This online textbook is designed for grade 8 and up and covers all of North Carolina history, from the arrival of the first people some 12,000 years ago to the present. There are eleven parts, organized chronologically, a collection of primary sources, readings, and multimedia that can be rearranged to meet the needs of the classroom. Special web-based tools aid reading and model historical inquiry, helping students build critical thinking and literacy skills.

Birth of a Colony explores the history of North Carolina from the time of European exploration through the Tuscarora War. Presented in five acts, the video combines primary sources and expert commentary to bring this period of our history to life. The accompanying teacher guides provide lesson activity ideas, vocabulary, and additional reading resources to compliment each act's theme. The 5 act themes are: First on the Land, The Road to Zacatecas, The Roanoke Voyages, A New Voyage to North Carolina, and , The Tuscarora War.

Birth of a Colony explores the history of North Carolina from the time of European exploration through the Tuscarora War. Presented in five acts, the video combines primary sources and expert commentary to bring this period of our history to life. Act II of Birth of a Colony focuses on the Spanish exploration and exploitation of the New World and the attempt to find a new route to Zacatecas. Vast wealth from silver enabled Spain to finance more exploration and expand its empire. In an effort to defend Spanish trade and protect Spain?s investment in the mines, King Philip II launched an attempt to establish a colony in North America. This teacher's guide contains 2 SS lessons plans: Finding a Lost Spanish Fort; Mapping Juan Pardo. Additional suggested resources are also included. The Birth of a Colony video can be accessed at the following link: http://video.unctv.org/video/2149619983/ The referenced article can be accessed at the following link: http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/F07.lost.spanish.fort.pdf

Birth of a Colony explores the history of North Carolina from the time of European exploration through the Tuscarora War. Presented in five acts, the video combines primary sources and expert commentary to bring this period of our history to life. Act IV of Birth of a Colony is divided into three parts. The first part explores the development of permanent English settlements in North Carolina. The second part of this segment focuses on the establishment of a proprietary colony in Carolina. The The third part of this segment focuses on the journey of John Lawson from Charleston, through the interior sections of the Piedmont, to the Pamlico Sound. This teacher's guide includes 2 SS lessons: John Lawson, Surveyor; Teaching the Carolina Charter. Additional suggested resources and optional extension activities are also included. The Birth of a Colony video can be accessed at the following link: http://video.unctv.org/video/2149619983/

Take a trip to the Cherokee Indian Reservation to see and hear how the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has regained and maintained its heritage despite losing its homeland to oppressive government action.

This resource provides an overview of the NC Coastal Plain. Links to other resources are included, as well as maps.

In this lesson, students are introduced to the effects of cultural diffusion that is found from country to country, and using the Internet as a research tool, find concrete examples of cultural diffusion.

Please see attached Google Doc for instructions on using Google My Maps to create digital, collaborative maps. This was remixed from a Word document. Nothing was changed except that it is now a Google Doc.

Students learn about the general history and culture of American Indians from a present-day perspective. This activity has students discovering the names and locations of the eight state-recognized tribes in North Carolina.

This resource provides an overview of the NC Mountains. Links to other resources are included, as well as maps.

NCpedia is an online encyclopedia that covers a broad spectrum of topics and resources about North Carolina, including: historical time periods, subjects, and events; biographies; geography and environment; business and economy; historical places and monuments; natural resources and natural heritage; and many others. NCpedia also includes thousands of images. NCpedia's articles are all written by trusted contributors that include professional and independent historians, librarians and archivists, museum professionals and many subject specialists.

In this lesson, students explore the different regions of North Carolina and how the topography of the region affected economic, social, and political development by completing one of the projects options included.

Students will learn about America's first gold rush, which took place in North Carolina in the early 1800s. They will then utilize their understanding of the gold rush and its affect on North Carolina by completing a creative writing assignment.

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.

Last summer, I was asked to teach a course in U.S. Geogrphy that would engsge the students, while encouraing development of a final project.  So, I created a 24 session course under the guise of a "Travel Plan" and seperated by geogrphic region of the United States.  I presnted copies of the travel plan to each student in folder to help them take ownership.  During each sesion, the students would view 2-3 short website-based videos that presented the content (state bird, flower, nickname,, etc) with creativity, and would also engage students in identifying historical/geogrphic lanndmarks, colleges/univeristies, professional sports teams, famous indiividuals,, etc associated with each state.Students were highly engaged in identifying the answers to the quesitons in their travel guides, and in learning about the states, and in making connections about the states during American History 1 and 2 from this past year.I've attached copies of the website list I used (Homeschool Pop was great for presenting state information), U.S. Maps, and a lsit of videos from WRAL's "Tar Heel Traveler" series that presents "oof-beat" informnation about North Carolina culture, hsitory, individuals, etc.

Just like the industrialization that took place in the North, the geographical features of the region played just as important a role in the agrarian way of life in the South. Because geography was responsible for almost every aspect of life in the South (as it was in the North as well), its significance cannot be understated.