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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- Colonial cooking
- This photograph shows how a typical cooking fire might have looked in the colonial era. A kettle hangs over the fire, and a chicken hangs nearby from a string, cooking slowly. The string allowed the chicken to spin, causing it to cook evenly without having...
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- Colonial cooking fire: Close-up
- Photograph of a re-creation of a colonial-era cooking fire. A kettle hangs over the fire, a few pieces of fish are tied to a board facing the flames, and a chicken hangs nearby from a string, cooking slowly. The string allowed the chicken to spin, causing...
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- Colonial cupboard and desk at Allen House
- Inside view of the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., showing the kind of furniture and household items that would have been present when the house was occupied in the late 1700s. A tall wooden cupboard stands against the wall with dried gourds and clay...
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- Colonial dresser at Allen House
- At the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., herbs hang to dry above a wooden colonial-era dresser. Rachel Allen, who lived in the house with John Allen and their family in the late 1700s, used herbs as remedies in her medical practice. To the right of the...
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- Colonial food items
- This photograph from the Alamance Battleground Historic Site in Alamance County, N.C. shows colonial-era tools for food preparation and articles of food that were important in the colonial era. These include a bowl of coffee beans, a wooden and metal hand-mill,...
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- Colonial table at Allen House
- Wooden colonial-era table at the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C.
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- Colonial weaving loom
- Taken at the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., this photograph shows the kind of loom that was used to weave cloth in the colonial era.
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- Colonial-era broom at the Allen House
- Photo of a colonial-era broom leaning against an outside wall at the Allen House in Alamance County, North Carolina. The broom, made of sticks, was used to sweep dried leaves from the yard surrounding the house as a way of preventing the spread of fire.
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- Colonial-style candles
- At a recreation of colonial life at Alamance Battleground, N.C., candles hang from a wooden pole. They are in various stages of completion; the candles to the left are narrower, having been dipped in a pot of hot wax only a few times, while those to the right...
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- Communicating information and ideas: a philosophy of writing
- In Writing for the Web, page 2
- Many kinds of writing can be adapted for the web, but it's important to know what you're trying to communicate.
- By David Walbert.
- Confederate soldier at a reenactment
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- Confederate soldier cooking
- Soldiers both North and South had to cook their own food depending on what was available in the area or through foraging details. Here, a Confederate soldier peels potatoes to prepare a stew for his fellow soldiers. Photographed at the living history program...
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- Continental officers on horseback
- At a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, officers of the Continental Army ride behind the lines to watch the action.
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- Continental soldiers
- Continental soldiers -- portrayed here at a reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse -- were of all ages and wore a variety of uniforms. They didn't look like a professional army by European standards, but by 1781, they had learned to fight like one....
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- Copyright for educators
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.2
- This article explains copyright and U.S. copyright law primarily with respect to education. For a full discussion of copyright law and its implications, consult the U.S. Copyright Office. Rights reserved to...
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Criminal law and reform
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.6
- In the early nineteenth century, North Carolina had more than two dozen crimes punishable by death, and the state kept a variety of physical and humiliating punishments on the books as well. Reformers tried to make the criminal code clearer and more humane, but they made little progress before the Civil War.
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- By David Walbert.
- Culpeper's Rebellion
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.11
- In the 1670s, the British government insisted that exports from Carolina be taxed, but a group of settlers in the Albemarle region rebelled against what they saw as an unreasonable burden. The Lords Proprietors eventually regained control of the colony, but in the meantime, colonists set a precedent for governing themselves.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663)
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.6
- Initial plans by the Lords Proprietors for settling and governing the province of Carolina. Primary source includes historical commentary.
- Format: declaration
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Deer painting on major temple interior wall
- Painting of a deer 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...
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- Desk at Bennett Place
- Inside the reconstructed Bennett home is this depiction of the setting where General Joseph Johnston and Major General William T. Sherman negotiated the terms of the surrender for the Army of Tennessee and the remaining Confederate forces fighting in the...
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