David Walbert
David Walbert is Editorial and Web Director for LEARN NC in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education. He is responsible for all of LEARN NC’s educational publications, oversees development of various web applications including LEARN NC’s website and content management systems, and is the organization’s primary web, information, and visual designer. He has worked with LEARN NC since August 1997.
David holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Garden Spot: Lancaster County, the Old Order Amish, and the Selling of Rural America, published in 2002 by Oxford University Press. With LEARN NC, he has written numerous articles for K–12 teachers on topics such as historical education, visual literacy, writing instruction, and technology integration.
Resources created by David Walbert
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- The 1868 constitution
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.11
- In accordance with the Reconstruction Acts, North Carolina wrote a new constitution in 1868. In addition to abolishing slavery, the new constitution gave more power to the people and to the governor, and called for free public schools, state prisons, and charitable institutions.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- About wills and probate inventories
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.1
- Explanation of legal documents surrounding a person's death and how historians use them to understand daily life, family structure, and other aspects of the past.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Address to the Colored People of North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.7
- 1870 broadside urging African Americans to support Governor William Woods Holden, then facing impeachment for his use of the militia to stop Ku Klux Klan violence. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: poster
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Advertising new products
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.6
- Advertisements from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries show new technologies, new tastes, and new ways of marketing goods to consumers.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Allen House
- The Allen House, a log home occupied by John Allen and his family in the late 1700s. Allen built the house for his family around 1780 near Snow Camp, North Carolina, in Alamance County. In 1967 the house was donated to the state and was moved to Alamance Battleground....
- Format: image/photograph
- Allen House cellar door
- Photo of the cellar door at the Allen House in Alamance County, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- Alternatives to the famous person report
- In Rethinking Reports, page 3.1
- This "rethinking reports" series of articles provides alternative research assignments that challenge students to think critically about historical actors.
- By David Walbert and Melissa Thibault.
- Alternatives to the President Report
- In Rethinking Reports, page 1.1
- The "President Report" is a common assignment in social studies classes from second grade, where biography is first introduced, through high school U.S. History. You know what we mean: students are asked to pick a U.S. president and write a biographical...
- By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
- Antislavery feeling in the mountains
- In Antebellum North Carolina, page 1.12
- In this excerpt from his book (1860), Frederick Law Olmsted describes his interactions with residents of the Appalachian region and their opinions on slavery. Includes historical commentary. Note: This source contains explicit language or content that requires mature discussion.
- Format: book
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Archibald Murphey calls for better inland navigation
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.7
- Excerpt from Archibald Murphey’s Report to the Committee on Inland Navigation in which he calls for the government to invest in the state’s internal transportation system as a way to break their dependency on neighboring states and to increase land values, population and state revenue.
- Format: report
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- Artillery fire
- As the British troops advance, Continental soldiers fire artillery in a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
- Format: image/photograph
- Assessing the learning process
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 3
- Assessment, like instruction, needs to be geared toward various learning styles, and teachers can create rubrics for ongoing assessment that keep a formal daily record of what students are learning.
- By Gretchen Buher and David Walbert.
- Athletics
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.9
- As the urban middle and working classes grew in the late nineteenth century, so did their desire for leisure activities. The result was a growth in sports and athletics. Includes early motion pictures of school athletics.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- The battle begins
- In a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Continental soldiers watch while British troops fire at American militia. The militia were ordered to fire twice, then break formation. Since militia were not professional soldiers, how well they obeyed...
- Format: image/photograph
- The Battle of Gettysburg
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.9
- The diary of Confederate soldier Louis Leon in the first days of July 1863, describing his experiences at the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: diary
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
- Soldiers reenact the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
- Format: image/photograph
- Bear painting on major temple interior wall
- Painting of a bear on an interior wall of the major temple at Town Creek Indian Mound. The recreated temple approximates the most important house of worship at Town Creek. Each wall is painted with an image of a different animal, representing the town's different...
- Format: image/photograph
- Bed at Bennett Place
- This bed is an original bed of the 19th century which was the type of bed the Bennett family would have had in their home. The frame is wood with a crossed rope support underneath, and a mattress made of straw.
- Format: image/photograph
- Bennett Place
- At Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham, North Carolina, the house at which Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrendered to Union General William Sherman has been reconstructed and is open to visitors. The house was rebuilt after it burned in the...
- Format: image/photograph
- Best practices in school library website design
- You're a librarian, not a web designer, but you can have a school library website that meets the needs of students and teachers if you keep it simple, don't take on more than you can manage, and focus on what you know.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
