North Carolina

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OER Project courses are the right fit for North Carolina schools in more ways than one.

World History Project (WHP) 1200 to the Present is ideal for high-school students and aligns with the vast majority of North Carolina’s Essential Standards: World History.
Big History Project is ideal for sixth and seventh graders to establish an interdisciplinary foundation in historical and critical thinking.

Explore the courses mentioned above at your own pace, and once you’re ready to dive into planning, check out the tailored resources below to get started!

Which best describes you?

I’m new to OER Project and about to start using the courses and materials.
I’m a returning OER Project user in North Carolina looking to see what’s new.

New to OER Project checklist

Getting started with WHP 1200 or Big History Project is a piece of cake! We recommend following the onboarding checklists below so that you’re equipped with all the information you need to get started:

	World History Project (1200)	Big History Project
Professional development opportunities	Explore the WHP 1200 course. You can also find our WHP 1200 course guide here. Attend a live WHP 1200 introductory PD session. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching World History (TWH) 1200. P.S. If you’re looking for a more “choose your own adventure” OER Project offering before diving into WHP 1200, be sure to check out Project Score. Flexible, scaffolded writing instruction combined with automated essay scoring give you a new way to do writing in social studies!	Explore the Big History Project course. You can also find our BHP course guide here. Attend a live BHP introductory PD session. Register for a session today! Take our free, online PD course, Teaching Big History.
Standards alignment materials	Read our WHP 1200 North Carolina standards alignment document. Read our WHP 1200 course plan, generated by a North Carolina teacher, which includes a pacing guide. You can find other North Carolina teacher course plans on our OER Project and Standards Alignment blog.	Read our BHP North Carolina standards-alignment document (sixth grade). Read our BHP North Carolina Standards Alignment document (seventh grade). Read our sample BHP year-long and semester-long course plans, which include pacing guides.
Talk to a real person!	Connect with other North Carolina teachers in the OER Project Online Teacher Community—ask questions, share stories, and seek support! Still have questions? Email an OER Project outreach coordinator for support! You can either email them or find a time on their calendar for a meeting.

"The World History Project is a stellar resource to help students connect to historical events and advance their literacy and analytical skills. There are a ton of resources and the flexibility to pick and choose what works best. Using WHP has allowed me to meet and exceed standards while focusing even more on individual student instruction and growth. I give WHP a 10 out of 10 rating!" — Ryan, ninth- and tenth-grade world history teacher, Wake Forest, NC

Returning to OER Project checklist

So you’ve taught with OER Project materials in North Carolina before. Welcome back! We update our courses and materials each year, so let’s catch you up on what’s new. To prepare for a new term or semester, we recommend checking off the following items:

	World History Project (1200)	Big History Project
Professional development opportunities	Attend a live WHP 1200 introductory PD session, or attend an advanced training tailored for veterans. Register for a session today! If you haven’t already, take our free, online PD course, Teaching World History (TWH) 1200.	Attend a live BHP introductory PD session, or attend an advanced training tailored for veterans. Register for a session today! If you haven’t already, take our free, online PD course, Teaching Big History.
Standards alignment materials	Read our WHP 1200 course plan, generated by a North Carolina teacher, which includes a pacing guide. You can find other North Carolina teacher course plans on our OER Project and Standards Alignment blog. We are hard at work creating up-to-date WHP 1200 standards alignment materials for North Carolina teachers. In the meantime, you can find SY 20–21 standards-alignment resources for North Carolina here.	Read our sample year-long and semester-long BHP course plans, which include pacing guides.
Talk to a real person!	Connect with other North Carolina teachers in the OER Project Online Teacher Community—ask questions, share stories, and seek support! Still have questions? Email an OER Project outreach coordinator for support! You can either email them or find a time on their calendar for a meeting.

What North Carolina Teachers are Saying

Thanks to World History Project, my first year teaching (in a pandemic!) was a success. The site is easy to navigate and put rigorous, relevant, standards-aligned lessons and resources at my fingertips. The materials are engaging and easily scaffolded for all students. I especially loved the scaffolding of skill-building throughout the course, which allowed me to monitor and measure student growth. I made it through the year confident that I was covering all the standards despite many remote and hybrid learning obstacles.

— Denise-Marie, ninth-grade world history teacher, Bolivia, NC

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