Description

Overview:

The economy in North Carolina began as a largely agrarian one. Many of our traditions today hearken back to that agricultural past, including the traditional school calendar. As time has passed, North Carolina gained many jobs from textile manufacturing. Farms consolidated and there were less small family farm operations and more, large scale industrial farms. Over the past few decades, textile and furniture manufacturing jobs have been lost by North Carolina – many of these jobs have gone overseas. The new jobs that have been coming in to replace these are biotechnology jobs. These jobs pay well, but require more training and expertise than traditional manufacturing jobs.

Subject:

Biology

Level:

Middle School

Material Type:

Lesson Plan

Author:

Cinnamon Frame

Provider:

North Carolina State University

Provider Set:

Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development

Date Added:

03/03/2016