Historic Oak View County Park
This nineteenth century farmstead has been made into a county park and is devoted to interpreting the area's agricultural and rural heritage for the citizens of Wake County.
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- Antebellum North Carolina An online collection of primary documents and images from the antebellum in North Carolina that accompany a lesson place about antebellum society in North Carolina with regard to reform movements and the history and status of blacks.
- Crafting North Carolina: A Hands on Exploration of North Carolina's Hand-made Heritage North Carolina's geography, history, and resources brought to life through the crafts of the state.
- NC Folk Artists It is important to recognize and preserve the art forms of North Carolina. On this site the artists explain their art through audio, video, images, and text.
- Lesson plan: Antebellum North Carolina In this lesson students will examine pictures & documents relating to the Hayes Plantation (Edenton, NC). Students will also use various maps of North Carolina to help them analyze how James Cathcart Johnston (owner of Hayes Plantation) used, modified and adapted to the physical environment of Edenton.
Students will decipher original manuscripts from the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill Campus and draw conclusions about antebellum society in North Carolina with regard to reform movements and the history and status of blacks.
From a list of volumes found in the Hayes Plantation Library exhibit at the North Carolina Collection Gallery, students will determine what catagories of books were most prevalent in the library and hypothesize as to why those types of books would be so important to an antebellum plantation owner.
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Related pages
- The Davenport Homestead: See what everyday life was like over 200 years ago at the Davenport Homestead. The main house is the original home of Washington County's first state senator, Daniel Davenport.
- Horne Creek Farm: Through educational programs ranging from white oak basket making workshops to an annual corn shucking frolic, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm provides a unique opportunity to learn about our rural past. Find a listing of special events and more information about the facilities at this living history farm.
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mountain Farm Museum: Historic buildings, farm animals, and demonstrations can be seen at the Smoky Mountains National Park Mountian Farm Museum.
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- Learn more about 19th Century, North Carolina, Wake County, arts, crafts, culture, farming, heritage, historic sites, history, rural life, science, and tradition.
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There are three museums on the site of this county park: a Cotton Museum dedicated to interpreting the history of cotton, the Farm History Center which interprets farm life over the last three hundred years, and an 1850 antebellum home that houses temporary exhibits.
Historic Oak View offers educational programming Tuesday - Friday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Their programs are written to comply with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s guidelines for Social Studies. Elementary programs include artifact discoveries, the history of agriculture in North Carolina, a tour of the homestead, and a scavenger hunt in correlation with the cotton museum. Middle school students will tour the farm and learn about the changing face of farm life in Raleigh from the mid-19th century until today.
Historic Oak View Park is located at 4028 Carya Drive in Raleigh. To make reservations, please call Emily Catherman at(919) 212-7695 or by email at emily.catherman@co.wake.nc.us
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