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Quaker Meadows Plantation
Morganton, NC (http://www.historicburke.org/quakermeadows.html)
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- Appropriate grades: 3–8
- Subjects: social studies (North Carolina)
- Provider: Burke County Tourism
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- Interpreting Diaries of the American South Students will read diaries of individuals who lived in the American South from 1865-1917. After reading these diaries the students will use a visual means of displaying their interpretation. Visual presentations will be one of the following: shadow box, poster, PowerPoint using drawings done by the student, brochure, or presenting an item that would have been used during the time that their diary was written.
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- Documenting the American South Ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs for the study of Southern history, literature, and culture.
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Built is 1812 by Captain Charles McDowell, Jr., the house was a center of social activity in antebellum Burke County. Donated to Historic Burke Foundation by Crescent Land and Timber Corp. in 1986, the house has been restored to its 1812 appearance, and the detached kitchen has been reconstructed on its original foundation.
Located at 119 St. Mary's Church Road about .2 mile from intersection with Hwy 181 N., the plantation is open Sunday afternoons 2-5 pm, April through November, and by appointment. Admission is $3 -adult, $1-student. Call 828-437-4104 for more information.