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Camden County Heritage Museum: Visitors to this museum can see historic artifacts of Camden County as well as the preserved county jail.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Dismal Swamp Canal in Camden County, NC: Fall trees lean over the water of the Dismal Swamp Canal in Camden County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

The Dismal Swamp Canal in Camden County, NC: Trees lean over the water of the Dismal Swamp Canal in Camden County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Sunlight on the Great Dismal Swamp: Sunlight shines on the Great Dismal Swamp in Camden County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

A tree filled with woodpecker holes in the Great Dismal Swamp: This is a tree filled with woodpecker holes in the Great Dismal Swamp in Camden County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Tanglewood Park Nature Education Center: In spring and fall, Tanglewood Park offers quality nature education programs which are correlated with the N.C. Standard Course of Study for Science or Social Studies.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: Located in Camden County on scenic U. S. Highway 17, the original Ocean Highway, just three miles south of the VA/NC border, the Great Dismal Swamp Center sits on the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal, part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: Describes the history of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which marked the beginning of the end of the Revolutionary struggle. This unillustrated text covers topics including the Southern campaign, the Siege of Charleston, the Battles of Camden, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens. Students will learn about the pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War at the Guilford Courthouse when they visit the Military Park.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Canoes in the Great Dismal Swamp: A group in canoes watches as the sun and fog rise on the Great Dismal Swamp.; Format: image/photograph

Excerpt from Moses Grandy slave narrative: Moses Grandy was born a slave in Camden County, North Carolina around 1786. He became the property of his master's son, James, when both Moses and James were eight years old. Moses was hired out yearly until James was 21. This excerpt from his memoir describes Moses' experiences during those years.; Format: book

Slavery across North Carolina: In this lesson for grade 8, students read excerpts from slave narratives to gain an understanding of how slavery developed in each region of North Carolina, and how regional differences created a variety of slave experiences.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr. (1758–1802): Richard Dobbs Spaight was a North Carolina delegate to the Constitutional Convention and active in state and national politics.; Format: biography

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.

The Southern Campaign: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.2; In 1780 and 1781, the War of American Independence was fought largely in the South, not only between the British and Continental armies but between Patriot and Loyalist militias and between neighbors. A series of bloody battles ended in General Lord Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown in September 1781, effectively ending the war.; Format: article

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...

"No one has anything to sell": In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.8; Diary of Julia Johnson Fisher, a Georgia woman, in March and April 1864, in which she describes the difficulty finding food and other necessities during the Civil War. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

Juan Pardo, the Indians of Guatari, and first contact: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.4; The Guatari Indians lived in an influential settlement near Trading Ford and were led by a female chief. In 1567, they encountered Spanish explorers led by Captain Juan Pardo who came through the North Carolina Piedmont with grand hopes of creating a powerful empire.; Format: article

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