Carter Center Teacher Resource Center
Lessons Support 2007 Georgia Performance Standards for Social Studies
Welcome to the Carter Center Teacher Resource Center! The Center's work offers a valuable learning opportunity for your students. Our efforts to wage peace, fight disease and build hope around the world illustrate relevant principles of American Government and Civics, International Economics, United States and World History, and Geography.
Lessons found here align with and support the 2007 Georgia Performance Standards for Social Studies. Each lesson incorporates material from current Carter Center programs, which are described in depth on this website. Performance standards listed on each lesson are suggested; additional standards may apply. Also, lessons may be easily adapted for use with curricula in other states and countries.
For educational resources relating to President Carter's boyhood and hometown, visit www.jimmycarter.info/. For educational resources related to the Carter Presidency, visit www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/.
Middle School Lessons
Grade 6: Government/Civics
Democracy in Latin America
Grade 6: Economics
Eliminating River Blindness
Grade 7: Government, Economics
Fighting Disease
Grade 7: African History
Hunger in Africa
Grades 6-8: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics
"Tree of Peace": Critical Thinking and Resolving Global Conflicts
Grades 6-8: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics
Language, Communication, and Successful Conflict Resolution
Grades 6-8: African History; Government/Civics
Strengthening Democracy in Africa
Grades 6-8: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics
Observing International Elections
Grades 6-8: Government/Civics
Comparative Government - China's Village Elections
High School Lessons
Grades 9-12: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics
Turf & Power: An Activity About Global Conflict
Grades 9-12: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics
Understanding Causes of Global Conflict: Peer Interviews
Grades 9-12: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics
"Tree of Peace": Critical Thinking and Resolving Global Conflicts
Grades 9-12: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics; U.S. History
Walls to Peace: Deconstructing Divisions Among Peoples and Cultures
Grades 9-12: Government/Civics, U.S. History
Who's Got Rights? An Introduction to human rights and defenders
Grades 9-12: Government/Civics
Meet Four Human Rights Defenders
Grades 9-12: Government/Civics
Human Rights Defenders Scavenger Hunt (computer lab activity)
Grades 9-12: World Geography
Democracy in Latin America
Grades 9-12: Government/Civics, International Economics, U.S. History, World History
Bridging the Gap Between the U.S. and Cuba
Grades 9-12: World Geography, World History, Economics
The Carter Center in Sub-Saharan Africa
Grades 9-12: World Geography
Strengthening Democracy in Africa
Grades 9-12: Contemporary World History; Government/Civics
Observing International Elections
Grades 9-12: Government/Civics
Comparative Government - China's Village Elections