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- 16 de Septiembre: Mexican Independence Day
- In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 2.1
- Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from celebrations of Mexican Independence Day. Every...
- Format: article
- Teaching with disturbing images
- Photographs are especially powerful tools for explaining current and historical events — not least horrible or brutal events, such as war, genocide, famine, terrorism, slavery, and lynching. In fact, photographs are often used specifically to raise an...
- By David Walbert.
- Vietnam: A timeline
- Major events and eras in the history of what is now Vietnam from the first millennium BCE to the present.
- Stone Mountain
- In Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont, page 12
- Quartzite is not the only erosion-resistant rock that has formed monadnocks on North Carolina's Piedmont. Another major rock type — granite — has also been responsible for monadnock formation. Granite is a granular rock made primarily of feldspar...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Teaching about Thanksgiving
- Resources and activities to help you bring historical accuracy, cultural sensitivity, and a broader context to discussions about the quintessentially American holiday.
- Format: article
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- The 2004 presidential election in historical context
- Historian William E. Leuchtenburg talks about past presidential elections and how the 2004 election fits or defies precedents.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- 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
- Reading primary sources: An introduction for students
- A step-by-step guide for students examining primary sources, with specific questions divided into five layers of questioning.
- Format: article/learner's guide
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Beyond Black History Month
- Go beyond approaches that marginalize African American history by "shifting the lens" to look at events from new perspectives.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Get real!
- When teaching computer proficiency to at-risk students, make classroom lessons relevant to their lives and take account of different learning styles.
- By Skip Thibault.
- 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
- North Carolina place names
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.8
- This lesson contrasts and compares the names that Native Americans living in North Carolina gave to their villages and places with the names that European and other settlers gave to theirs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- The Learning Page: Community Center
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 8
- This installment of the American Memory Guide explores the Learning Page's Community Center, highlighting features of particular interest to teachers.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Archaeological sites open to the public
- A listing of field trip opportunities focusing on Native Americans as well as colonial times in North Carolina. Organized by county.
- Format: article
- Accessing the American Memory collection: Searching
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 2
- Take a look at the second installment in the American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide and find out how to search the collections with success. You'll learn all kinds of tricks and techniques, and even explore the Library of Congress's latest search tool.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Accessing the American Memory collection: Browse by subject, chronology, and geography
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 3
- Browsing the collections gives anyone new to American Memory a chance to get a sense of the scope and variety of its materials. For the experienced user, browsing allows you to unearth previously undiscovered resources—with...
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Grooming in 1930s North Carolina
- Using primary source materials, this lesson plan provides a glimpse into the lives of girls and women from the 1930s and will give students the opportunity to study what was considered attractive for the time, how the Depression affected grooming practices, and the universal concept of healthful living.
- Format: article (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Mural of a Spanish conquistador
- A mural painted on tile depicts one of the Spanish conquistadors. A plaque commemorating the conquest is next to the mural. When the conquistador Francisco Pizarro arrived in Ecuador in 1531 he found a country just recovering from a civil war. The Inca rulers...
- Format: image/photograph
- Beaufort Burying Ground historic marker
- Beaufort Burying Ground historic marker reads "Old Burying Ground, deeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Captain Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers are buried here." Marker is further identified as C43 by the North Carolina...
- Format: image/photograph
- Political theories about suffrage
- In this oral history excerpt, Rosamonde Boyd and her interviewer share some of their theories as to why women achieved suffrage in 1920. In their conversation they discuss that some women were too disinterested or lethargic to press for suffrage. They also...
- Format: audio
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