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Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown, NC: This is the Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Harmony Hall Plantation: This historic home in Bladen County sits on a property with other old buildings including a schoolhouse, a chapel, a corn crib, a log home, a store, a kitchen and other preserved buildings to show what the area may have looked like in the 1800s.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

1940s Ford Coupe in the Elizabethtown Christmas Parade: This is a Ford Coupe from the 1940s in the Elizabethtown Christmas Parade. Elizabethtown is the seat of Bladen County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Train depot in Clarkton, NC: This is a train depot in Clarkton, North Carolina. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now serves as a city hall.; Format: image/photograph

A pasture in Tar Heel, NC: This is a pasture in Tar Heel, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Singletary Lake State Park: The Singletary Lake program introduces students to the unique geology of Carolina bays.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Jones Lake State Park: A visit to Jones Lake Park not only teaches students about the habitats and animals that can be found there, but the phenomenon of the Carolina Bays is also explored.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Bladenboro Historical Society Museum: Step back into the past at the old Bladenboro Farm Life School and discover the history of Bladenboro, North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The view from Elwell Ferry in Kelly, NC: This is the view from Elwell Ferry in Kelly, North Carolina. Elwell Ferry is one of three remaining operational cable ferries in the state. It crosses the Cape Fear River, allowing locals access to the secondary road it bridges.; Format: image/photograph

David Fanning and the Tory War of 1781: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.10; During the American Revolution, Patriots and Loyalists fought in the North Carolina backcountry. In 1781, David Fanning, commanding the Loyalist forces of five counties, terrorized residents of the Piedmont.; Format: article

Naval stores: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.3; Introduction From early Colonial times until the Civil War, the naval industry was important to North Carolina. The term naval stores describes all products of the gum of the pine tree. The name itself explains its use in the shipbuilding industry....; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Gazelia Carter.

Turnbull Creek Educational Forest: This is the only North Carolina Educational State Forest located in the coastal plain region of the state. Intended for use by both organized groups and the general public, Educational Forest Rangers are on staff to present programs to any requesting group.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Insurrections in North Carolina?: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 9.7; Article from a Raleigh newspaper reporting alleged slave insurrections in North Carolina, and white responses to these rumors, following Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831. Includes historical commentary.; Format: newspaper

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.

1835 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.3; Amendments to the North Carolina state constitution passed in 1835. Includes historical commentary.; Format: constitution

U.S. House of Representatives: In Election 2008, page 2.4; There are 13 congressional districts in North Carolina. A map of North Carolina's congressional districts is available from...

U.S. House of Representatives: There are 13 congressional districts in North Carolina. A map of North Carolina's congressional districts is available from...

The First Provincial Congress: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.6; After the Boston Tea Party in December 1773, Britain retaliated with a series of punitive measures that colonists called the "intolerable acts." In August 1774, North Carolina's colonial leaders met at New Bern to set out their princples, to plan further opposition to Britain, and to choose delegates to a Continental Congress. This excerpt from the proceedings of that First Provincial Congress includes historical commentary.; Format: document

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