Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Information about the Lost Colony, the Civil War, Virginia Dare as well as thoughtful explorations into cultural conflict in this area and women's role in the 1587 Lost Colony.

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• North Carolina's Historical People and Places Facts, images, and links to the people and places that are most important to North Carolina History.
• How Do You Lose a Colony Myth and history about the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
• Archaeology and the Ancient History of North Carolina Uses images of artifacts, maps, and artwork to accompany brief overviews of the movements of American Indians as they made their way to North Carolina.
• Lesson plan: Writing a Ghost Story/ Mystery Building upon the students' knowledge base of Blackbeard the Pirate, the numerous shipwrecks off of the N.C. coast, myths, and legends of the Carolinas, and/or The Lost Colony, students will write a ghost story or mystery narrative of their own.
• Lesson plan: Timelining North Carolina's big mystery: The Lost Colony This lesson plan focuses on the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke (1584-1590) and its importance in the role of settlement in North Carolina. Students develop content knowledge through shared reading (see attached website) of selected literature. Students work collaboratively to research, create, and publish a timeline that chronicles the history of The Lost Colony.

Related pages

• The search for the Lost Colony: No one knows what happened to the “Lost Colonists” of Roanoke Island -- but that has only made their story more interesting. Over the past 400 years, historians, archaeologists, storytellers, and outright liars have developed a number of theories about the vanished settlers.
• Bennett Place: This is Civil War historic landmark was the location of the largest troop surrender of the Civil War.
• Historic Bath: Read about the archaeological excavation at Bonner's Point, Bath co-founder John Lawson, Cary's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, Blackbeard, and Bath legends. Look at historic images, maps, and video describing the history of Bath.

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• Learn more about Civil War, Colonies, Dare County, North Carolina, Roanoke, Virginia Dare, historic sites, and history.

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Come visit the National Park Service’s Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. You will find information about the Lost Colony, the Civil War, Virginia Dare as well as thoughtful explorations into cultural conflict in this area and women’s role in the 1587 Lost Colony

Fort Raleigh offers a unique educational program for students. For information on visiting this historic site, please call the Lindsay Warren Visitor Center at (252) 473-5772. There is no admission fee.

Educators will find Heritage Education Program resources to use in conjunction with a field trip or in studying the Lost Colony in the classroom. Units include Elizabethan Expansion, Exploration of Roanoke Island, 1584, Ralegh’s First Colony, 1585 - 1586, John White’s Watercolors, The Lost Colony of 1587, Links With Jamestown and New England, Search for the “Cittie Of Ralegh”, and more.

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