Curriculum

The vision for the project began in 2002, at the urging of the Paul Green Foundation, when fifty community leaders from across the state gathered for a day-long meeting to determine how to best involve the people of North Carolina in the North Carolina Freedom Monument Project. Over the coming months, Town Meetings were held from the mountains to the coast to "hear the voices of the people."

While developing a raft of ideas about the meaning of freedom to North Carolina citizens, the Freedom Monument Project received a grant to develop a curriculum on the ups and downs in the pursuit of freedom as might be expressed in a monument for use in North Carolina schools. This age-adaptable curriculum was created in conjunction with the Department of Public Instruction and is available to all educators. It will be particularly useful to teachers who are anticipating a visit to Raleigh and the Freedom Monument.

Quick links to download PDF materials:

You can also download the entirety of the lessons as a ZIP file (863 KB).

The People: John Chavis (PDF, 51 KB), Thomas Day (PDF, 51 KB), David Walker (PDF, 50 KB), Harriet Jacobs (PDF, 50 KB), James E. K. Aggrey (PDF, 60 KB), Henry E. Frye (PDF, 59 KB), Charlotte Hawkins Brown (PDF, 124 KB)

The Places: James City (PDF, 50 KB) , Texana (PDF, 43 KB)

The Events: Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 (PDF, 49 KB), Jim Crow (PDF, 52 KB)

The Culture: Shirley Caesar (PDF, 54 KB), John Coltrane (PDF, 55 KB), Blind Boy Fuller (PDF, 50 KB), George Moses Horton (PDF, 85 KB), Thelonious Monk (PDF, 52 KB), Sonny Terry (PDF, 48 KB)

Research Projects: Harriet Jacobs (PDF, 38 KB), The Civil Rights Movement (PDF, 101 KB), The Greensboro Sit-ins (PDF, 40 KB)

PROJECT OVERVIEW

ABOUT THE FREEDOM MONUMENT

A Statewide, Public Process
Why Build Another Monument?
Creating Curriculum Resources
An Ongoing Educational Dialogue
From Family History to Community History to State Identity

INTRODUCTORY CLASSROOM APPROACHES

Drawing A Family Tree and Community Timeline
Creating a Local Monument Inventory
Defining "Public Art"
Introductory Video
Sample Agenda for an NCFMP "Town Meeting"

THE RESOURCE MATERIALS

Organization of Materials
Teaching Strategies
Research Projects
Evaluation
Extension
Sample Lesson Plan