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- Cities and public architecture
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.7
- In this activity, students compare photographs of public buildings in Charlotte before and after industrialization and the growth of the city in the late nineteenth century to learn about industrial wealth and the culture of the Gilded Age.
- Format: article
- The rise of Populism
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.1
- American farmers faced new economic difficulties after the Civil War. In response, they organized to promote cooperation and to defend their interests politically. In the 1890s, they joined with labor unions to create the People's (or Populist) Party.
- Format: article
- Professor Wallace Caldwell (1890–1961) with unnamed domestic
- In this black and white photograph, a young black woman is serving Professor Caldwell at a dining table. The college servants were all men, but African American women often worked for faculty families. Due to domestic servants' low wages, even modestly paid...
- Format: image/photograph
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations (particularly railroads), under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
- Format: court decision/primary source
- Wampum
- Circa 1890 photograph of string and belt wampum, a traditional form of money used by American Indians. Wampum consists of cylindrical beads made from the ends of shells rubbed down, polished, and threaded on strings, which were often combined to form bracelets,...
- Format: image/photograph
- English language learners and special education testing
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 3.4
- English language learners are often incorrectly labeled with learning disabilities because of inffective diagnostic tests. A more effective model of testing and instruction would be based upon the educational concepts of scaffolding instruction and the Zone of Proximal Development.
- Format: article
- By Mary Faith Mount-Cors.
- Old Fort Railroad Museum
- Old Fort, North Carolina has been undergoing a great renovation and the Depot is no exception. The Railroad Depot houses the Railroad Museum and contains memorabilia, tools, and furniture from the early railroad period.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Embarkation of the Pilgrims
- Protestant pilgrims are shown on the deck of the ship Speedwell before their departure for the New World from Delft Haven, Holland, on July 22, 1620. William Brewster, holding the Bible, and pastor John Robinson lead Governor Carver, William Bradford, Miles...
- Format: image/painting
- Expansion and empire, 1867–1914
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 6.1
- The United States expanded its economic influence and added overseas territory in the last decades of the nineteenth century, but the drive for empire was tempered by a strong anti-imperialist strain in American politics.
- Format: article
- English historical newsletter project
- This is the major research activity for my senior English students enrolled in MHS average English. It is a term-long project that coincides with their ongoing thematic portfolios in British literature. These portfolios with other class ingredients (including this research activity) culminate in a final showcase portfolio which is their final exam. Students pick (first come, first served) from a list of decades (i.e. 1790-99, 1800-1809, etc.) and become an English subject of that decade. In this role, they are to publish a documented newsletter reflecting a week (covering 10 areas) of their life in the decade. They must also generate an annotated bibliography to document their multiple types of sources (20). Students must report on 3 required items (popular writer's latest effort, a new invention from the decade and a new clothing fashion). The remaining 7 areas come from a supplied list: a concert they attended, a new medical discovery, etc.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
- By Joe Huddleston.
- Master artist internet research project: Timeline
- Students apply their knowledge of how to find specific information about a topic on the Internet using an outline created by the class prior to the lesson. Using this outline, the students will create a chronological timeline of the artist's life on MSPublisher.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Computer/Technology Skills)
- By Gail Dreis.
- The North Carolina mountains in the early 1900s through the writing and photography of Horace Kephart
- Students will develop an understanding of daily life and culture in the mountains of North Carolina during the early 20th century through photographs and written sources; practice visual literacy skills and gain experience analyzing visual and written sources of historical information; and learn to revise their early analyses of historical sources and to synthesize the information found in different kinds of primary documents by planning a museum exhibit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Old Fort Railroad Museum
- This is the Old Fort Railroad Museum. The Old Fort Railroad Museum is housed in the circa 1890 depot which has been renovated. The museum traces the growth of the railroad and its dramatic impact on the town, and includes original hand tools, signal lights,...
- Format: image/photograph
- Leonidas Polk and the Farmers' Alliance
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.3
- Speech given by Leonidas L. Polk before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 1890. Polk provided data showing the decline in farmers' wealth since the Civil War, argued that this decline was not the farmers' fault, and asked the Senate to enact laws that would help farmers. Includes historical commentary and explanations of some of the economic principles discussed (including supply and demand).
- Format: speech
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- The Dukes of Durham
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.7
- After the Civil War, Orange County farmer Washington Duke put everything he had into growing tobacco. From farming he quickly expanded into manufacturing, and by the end of the nineteenth century, his son controlled the largest tobacco industry in the world.
- Format: article
- A soldier recalls the Trail of Tears
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.8
- In this letter to his children, written on his eightieth birthday, Private John G. Burnett tells the story of the removal of the Cherokee to the West. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Sharecropping and tenant farming
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.3
- After the Civil War, former slaves and white farmers forced off the land by hard times rented land as tenants or worked for a share of the crop they produced, often living in continual debt.
- Format: article
- The struggles of a tenant farmer
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.6
- Copy of a mortgage and accounts of a tenant farmer in late nineteenth-century North Carolina, showing his struggles in paying off his debts. Includes historical background and activity questions.
- Format: activity
- The growth of cities
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.4
- Cities grew rapidly after the Civil War, in North Carolina as across the United States. But the great majority of North Carolina's population remained rural. This article includes maps and tables of census data.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Workers' pay and the cost of living
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.8
- In this activity, students examine census records of North Carolina tobacco mills and retail prices of food to determine how much money factory workers made in "real dollars."
- Format: activity
- By David Walbert.
