Cumberland County
Field trip opportunities in Cumberland County
- 82nd Airborne Division Museum
- A visit to this museum will tell students the story of the 82nd Airborne Division from World War I to present.
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- Airborne and Special Operations Museum
- Relive military history from World War II to the present through exhibits at the Airborne and Special Operations Museum.
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- Cape Fear Botanical Garden
- The garden provides an enriching educational experience in the areas of horticulture, conservation, and environmental stewardship.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Clark Park Nature Center
- A natural habitat for deer, turkey and other wildlife, the Clark Park Nature Center provides an environmental educational experience for students.
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- Fascinate-U Children's Museum
- Through touch and play young students learn about health and science topics at this children's museum.
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- Heritage Square
- Located in Fayetteville, Heritage Square has some of the most beautiful homes of the early 19th century. Guided tours are available on request.
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- Museum of the Cape Fear
- This museum interprets the history and culture of southern North Carolina from prehistory to the present.
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- Public Works Commission Watershed Education Center
- Students will learn how to be stewards to their local watershed when they take a tour at the Watershed Education Center in Fayetteville.
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- 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!
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Learn more about Cumberland County
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- Antebellum North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.7
- In February 1776, Patriot militia companies fought an army of Loyalists, mainly Scottish Highlanders, at Moore's Creek Bridge near Wilmington, North Carolina. The Patriot victory convinced colonial leaders to push for independence.
- Format: article
- Camp Bragg
- In North Carolina in the early 20th century, page 3.7
- This 1919 description of Fort Bragg and the process of building it during World War I was published as part of a larger book promoting Fayetteville and the surrounding area. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book/primary source
- A covered bridge at the Clark Park Nature Center in Fayetteville, NC
- This is a covered bridge at the Clark Park Nature Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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- Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Gas mask drill, Company J, 41st Engineers
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- Giant Ground Sloth skeleton at Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
- At Cape Fear Museum of History and Science in Wilmington, North Carolina, the skeleton of a Giant Ground Sloth towers menacingly. The Giant Ground Sloth was a mammal that lived in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch.
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- The Great Depression and World War II
- Primary sources and readings explore the history of North Carolina and the United States during the Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945).
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- North Carolina History: A Sampler
- A sample of the more than 800 pages of our digital textbook for North Carolina history, including background readings, various kinds of primary sources, and multimedia. Also includes an overview of the textbook and how to use it.
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- North Carolina in the early 20th century
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the first decades of the twentieth century (1900–1929). Topics include changes in technology and transportation, Progressive Era reforms, World War I, women's suffrage, Jim Crow and African American life, the cultural changes of the 1920s, labor and labor unrest, and the Gastonia stirke of 1929.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- North Carolina in the New Nation
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- North Carolina's wartime miracle: Defending the nation
- In The Great Depression and World War II, page 7.3
- In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 2.10
- After the United States entered World War II, North Carolina became one of the leading states in the nation's growing military efforts. This article looks at the state's contributions and the war's impact on North Carolina.
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- By John S. Duvall.
- A plane at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at Fort Bragg
- This is one of many antique planes and helicopters at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at Fort Bragg in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
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- "A poor, ignorant, squalid population"
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.5
- Letter from Archibald Murphey to Thomas Ruffin, 1819, in which Murphey bemoans the character of the people around Fayetteville and blames the lack of trade, transportation, and economic opportunity. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter/primary source
- Postcard from Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Postcard titled "Outdoor Theater, Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Fort Bragg, N.C." On the back, caption reads, "Five thousand soldiers watch Roxyette Review in the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center Outdoor Theater at Fort Bragg, N.C....
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- Revolutionary North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Seasons on a farm
- In Antebellum North Carolina, page 2.2
- An excerpt from the diary of James Evans, a farmer in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The diary spans the years 1851–1859.
- Format: diary/primary source
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Sergeant Franklin Williams receiving lessons in marksmanship
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- Soldiers returning from Iraq at Fort Bragg, NC
- Soldiers return to Fort Bragg in Cumberland County, North Carolina, after a fifteen-month deployment in Iraq.
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- Teaching about North Carolina American Indians
- This web edition is drawn from a teachers institute curriculum enrichment project on North Carolina American Indian Studies conducted by the North Carolina Humanities Council. Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, webliographies, and lesson plans about North Carolina American Indians.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Unidentified men examining peanuts
- Two unidentified men are examining peanuts as a part of a 4-H club peanut project in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The black and white photograph was taken outside, next to a wooden building. The young man on the right has his shirt sleeves rolled up...
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