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Pottery from Town Creek: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 6; Figure 4 shows some examples of pots and pottery fragments found at Town Creek along with artifacts made of stone and shell about 1200 CE. This photograph was made of one of the displays in the Museum at the Town Creek State Historic Site in Montgomery County....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Vietnam: Historical background: Vietnam has strong historical connections to China and India and has been ruled by both China and France. After turmoil and wars in the twentieth century, Vietnam embarked on a program of reform that has opened relations with the United States.; By Lorraine Aragon.

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.

Field trips in context: Opportunities abound in North Carolina for hands-on interdisciplinary learning experiences.; Format: article; By Lesley Richardson.

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.

Fundamental concepts: Introduction: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.1; British archaeologist Stuart Piggott once called archaeology “the science of rubbish.” There is truth to his statement. Archaeologists spend lifetimes investigating the abandoned remains of ancient societies.

Why is the past important?: In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.2; As an introduction to the study of North Carolina's archaeological heritage, students will use personally owned object to share the importance of their past and connect this importance with reasons why the human past is important.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

Artifact classification: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.4; Students will use pictures of artifacts or objects from a teaching kit to classify artifacts and answer questions about the lifeways of a group of historic Native Americans.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

Measuring pots: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.7; Students will use an activity sheet or modern pottery rim sherds to compute circumference from a section of a circle and construct analogies based on their own experience about possible functions of ancient or historic ceramics.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Social Studies)

Inference by analogy: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.12; Students will use historical sources and an archaeological site map to infer the use or meaning of items recovered from a North Carolina Native American site based on 17th-century European settlers' accounts and illustrations. They will also describe prehistoric lifeways based on archaeological and ethnohistoric information and explain why archaeologists use ethnohistoric analogy.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

Shadows of a people: Introduction: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.1; Lessons in this part stand alone, yet link to and expand on some tidbit in Chapter 3. They focus emphasize that the “Indians” Columbus met were not frozen in time as many people even today believe. Their history is one of time passage, of journeys, of adaptations, of settling, of interactions, of conflict—everything that is the fabric of life.

Language families: In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.7; Students will identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina and calculate the physical area covered by each language family.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Mathematics and Social Studies)

Archaeology as a career: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.2; In their study of archaeology as a career, students will read essays and complete an activity to gain an understanding of and appreciation for the career of a professional archaeologist.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)

Artifact ethics: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.5; In their study of archaeological issues students will use ethical dilemmas to examine their own values and beliefs about archaeological site protection. They will also evaluate possible actions they might take regarding site and artifact protection.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance and Social Studies)

Today in History: In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 1; In this first installment to the American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide discover the in and outs of making calendar connections to primary source materials using the Today in History feature.; 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

The forest people: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.3; Paleoindian culture died out across North America by 8000 BC. Archaeologists say this was bound to happen. The Ice Age had ended, the megafauna were extinct, and the boreal forests faded as deciduous ones spread across the East in the warmer climate. Faced with significant environmental changes, the Native Americans adapted. Archaeologists call their way of life and the time in which they lived Archaic.

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.

Technological inspirations for Biltmore House: In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 2; Architect Richard Morris Hunt and George Vanderbilt first met in 1885, when Vanderbilt was just twenty-two years old. These first meetings between George Vanderbilt and Hunt to complete work in the Vanderbilt family mausoleum began an association that would...

Works available for use: In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.4; Many works, copyrighted or not, are available to the public for various kinds of use, including republication and distribution. The public domain The public domain comprises works...; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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