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The Lost Colony: Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition was met with constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

The Lost Colony: In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 3; Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted to establish an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition met constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

Estuaries in North Carolina: A primer: Estuaries are places near the coast where freshwater and saltwater mix. Influenced by ocean forces yet partly sheltered from them, estuaries have unique and fascinating ecologies. This article explains what estuaries are, their geology and role in the larger...; By Waverly Harrell and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.

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.

Meaningful mathematics: using balances for problem solving: Using balances to represent equations forces students to find their own meaning in mathematical problems.; By Grayson Wheatley and George E. Abshire.

Play with purpose: Electronic whiteboards make the internet an active communication vehicle of engagement and learning.; By Jace Hargis and Tuiren Bratina.

The George Moses Horton Project: Celebrating a triumph of literacy: The only American poet to publish books of poems while living in slavery, George Moses Horton is an inspiration for the power of literacy in our lives.; By Marjorie Hudson.

Math problems for grade 8 geometry: In Problem centered math, page 6; Problem sets in PDF format that address objectives of the Measurement and Geometry strands of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Mathematics, Grade 8.; By Grayson Wheatley.

Science Family Fun Night: One night a month Vivian Smith opens her classroom to families where they work together to solve logic problems and conduct experiments. Learn how this science teacher increases family involvement in her students' education and find ideas for science experiments, webquests, projects, and construction contests.; By Waverly Harrell.

Map of the United States of Mexico (c. 1847): This is a map of Mexico from 1847 entitled Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico and was published by J. Disturnell at 102 Broadway, New York. Represented on this map are the cartographic boundaries of and 1847 spellings of Méjico, Florida, Alabama,...; Format: image/photograph

Climbing up the steps along a mountain trail in Nepal: A tourist climbing up stone steps along a portion of trail en route from Birethanti to Nayathanti. The woman holds an umbrella to shield herself from the sun. There are five separate climate regions in Nepal, and the weather can vary greatly depending on the...; Format: image/photograph

1736 map of Carolina: 1736 map of the Carolinas, from southern Virginia to northern Florida. Major ports, barrier islands, and coastal counties are labeled by name, and western regions are labeled according to natural resources and the names and locations of Indian groups. The...; Format: image/article

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, affirmed and remanded (1955): In Brown II the court delegated the task of carrying out the desegregation to district courts with orders that desegregation occur “with all deliberate speed.”; Format: court decision/primary source

1765 map of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia: This 1765 map depicts the southeastern colonies from southern Virginia to northern Florida (which was, at the time, East and West Florida.) When this map was drawn, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia extended as far west as the Mississippi River....; Format: image/map

Carolina parakeets: John James Audubon's 1833 painting of the Carolina parakeet. The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), now extinct, was the only native species of parrot in the United States. The last known wild Carolina parakeet was killed in...; Format: image/painting

Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.3; England's first two settlements in the New World differed in character and purpose: The first short-lived colony, inhabited entirely by men, was set up as a stake in the newly discovered Americas and a base of privateering against French and Spanish shipping. The second was intended as a permanent colony and was settled by men, women and children. Their disappearance is a mystery that remains unsolved nearly 400 years later.; Format: article

Circa 1714 map of Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina: Johann Baptist Homann's hand-colored engraved map Virginia Marylandia et Carolina... was first published in a 1714 atlas, and was re-published numerous times thereafter. The map depicts Homann's interpretation of the American...; Format: image/map

Circa 1714 map — Carolina detail: Detail of Johann Baptist Homann's hand-colored engraved map, Virginia Marylandia et Carolina... The map was first published in numerous atlases beginning in 1714, and depicts Homann's interpretation of the American colonies as...; Format: image/map

1640 map of southern Virginia and eastern Florida: The title of this 1640 map, Virginiæ partis australis, et Floridæ partis orientalis, translates to "Virginia parts south and Florida parts east." At the time, Virginia included all the British land along the east coast, so the map covers the...; Format: image/map

The Charter of Carolina (1663): In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.4; In the Charter of Carolina, King Charles II of England granted the eight men known as the Lords Proprietors rights to the land that became North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: charter; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

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