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Teaching about North Carolina American Indians: This web edition is drawn from a teachers institute curriculum enrichment project on North Carolina American Indian Studies conducted by the North Carolina Humanities Council. Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, webliographies, and lesson plans about North Carolina American Indians.; Format: book (multiple pages)

We have a story to tell: Native peoples of the Chesapeake region: Readings and lesson plans exploring the historical and ongoing challenges faced by the American Indians of the Chesapeake Bay region, since the time of their first contact with Europeans in the early 1600s.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Excavating Occaneechi Town: An archaeology primer: Republished with permission from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, the Archaeology Primer uses photographs of the excavations at Occaneechi Town to introduce fundamental concepts of archaeology. The primer provides an introduction to the methods of archaeology and to some common types of artifacts, and prepares students to participate in an electronic archaeological dig.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use: A “virtual field trip” through the North Carolina Piedmont and thousands of years of history explains the origin of Piedmont clays and how clay is made into pottery. With high-resolution photographs.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

The Piedmont's first human inhabitants: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 4; The first human inhabitants of the Piedmont to make use of its clays were the American Indians. People who lived along the banks of the Potomac and Savannah Rivers discovered the seemingly miraculous transformation of mud into stone by heat about 4500 years...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Burial urns: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 7; Figure 5 shows some of the largest pots recovered from the Town Creek site. These are burial urns for infants.; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Center: The center has wonderful exhibits which explain the importance of the Native American people of North America as well as artifacts of the first inhabitants of Hatteras Island.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Anticipation guide: The importance of one simple plant: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.9; This activity is designed to be used with the article "The Importance of One Simple Plant." A series of true/false statements will enable students to compare what they previously knew about maize with what they've learned by reading the article.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Sir Walter Raleigh and South America: Short explanatory passages written for students about the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, specifically as it pertains to the history of South America.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Two worlds: Educator's guide: Lesson plans and activities to be used with "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony" -- the first part of a North Carolina history textbook for secondary students.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Guilford Native American Art Gallery: This art gallery focuses "sensitive critical attention on contemporary and traditional Indian art and culture." Visitors to the gallery will see the best in traditional and contemporary Native American art.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Rankin Museum of American and Natural History: This wonderful museum has artifacts from Native American tribes, a Civil War exhibit, farming tools of days gone by, and exhibits of North American animals and fossils.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The search for El Dorado: In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 4; The legend of El Dorado predates the arrival of Spaniards in South America. The Chibcha people of present-day Colombia apparently performed an annual ritual where the leader was coated in fine gold dust, which he then washed off in a lake during a ceremony....; By William M. Wisser.

Indian lacrosse game: George Catlin's 1846–1850 painting, An Indian Ball-Play, depicts Plains Indians playing lacrosse. In the painting, hundreds of men are on the field holding sticks. Several teepees are in the background.; Format: image/painting

The search for El Dorado: The legend of El Dorado predates the arrival of Spaniards in South America. The Chibcha people of present-day Colombia apparently performed an annual ritual where the leader was coated in fine gold dust, which he then washed off in a lake during a solemn ceremony....; By William M. Wisser.

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.

1677 treaty between Virgina and Indians: Article XVI: Article XVI of the 1677 treaty between Virginia and the Indians.; Format: image/document

Reading guide: Native peoples of the Chesapeake region: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.8; This worksheet will help students understand the article "Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region," and will encourage them to make connections between the Chesapeake Indians and the Indians of coastal North Carolina. Students will also consider multiple perspectives as they think critically about the interactions between Indians and newly-arrived Europeans in the 1600s.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

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