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Mecklenburg County
Field trip opportunities in Mecklenburg County
- Afro-American Cultural Center
- This cultural center was created to preserve the visual and performing arts heritages of African-Americans and other minorities. The Center has an art gallery with “over 100 works of art from renowned artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers.” It also offers art classes to all age groups.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Blue Planet Water Environmental Center
- A hands-on environmental education center which focuses on water and waste water treatment.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Carolina Raptor Center
- Find answers to their raptor questions, in-depth information about and photos of over twenty raptor species (the species includes owl, eagles, vultures, and more!), and a huge variety of raptor activities and games such as crossword puzzles, quizzes, and coloring pages. There is also information on visiting the Center.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Carolinas Aviation Museum
- Learn about the history of modern aviation in North and South Carolina at this museum which is dedicated to the preservation of aviation heritage.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Charlotte Museum of History
- Permanent exhibits in the Charlotte Museum of History include Native American artifacts, representations of the colonial settlers, interactive dioramas of how the town of Charlotte looked in 1775, gold mining, the Civil War, and 2oth century topics. There are also temporary exhibits.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum
- Discovery Place offers hands-on activities in all areas of science for students at both the Discovery Halls and Charlotte Nature Museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- EnergyExplorium
- Take a tour and enjoy the programs offered by Duke Power's EnergyExplorium.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Historic Latta Plantation
- A living history farm 20 miles north of Charlotte features an African American exhibit, virtual tour and history of this once cotton plantation, activities for kids, and teacher resources.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Historic Rosedale Plantation
- Located a few miles from the center of downtown Charlotte, the Rosedale Plantation is a good representation of plantation life in Piedmont North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Historic Rural Hill Farm - Center of Scottish Heritage
- Students will go back in history when they visit Historic Rural Hill Farm.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- ImaginOn
- There is something for everybody at this wonderful facility which provides both theater and library related activities.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Latta Plantation Nature Center and Preserve
- Environmental education programs at this nature center allow students to explore the wonders of nature all around them.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Levine Museum of the New South
- This museum shows the diverse history of the South since the Civil War, with a focus on Charlotte and the surrounding Carolina Piedmont.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Mint Hill Country Doctor's Museum and Country Store
- This museum takes the visitor back to the early years of medical practice and the "daily lives and routines of Southern people living in rural areas from the late 1800's to the 1930's."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Mint Museum
- Access to digitized images from special exhibitions and the permanent collections of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, along with activities for kids.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Polk Memorial (NC Historic Site)
- A congressman for the state of Tennessee and President of the United States, James K. Polk was a native of the state of North Carolina. This historic site celebrates his life and accomplishments.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Reedy Creek Nature Center and Preserve
- Discover local biodiversity and natural heritage through hands-on experiences in the natural world.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- YMCA Camp Thunderbird
- Provides environmental education programs to North and South Carolina K-12 students in bird study, fish dissection, orienteering and forest ecology.
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- 4-H sale selling chickens in Mecklenburg
- Several large cages full of chickens are the center of attention in this black and white photograph from the 1950s. Four African American 4-H club members are standing behind the cages as they listen to someone up at the podium in front of them. A loud speaker...
- Format: image/article
- An albino Red-Tailed Hawk at the Carolina Raptor Center
- This is an albino Red-Tailed Hawk named Honeysuckle at the Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- The Belk brothers' department stores
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.13
- When Henry and John Belk opened their first department store in Charlotte in 1895, the idea of buying everything under one roof -- and always for cash, not store credit -- was new to consumers. This excerpt from the history of Belk, Inc., tells the story of Henry Belk, his first store in Monroe, and the Belk Bros. stores in downtown Charlotte.
- Format: book
- The Charlotte Museum of History in Charlotte, NC
- This is the Charlotte Museum of History in Charlotte, North Carolina. There are over 10,000 American historical objects, papers and photographs in the museum’s collection and 3,104 on display in the historic buildings and museum exhibits. Visitors can also...
- Format: image/photograph
- Cities and public architecture
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.7
- In this activity, students compare photographs of public buildings in Charlotte before and after industrialization and the growth of the city in the late nineteenth century to learn about industrial wealth and the culture of the Gilded Age.
- Format: article
- Clownfish in anenomes in a Discovery Place display
- This is a clownfish in anenomes in a display at Discovery Place. Discovery Place is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- The cockpit of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum
- This is the cockpit of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over the past decade the Museum has developed an impressive collection of over forty-five major aircraft, and a wealth of other artifacts. It also...
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- Court House, Charlotte, 1888
- The "old court house" in Charlotte, 1888.
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- Court house, Charlotte, 1899
- The "new court house" in Charlotte, 1898.
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- Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs of Mecklenburg County on first anniversary of its organization
- In this black and white photo, a large group of women pose on the steps of a brick building with three archways. They are all wearing long dresses and hats. They are members of the Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs of Mecklenburg County and are celebrating...
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- A giant digestive tract at Discovery Place in Charlotte, NC
- This is a giant walk-through digestive tract at Discovery Place in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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- Hezekiah Alexander House
- Hezekiah Alexander House, completed in 1774. Hezekiah Alexander owned as many as thirteen slaves, a number that placed him in the top 1 percent of slaveholders in late eighteenth-century Mecklenburg County. Alexander's labor force was the simple fact that...
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- Latrelle MacAllister on desegregation
- Latrelle MacAllister is an African-American woman who attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1973 until 1976, during the first years of integration. She speaks about her experiences of both segregated and integrated schools during...
- Format: audio/interview
- Meck Dec Day in Charlotte
- Reenactors at "Meck Dec Day," the celebration of the anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775.
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- The Mecklenburg Resolves
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.3
- On receiving news of Lexington and Concord in May 1775, the Mecklenburg County Committee of Safety adopted these "resolves," or resolutions, declaring all royal authority to be suspended. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: document
- Mint Museum of Art
- The Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte is housed in the former U.S. Mint building, which operated as a federal branch mint from 1837 until the Civil War.
- Format: image/photograph
- Ned Irons on desegregation
- Ned Irons is a white student who attended West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1990s, many years after the Swann ruling had forced the school to integrate in the early 1970s but before busing ended in 2001. West Charlotte...
- Format: audio/interview
- Railway station, Charlotte, 1898
- A small railway station in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1898.
- Format: image/photograph
- Railway station, Charlotte, 1898
- The new railway station in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1898.
- Format: image
- World War I - The impact of WWI on Mecklenburg County
- This is a fun and engaging computer activity designed to help students understand how a war in Europe can effect a town in North Carolina. This lesson is part of a unit on World War I. This lesson may be used in a World History class or United States History class. It will deals with the creation of Camp Greene in Mecklenburg County and the impact the camp had on the inhabitants of Charlotte. The lesson will also focus on changes that occurred in Charlotte during WWI.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
- By Billie Clemens.
