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- “Discoverie of Guiana”
- In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 5
- Raleigh's 1596 account of his search of El Dorado became a sensation when it was published in England. The book describes Raleigh's motives of treasure hunting and empire building. Some excerpts with annotations are included below.*...
- By William M. Wisser.
- Jockey's Ridge
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 9
- Jockey's Ridge is the largest of the four remaining large dunes on the Outer Banks. The dune's immense size and its proximity to economic interests such as Route 158 have resulted in various attempts to control its migration. But the planting of American beach...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Animal folktales: Legends, superheroes, and pourquoi tales
- In Rethinking Reports, page 2.2
- By writing a narrative about an animal rather than a traditional report, students can learn about literature, develop writing skills, and still fulfill science and research objectives.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- 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)
- Rock art
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.3
- Students will use art materials, drawings, and rock art examples to differentiate between symbol, petroglyph, pictograph, and rock art. They will also interpret rock art to illustrate its importance in the cultural heritage of a people and as a tool for learning about the past.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Thai Ramayana poster image in red, black, and white
- A Thai Ramayana poster is colored in red, black, and white. The block ink print is cropped at the bottom, but a black monkey image, representing the monkey god Hanuman or another monkey king helpful to Rama, appears in the lower right. The Ramayana is one...
- Format: image/photograph
- Vietnamese water puppet show: History
- Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...
- Format: audio
- Vietnamese water puppet show- female solo
- Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...
- Format: audio
- Vietnamese water puppet show: Instrumental prelude
- Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the...
- Format: audio
- Vietnamese water puppet show: Lullaby
- Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...
- Format: audio
- Vietnamese water puppet show: Finale
- Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...
- Format: audio
- Vietnamese water puppet show: Fireworks and chorus
- Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...
- Format: audio
- Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and legend
- In 1587, a group of British citizens set up a colony on Roanoke Island in hopes of establishing the first permanent English settlement in the New World. The colony's governor sailed to England and returned three years later to find the rest of the colonists had vanished. Myths and legends have arisen attempting to explain the mystery of the Lost Colony. In one legend, the governor's granddaughter is transformed into a white doe by a jealous Indian witch-doctor.
- Format: article
- Maintaining balance: The religious world of the Cherokees
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.7
- In the 1880s, Cherokee elders in the North Carolina mountains allowed a white man named James Mooney to observe and record information about their culture. The Cherokee myths that Mooney gathered and wrote down in English help explain the world of the Cherokees. These myths show that, for the Cherokees, the world was primarily a relationship of proper balance.
- Format: article
- By Karen Raley.
- The importance of one simple plant
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.10
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.1
- The natives of America could trace the history of maize to the beginning of time. Maize was the food of the gods that had created the Earth. It played a central role in many native myths and legends. And it came to be one of their most important foods. Maize, in some form, made up roughly 65 percent of the native diet. When European settlers reached the New World, they learned to cultivate Indian corn from their native neighbors.
- Format: article
- By Terry L. Sargent.
- A walk of betrayal: The Trail of Tears
- In this lesson plan for fourth and fifth grades, students will read various resources and watch videos about the Cherokee. They will trace the history of the Cherokee, discuss the outcomes of the impact of the white man, and determine how that intrusion led the Cherokee to the Trail of Tears. The students will examine the survival of the Cherokee and explore their accomplishments into the 21st century.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
- By Mary Towles.
- The role of Mexican folklore in teaching and learning
- In Bridging Spanish language barriers in Southern schools, page 2.4
- One way teachers can connect with students of Mexican origin is by understanding the cultural knowledge they bring with them into the classroom, including the stories, proverbs, and legends they've learned. Learn more about Mexican folklore from this booklist and collection of online resources, and share this rich oral tradition with all your students.
- Format: article
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Mary Slocumb at Moore's Creek Bridge
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.8
- Story, perhaps fictional or embellished, of the heroism of Mary (Polly) Slocumb, who tended Patriot wounded after the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in 1776. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- African and African American storytelling
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.7
- The advent of slavery led to changes in the tradition of African storytelling. Tales in Africa had once featured the lion, elephant, and hyena; African tales in America began to star the rabbit, fox, and bear. To the African in slavery, the Brer Rabbit tales became a source of identity.
- Format: article
- By Madafo Lloyd Wilson.
- North Carolina State Capitol
- Discover the truth! Does the Capitol Building in Raleigh really have an escape tunnel? Secret rooms? Find out the answers to these questions and more at your state capital's website!
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
