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Learning materials
Our learning materials include text and multimedia on all areas of the curriculum. Students can use them independently or as part of an in-class lesson, and teachers can use them to supplement or replace a traditional textbook.
Hot topics and special collections
- North Carolina History
A “digital textbook” of primary sources, background readings, and multimedia.- World Cultures
Photographs and audio with historical and cultural context and related lesson plans.- Environmental Diversity Explorations
Virtual field trips to North Carolina’s varied ecosystems.- Reading primary sources
Guides to reading, analyzing, and learning from various kinds of historical sources.
- Critical Languages
Digital textbooks for Mandarin Chinese and Arabic.- Maps
Historical and present-day maps from North Carolina and around the world.- North Carolina Linguistics
Video documentaries about the state’s diverse languages and dialects.- Digital Literature
A guide to finding and using free digital books in your classroom.
Slideshows
- World War II on the home front: Rationing
- During World War II, the United States asked citizens at home to cut back on food, fuel, shoes, and consumer goods and to turn in scrap metal, rubber, paper, and even used cooking grease for recycling. Photographs, posters, and artifacts tell the story.
- Child labor in North Carolina's textile mills
- The photographs of Lewis Hine show the lives and work of children in North Carolina's textile mill villages in the first decades of the twentieth century.
- World War I propaganda posters
- U.S. Government propaganda posters spelled out the reasons for American involvement in World War I and encouraged all Americans to help in the war effort.
- Biltmore Estate
- Photographs of Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.
- Antebellum homes and plantations
- A tour of some of North Carolina's historic houses and farms — big and small, rich and poor — from before the Civil War.
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Digital content for your classroom
Highlights from our learning materials collection include digital textbooks to teach Chinese and Arabic, slideshows of contemporary life in Vietnam, virtual field trips to a variety of ecosystems around the state, and videos about the unique linguistic characteristics of North Carolina. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Browse using keywords above or select from our hot topics and special collections at left.
Best of the Web
Reviewed, annotated websites from our Best of the Web collection can now be found with our learning materials. You’ll find them by searching or browsing the collection by keyword.
