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- 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.
- 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.
- Choosing books that are just right
- This teacher research study examines how students select books for independent reading and how teachers can help them make choices more appropriate to their reading levels.
- By Melinda Parks.
- Keep it short (but not too short)
- In Writing for the Web, page 4
- Shorter paragraphs and pages will help make your writing easier to read on the web, but you don't have to sacrifice important content.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Understanding and using fonts
- In Writing for the Web, page 7
- Serifs, sans serifs, and when to use them.
- By David Walbert.
- Just link it?
- A hyperlink is a citation to someone else's intellectual property; therefore, linking should protect the source's integrity and make its identity clear.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- The unique beauty of the Roan Highlands
- In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 1
- The natural beauty of the Roan Mountain Highlands has been recognized since they were first visited by Europeans in the eighteenth century. The first naturalist to report on this site was John Fraser (for whom the Fraser fir is named) in 1787. Other reports...
- By Dirk Frankenberg and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.
- Looking at an object
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.10
- Students will analyze unfamiliar objects in order to observe the attributes of an object, infer the uses of objects; and discover how archaeologists use objects to learn about the past.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Quick study: Woodland Period
- A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Woodland Period and its key characteristics.
- Quick study: Mississippian Period
- A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Mississippian Period and its key characteristics.
- The pottery makers
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.4
- Archaeologists do a bit of shrugging when asked about the Woodland—that time and lifeway tucked between 1000 BC and AD 1000. Some things they readily understand, but others leave them wondering.
- The village farmers
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5
- North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Original boundaries of Carolina (1663/1665)
- This map shows the original borders of the province of Carolina as defined by the 1663 Charter of Carolina (dark green) and the subsequent charter of 1665 (light green). Under the charter of 1663, the borders of Carolina are defined as all the land from 31°...
- Format: image/map
- The search for the Lost Colony
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.4
- No one knows what happened to the “Lost Colonists” of Roanoke Island -- but that has only made their story more interesting. Over the past 400 years, historians, archaeologists, storytellers, and outright liars have developed a number of theories about the vanished settlers.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- George Monck, Duke of Albemarle
- George Monck (1608–1670), Duke of Albemarle, is shown here in military uniform with rod, sword, and anchor to symbolize his leadership on both land and sea. Albemarle was a general during the English Civil War and gained fame for leading a campaign in...
- Format: image/painting
- Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
- Edward Hyde (1609–1674), 1st Earl of Clarendon, began his career in Parliament in 1640 as a critic of King Charles I, but eventually became one of the king’s close advisors and served as chancellor of the exchequer. After Charles I was executed, Hyde wrote...
- Format: image/painting
