology Skills, Social Studies

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. […]

History of Hiwassee Dam Union School

History of Hiwassee Dam Union School

3-5, Computer and Technology Skills, English/Language Arts, Information Skills, Social Studies

This unit plan introduces the 4th grade students to the history of Hiwassee Dam School. The school was originally started for the children of the workers who came to the area to build the TVA Dam. The students will interview community members who attended the original school, collect pictures of the old school, new school and students of each school.

Cross-Curriculum Scrapbook

Cross-Curriculum Scrapbook

3-5, Art, Computer and Technology Skills, English/Language Arts, Information Skills, Music, Social Studies, Technical-Vocational

During this project, each fourth-grade student creates a scrapbook based on historic figures, places, and events in the history of Western North Carolina. […]

Storytelling in the Southern Appalachians

3-5, Computer and Technology Skills, English/Language Arts, Social Studies

This project will expose children to the art of storytelling with Southern Appalachian folklore. Students will create a handbook which depicts the changes in the western North Carolina region while preserving the past through storytelling. […]

Reflections of American Poets

Reflections of American Poets

Computer and Technology Skills, English/Language Arts, Lesson Plans

Students begin to appreciate poetry through a hands-on activity designed to personalize some famous American poets of the past. Students will first look at visual images of several famous American poets portraits at various periods […]

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About The Digital Heritage Project

DigitalHeritage.org includes essays, video interviews, and other materials created by the students of Western Carolina University. It also includes regional lesson plans created by teachers participating in the Adventure of the American Mind project sponsored by the Library of Congress. Radio spots created by WCU faculty and students may be heard on stations WKSF-FM, WMXF-AM, WPEK-AM, WWCU-FM, and WWNC-AM. A print version is available each month in the Laurel of Asheville.

Tonya Carroll (B.A., 2007 M.A., 2009) with Bruce Frazier (Carol Grotnes Belk Endowed Professor in Commercial & Electronic Music) in the recording studio.

Tonya Carroll (B.A., 2007 M.A., 2009) with Bruce Frazier (Carol Grotnes Belk Endowed Professor in Commercial & Electronic Music) in the recording studio.

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