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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- Disease and catastrophe
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.3
- Of all the kinds of life exchanged when the Old and New Worlds met, lowly germs had the greatest impact. Europeans and later Africans brought smallpox and a host of other diseases with them to America, where those diseases killed as much as 90 percent of the native population of two continents. Europeans came away lucky -- with only a few tropical diseases from Africa and, probably, syphilis from the New World. In America, disease destoyed civilizations.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- The Dismal Swamp Canal
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 7.2
- Transportation in northeastern North Carolina was extremely difficult in the eighteenth century. The Dismal Swamp Canal, which opened in 1805, enabled passage between the Pasquotank River in North Carolina wih the Elizabeth River in Virginia. Over time the canal was rebuilt and expanded, and today it is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Does my vote count? Teaching the electoral college
- In Election 2008, page 4.4
- Students will learn about the electoral process and its history through reading, research, and discussion. They will then convene a constitutional convention to debate altering this process.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies)
- By David Walbert.
- Does my vote count? Understanding the electoral college
- In Election 2008, page 4.1
- This tutorial for students explains how the electoral college works, the origins and development of the electoral college as some controversial elections, and how much any one vote actually "weighs" in an election. Readings and activities are included.
- Format: tutorial
- By David Walbert.
- Dog tents
- A small two-man tent from the Civil War, nicknamed the "dog tent" by soldiers. First introduced in 1862, many Union and Confederate soldiers were issued one for shelter during active campaign. The soldiers joked that only a dog could crawl under it to stay...
- Format: image/photograph
- Elisha Mitchell explores the mountains
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 7.5
- Letter from Elisha Mitchell to his wife while doing a geologic survey in northwestern North Carolina, 1828. Mitchell discusses his work, the places he stayed, and the people he met. Includes historical commentary as well as a contemporary map and a Google map with relevant locations marked.
- Format: letter
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- Ensign Worth Bagley
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 6.5
- Worth Bagley of Raleigh, North Carolina, was the only U.S. naval officer killed in the Spanish-American War.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Evaluating multimedia presentations
- A PowerPoint presentation is just another form of communication, and the same rules apply to multimedia that apply to writing or verbal communication. This article offers guidelines for using and assigning multimedia presentations in the classroom and includes a rubric based on the Five Features of Effective Writing.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Fair use
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.3
- Fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and "transformative" purpose such as commentary, criticism, or parody. "Fair" uses do not require permission from the copyright owner. Determining fair use...
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- The fate of North Carolina's native peoples
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.8
- After the Tuscarora War (1711–1713) and Yamasee War (1715–1716), only the Cherokee among North Carolina's native peoples remained intact. The Coastal Plain and Piedmont were effectively cleared for European settlement.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Finding your audience: a primer
- In Writing for the Web, page 3
- Before you sit down to write something, ask yourself some questions about the people who will read it.
- By David Walbert.
- Fireplace and cooking tools at Allen House
- Fireplace and cooking tools hanging in the fireplace of the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., where John and Rachel Allen lived with their family in the late 1700s. The tools hanging from a wooden beam on the stone wall of the fireplace include a trivet...
- Format: image/photograph
- Fireplace at Allen House
- The fireplace in the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., where John and Rachel Allen lived with their family in the late 1700s. On the floor of the fireplace, two andirons stand in the ashes holding a log. To the right of the andirons, a kettle hangs from...
- Format: image/photograph
- Fireplace tools at Allen House
- Fireplace tools hanging in the fireplace of the Allen House in Alamance County, N.C., where John and Rachel Allen lived with their family in the late 1700s. The tools hang from a wooden beam on the stone wall of the fireplace.
- Format: image/photograph
- Foreword
- Developing online resources for beginning teachers is not easy. What new teachers need most of all is a mentor — an experienced, thoughtful, successful teacher who can take the time to guide them through their first year. They need someone to steer them...
- By David Walbert.
- Fort Defiance
- Fort Defiance, the home of William Lenoir, is located in Caldwell County, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- Fort Raleigh: Closeup of earthworks and palisade
- A reconstruction of the earthen fort built by the first European settlers of Roanoke Island in 1585. A palisade is visible to the left of the entrance to the fort. A sign reads "Fragile Earthenworks -- Please Do Not Climb." The fort is the only structure from...
- Format: image/photograph
- Fort Raleigh: Earthworks
- A reconstruction of the earthen fort built by the first European settlers of Roanoke Island in 1585. The fort is the only structure from the Roanoke settlement whose location has been located exactly. After intensive archaeological studies and excavation from...
- Format: image/photograph
- Fort Raleigh: Earthworks and entrance to fort
- A reconstruction of the earthen fort built by the first European settlers of Roanoke Island in 1585. The fort is the only structure from the Roanoke settlement whose location has been located exactly. After intensive archaeological studies and excavation from...
- Format: image/photograph
- Fort Raleigh: Earthworks and palisade
- A reconstruction of the earthen fort built by the first European settlers of Roanoke Island in 1585. A palisade is visible atop the earthworks. A sign reads "Fragile Earthenworks -- Please Do Not Climb." The fort is the only structure from the Roanoke settlement...
- Format: image/photograph
