Students will read about the creation of air conditioning and the impact it had on the way people lived in North Carolina.

This article reviews the early history of North Carolina before statehood. Archaeologists reconstruct the state?s unwritten history through carefully recovering and thoughtfully explaining the meaning of the material remains left behind by the state?s earliest residents.

Students can learn about Camillo Artom who was a famous scientist which fled Mussolini's Italy and immigrated to North Carolina. He taught at Wake Forest University, researching fats in the body.

Students will learn about the life of Herman Baity. Baity, a native of Iredell County, was an internationally known sanitary engineer. He was a well known teacher at UNC-Chapel Hill and helped develop sanitary protocols across the world.

Students can learn about the court case Bayard v Singleton which took place just after the American Revolutionary War and before the Federal case of Marbury v Madison. This is one of the cases which was used to established judicial review at the state level.

Students can learn about the accomplishments of Clement Brimley. Clement was a world famous ornothologist who also helped found the North Carolina Academy of Science.

Students can learn about Herbert Brimley who was the first curator of the North Carolina Museum of . He was also a scientist who contributed a great deal to the state.

Students can learn about Carrie Broughton. She was the first women to head an agency in the State of North Carolina and she helped to organize the State Library system and successfully categorize the records so people could easily search them.

Students can learn about the life of Needham B Broughton. Mr. Broughton was a strong supporter of the public schools in North Carolina and helped bring NC State and Meredith College to Raleigh.

Students can learn about John Simpson Cairns who was a famous natural historian. Cairns lived in the late 19th Century and explored the Mountains of North Carolina. Many of his items which he collected were moved into a variety of museums across the state after his death.

Students will learn about life on the coast of North Carolina and the various aspects of the culture of the people who grew up there.

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

This NC Pedia site provides a description of the three N.C. Constitutions. The countless struggles, successes, and failures experienced in the years between the American colonial period and the end of the twentieth century have been reflected in the development of North Carolina's constitution.

Students can learn about Earl Alexander Crump who helped establish the state highway system. He was born in Lumberton and was a prominent engineer.

Students can learn about the Colonial Govenror Arthur Dobbs. Governor Dobbs ruled the colony of North Carolina during the 18th Century.

This resource provides information on the forced migration of African Americans in the mid to late 1700's.

Students will learn abouth te Freemen's Colony which was established by Union soldiers during the American Civil War.

Students can read about the role North Carolina played during the French and Indian War which pre-dated the American Revolutionary War.