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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.

White clay and Wedgwood pottery: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 11; Figure 9 shows an example of one of the well-documented cases in which the British colonial economic policy was applied in North Carolina. In 1767, the famous English pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood sent a representative to North Carolina to obtain a...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

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 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.

Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum: Gems, minerals, fossils, Indian artifacts, and much more can be found at the Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Macon County Historical Museum: This Museum's collection includes artifacts from the earliest civilization of the area through the mid twentieth century.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Highlands Biological Station and Nature Center: A year-round biological field station located on a high plateau in the southern Appalachian Mountains of southwestern North Carolina providing learning opportunities for teachers and students.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Peoples of the mountains: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.5; During the Mississippian period, corn agriculture became more important in the mountains of North Carolina. More productive agriculture supported larger populations and provided opportunities for accumulating wealth. This brought about increased social ranking and political centralization. The Mountain region was creating its own identity -- an identity that archaeologists tie to the modern-day Cherokee. Archaeologists have given the names Pisgah and Qualla to these Cherokee ancestors.; Format: article

Ammolite at the Franklin Gem & Mineral Museum: This is a chunk of ammolite at the Franklin Gem & Mineral Museum in Macon County, North Carolina. Ammolite is a biogenic gemstone, meaning that it is formed by life processes. Other biogenic gems include amber and pearl. Ammolite is made up of the fossilized...; Format: image/photograph

Dry Falls in Macon County, NC: This is a photo of Dry Falls in Macon County, North Carolina. The falls are about 80 feet tall. A walkway allows those who venture to the base of the waterfall to walk behind it.; Format: image/photograph

Bridal Veil Falls near Highlands, NC: This is Bridal Veil Falls near Highlands, North Carolina. The falls consist of 120 feet of cascading water, one section of which crests over a turn-out on the road. Formerly, one could drive a car under the falls, but rock collapses have now blocked the turn-out.; Format: image/photograph

Cullasaja Falls in Macon County, NC: This is a photo of Cullasaja Falls in Macon County, North Carolina. The falls cascade over slick boulders for 250 feet. A steep trail leads closer to the falls. Cullasaja Falls are located in Nantahala National Forest.; Format: image/photograph

Pickens Nose in Macon County, NC: Two men sit on Pickens Nose in Macon County, North Carolina. The rock outcropping stands 5,000 feet above sea level. It overlooks the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Betty Creek basin 2,000 feet below. With care, visitors can explore the outcropping,...; Format: image/photograph

Rocks and Minerals: Teach your students to be rock hounds with these wonderful rock and mineral resources.; Format: bibliography/help

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

"My dear I ha'n't forgot you": In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.1; Letter from Elizabeth Watson to her husband, James, a Confederate solider in the Civil War, telling him news from home and how much she misses him. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

Nathaniel Macon: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.6; Biography of Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), North Carolina political leader from Warren County.; Format: biography