Pender County
Field trip opportunities in Pender County
- The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
- This sea turtle sanctuary is committed to the care and release of sick and injured sea turtles.
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- Moores Creek National Battlefield
- This national park commemorates the decisive February 27, 1776 victory by 1,000 Patriots over 1,600 Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge.
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- Penderlea Homestead Museum: A Homestead Community of the Depression Era
- Visit this Depression-era community built by President Roosevelt's New Deal progra, in 1934. The museum in Willard, North Carolina is open on Saturdays and by appointment.
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- The Topsail Island Museum, Missiles and More
- Displays showing the history of the Navy test missile site of the 1940s, artifacts of Native Americans found on the island, and exhibits of colonial era pirates can be found at the Topsail Island Museum.
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- A boardwalk in Moores Creek National Battlefield in Pender County, North Carolina
- This is a boardwalk in Moores Creek National Battlefield in Pender County, North Carolina.
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- Cloud-shrouded sunrise over Topsail Beach, North Carolina
- This is a cloud-shrouded sunrise over Topsail Beach, located in Pender County, North Carolina.
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- Coastal Plain Bottomland Forest
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- Elberta's story: A humor moment
- In this excerpt from an oral history interview, Elberta Hudson describes a moment of irony in her experience at a shelter after her home in White Stocking, North Carolina was flooded during Hurricane Floyd.
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- Eyewitness to the flood
- In this lesson, students will listen to oral history excerpts from Hurricane Floyd survivors and contrast their experiences with the experiences of the characters in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Flood shelter
- In this excerpt from an oral history interview, Charles Thompson questions Elberta and Thomas Hudson about their experience in a shelter after their home in White Stocking, North Carolina was flooded during Hurricane Floyd.
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- A gun at the Moores Creek National Battlefield in Pender County, North Carolina
- This is a gun at the Moores Creek National Battlefield in Pender County, North Carolina.
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- Historic Moores Creek Bridge at the Moores Creek National Battlefield
- This is the historic Moores Creek Bridge at the Moores Creek National Battlefield in Pender County, North Carolina. This was the site of a Patriot Victory over the Loyalists at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. The Patriots removed the planks of the bridge...
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- Seascape of waves at Topsail Beach, North Carolina
- This is a roiling seascape of deep green waves as seen at Topsail Beach in Pender County, North Carolina.
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- Sunrise at Topsail Beach, North Carolina
- This is a brilliant sunrise at Topsail Beach, North Carolina. A cusp of tide ripples the ocean.
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- A survivor's story: How does it really feel?
- Students use oral history excerpts of a Hurricane Floyd survivor to explore the concept of contradiction or irony.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Women's Monument at Moores Creek National Battlefield
- The Women's Monument at Moores Creek National Battlefield commemorates the actions of Mary (Polly) Slocum, the wife of Lt. Ezekiel Slocum, who fought in the battle. According to legend, she rode 65 miles alone at night to tend to the Patriot wounded. The monument...
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