On the coast of North Carolina, on a one mile stretch of Topsail Island, sits the community of Ocean City. This short video explores how this was a special place where Black families could vacation, own property, and enjoy the beach in peace during a time where few places were open to them.

This online exhibit explores Victor Green's travel guide, The Green Book, which helped Black travelers during the Jim Crow era. The exhibit takes a closer look at the North Carolina businesses that were featured in his book, and what life was like for Black travelers in North Carolina during this time.

This assessment is to be used in conjunction with the lesson "Port to Port." In this lesson, students participate in a role-playing game in which they trade estuary goods with a ship's captain who travels around North America. A second game examines the value of estuaries and how human activities and decisions affect the estuaries and change their value.

These supplemental materials are to be used in conjunction with the lesson "Port to Port." In this lesson, students participate in a role-playing game in which they trade estuary goods with a ship's captain who travels around North America. A second game examines the value of estuaries and how human activities and decisions affect the estuaries and change their value.

In this lesson, students participate in a role-playing game in which they trade estuary goods with a ship's captain who travels around North America. A second game examines the value of estuaries and how human activities and decisions affect the estuaries and change their value.

This file is the PPT accompaniment for "Teaching Activities for Remarkable Journey." "Remarkable Journey: Founding the Asian Indian Community in North Carolina" is a documentary that illustrates the history, culture, lives, and contributions of Indian-Americans in North Carolina.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 8th Grade Social Studies. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 8th Grade Social Studies.

The Road to Nowhere begins in Bryson City on Lakeshore Drive. The government forced the residents to give up their land for the Fontana Lake and Dam. The National Parks services promised to build a road, but stopped at the tunnel. Explore the trails and views on the Road to Nowhere and decide for yourself if it represents a broken promise or a great dream.

This resource explains solar energy and how it is used as an alternative form of energy.

Students will investigate the historical aspects of a map of 1873 that shows forest cover in the United States. Students examine this map to learn about changes in the roles and purposes of woodlands in the United States and to take a position on the future of woodlands.

Study guide for the "Remarkable Journey: Founding the Asian Indian Community in North Carolina," a documentary that illustrates the history, culture, lives, and contributions of Indian-Americans in North Carolina.

In this series of three lessons, the students examine transportation and its impact on our nation (and vice versa) since the United States declared its independence in 1776. Lesson 1 focuses on improvements in transportation during the 19th century, particularly the development of a national rail system, to show how invention, innovation and infrastructure encouraged western expansion and economic growth. Lesson 2 moves on to the 20th century focusing on the development of auto transport and aviation. The impact on communities and world trade, for both good and bad, is examined. Lesson 3 calls upon the students to create a class time line of transportation milestones; the time line will help the students more clearly understand the factors, especially the economic incentives, that have played a key role in what has been called the 'Transportation Revolution.'

Students will simulate the experiences of an immigrant's passage to and arrival in America during the turn of the century, relating these experiences to Emma Lazarus's poem The New Colossus. Students will also explore the process to become a naturalized citizen and learn about the
different ethnic groups immigrating to America.

Take a virtual field trip to Wright Brothers National Memorial! Visit the camp buildings, the first flight boulder, and the Wright Brothers Monument as you learn more about Wilbur and Orville's journey to the first successful flight in human history.

See the following links for virtual field trip handouts:

3-5th grade: https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/learn/education/upload/201007_Virtual-Field-Trip-Worksheet_Grades-3-5.docx

6-8th grade: https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/learn/education/upload/201007_Virtual-Field-Trip-WorkSheet_Grades-6-8.docx

This resource explains wind energy and how it is used as an alternative form of energy.