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Practicum in Online Teaching - Carolina Online Teacher Program
Teach your online course with a pilot group of students or teachers. An experienced online-learning mentor will guide you through typical problem areas. The Practicum in Online Teaching may be done in conjunction with your school or county, and even as part of your normal teaching load.
Take this course: Begins January 5.

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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.
Effects of civil action
In this lesson, secondary students will analyze primary source materials to investigate how 4-H clubs made an impact on the home front in completing projects that supported the war effort during World War II. This lesson should be taught at the end of a World War II unit.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.
Shadows of a people
In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.3
Archaeologists divide North Carolina's prehistory -- the time before contact with Europeans -- into four periods: Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian.
Format: article
Haywood Hall Museum House and Gardens
Oldest house within Raleigh's original city limits on its original site; built in 1799 by State Treasurer John Haywood.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Old Pressley Sapphire Mine
Students can try doing some mining and learn how the rocks and gemstones were formed.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Shelton House Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts
Housed in a historic home in Waynesville, NC, the Museum of NC Handicrafts displays 19th century crafts, musical instruments, and Native American artifacts.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Canton Area Historical Museum
Students will learn about the beginnings of this western North Carolina town, it's history, and the industry that sustains it.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center at Purchase Knob
Visit the Learning Center at Lake Junaluska and participate in a scientific research program that focuses on the scientific method, air quality, or soil health.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Blue Ridge Paper Mill Tours
The Blue Ridge Paper Mill is one of the oldest paper mills in the United States and has tours of the facility by appointment only.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Abandoned woodworking plant in Waynesville, North Carolina
Abandoned woodworking plant in Waynesville, North Carolina
This is an abandoned woodworking plant in Waynesville, North Carolina. The building was recently destroyed.
Format: image/photograph
Blue Ridge Paper Mill in Canton, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Paper Mill in Canton, North Carolina
This is the Blue Ridge Paper Mill in Canton, North Carolina. It is one of the oldest paper mills in the country and is one of the best-paying employers in the region. The mill has been under fire for many years for the level of pollutants that it contributes...
Format: image/photograph
Rime frost on a fir tree in Haywood County
Rime frost on a fir tree in Haywood County
This is rime frost on a fir tree on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood County, North Carolina. This kind of rime, called soft rime, forms when fog or mist freezes to the outer surface of objects. It takes the form of delicate needles on the windward side of...
Format: image/photograph
Rime frost on trees in Haywood County
Rime frost on trees in Haywood County
This is rime frost on trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood County. This kind of rime, called soft rime, forms when fog or mist freezes to the outer surface of objects. It takes the form of delicate needles on the windward side of objects.
Format: image/photograph
Cold Mountain as seen from Big Butte
Cold Mountain as seen from Big Butte
This is Cold Mountain as seen from Big Butte. It is the tallest peak in the photo, at 6,030 feet. The mountain was made famous by the book Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. It is located in Haywood County.
Format: image/photograph
Lake Junaluska in Haywood County, North Carolina
Lake Junaluska in Haywood County, North Carolina
This is Lake Junaluska in Haywood County, North Carolina. Lake Junaluska is known as the site of the headquarters of the World Methodist Council, a group linking most churches of the Methodist tradition.
Format: image/photograph
A mountain view in Maggie Valley, North Carolina
A mountain view in Maggie Valley, North Carolina
This is a mountain view in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Maggie Valley is a popular spot for tourists in Haywood County. It is the home of Wheels Through Time, a museum of American cars and motorcycles; Ghost Town in the Sky, a wild-west theme park; and Cataloochee...
Format: image/photograph
Rutherford Trace
In 1776, during the War for Independence, an expedition led by Griffith Rutherford sought to eliminate the Cherokee as a British ally and to punish them for attacking white settlements. In one month, Rutherford’s men left dozens of Cherokee villages in ruins with hundreds of acres of crops destroyed and livestock killed or seized. Residents of western North Carolina still tell multiple sides of the story.
Format: article
North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.
Format: book (multiple pages)
Pleading for corn
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.6
Letter from Emma A. Scoolbred of Haywood County, North Carolina, to Colonel Joseph Cathey, asking him for an ox and corn because food has become scarce. Includes historical commentary.
Format: letter
Life in camp
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.7
Camp Lee, S. C., Mch. 2d 1862 Dear Mother, As I write so many letters home to let you all hear from me and brother Tom, I will commence by telling you something about myself and him. I continue in very...
Format: letter