Chatham County
Field trip opportunities in Chatham County
- Carolina Tiger Rescue
- Learn to talk to a tiger! The Carolina Tiger Rescue features public and private tours, school field trips, and educational programs. Learn about these displaced carnivores living in North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Chatham County Historical Association: Log Cabin Restoration Project
- Visit the two log cabins that are being reconstructed by the Chatham Country Historical Association. Students will see how these structures were built and what life was like in the days of the pioneers.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Chatham County Historical Museum
- Students will find many historic artifacts at this museum located in the center of Pittsboro in the old Chatham County Courthouse.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Haw River Festival Learning Celebration
- Don't miss this fun and informative festival celebrating the Haw River, its history, and the creatures that live there.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Jordan Lake Educational State Forest
- Students will learn about the ecosystems which make up a forest and the animals that inhabit it.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
- When visiting this park, students will learn about wildlife, habitats, and the food chain.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Jordan Lake Visitor Assistance Center
- Students will learn about water safety, water quality, habitat and wildlife and much more at the Jordan Lake Visitor Assistance Center.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The New Hope Valley Railway at the North Carolina Railroad Museum
- Come take a ride on the New Hope Valley Railway and see the locomotives and train cars of yesteryear.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Science Fun for Everyone
- No need to go anywhere, Science Fun for Everyone will come to your classroom with hands-on, science-related experiments that make learning fun!
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Screech Owl Farm School
- Students will learn about farm ecology when they participate in one of the tailor-made field trips at one of the local partner farms.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
Learn more about Chatham County
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- Chatham County farmers protest
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.4
- Petition from the Chatham County Farmers Alliance to the North Carolina General Assembly, 1889, asking for legislation protecting the interests of farmers. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: petition/primary source
- A critter sculpture at Clyde Jones' place in Bynum, NC
- This is a critter sculpture at Clyde Jones' place in Bynum, North Carolina. He is well-known for his folk art sculptures of animals, as well as his eccentric house, which is painted with animals and surrounded by his sculptures.
- Format: image/photograph
- The George Moses Horton Project: Celebrating a triumph of literacy
- The only American poet to publish books of poems while living in slavery, George Moses Horton is an inspiration for the power of literacy in our lives.
- By Marjorie Hudson.
- Mr. and Mrs. Vestal of Chatham County speaking in a kitchen
- This is a black and white photo of the Vestals, an older man and woman, in their Chatham County kitchen. They are dressed in 1940s attire, but their stove is very old. The woman has her hand on the handle of a coffee pot. She is wearing a floral printed long...
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- North Carolina in the New South
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Sun beams over Lake Jordan in Chatham County, NC
- Sun beams slant over the waters of Lake Jordan in Chatham County, North Carolina.
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- Swans on Jordan Lake in Chatham County, North Carolina
- Swans swim across waters lit vibrantly by the sunset on Jordan Lake in Chatham County, North Carolina.
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- A tiger yawning at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Chatham County
- A tiger yawns at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The Trust protects and houses 16 different species of endangered carnivores.
- Format: image/photograph
