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Dan River, Virginia
Dan River, Virginia
The Dan River, near Danville, Virginia.
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Levi Coffin House
Levi Coffin House
Levi Coffin's House, in Fountain City, Indiana, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Levi Coffin was a prominent Quaker abolitionist who was born and raised in North Carolina and later moved to Indiana.
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Eagle Tavern in Halifax, North Carolina
Eagle Tavern in Halifax, North Carolina
The Eagle Tavern in Halifax, North Carolina, is one of that town's surviving eighteenth-century structures.
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Graves at Kings Mountain National Military Park
Graves at Kings Mountain National Military Park
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Bonsack cigarette rolling machine
Bonsack cigarette rolling machine
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Cotton clouds
Cotton clouds
A cotton field in Stanly County, North Carolina.
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Reed Gold Mine
Reed Gold Mine
In this dry stream bed was found the first nugget of gold in North Carolina's Gold Rush.
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Reed Gold Mine
Reed Gold Mine
In the nineteenth-century Reed Gold Mine, pulleys were used to lower workers into the shaft and to raise the ore back out.
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Mine shaft at Reed Gold Mine
Mine shaft at Reed Gold Mine
One of the original mine shafts from the nineteenth-century Reed Gold Mine.
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Overmountain Man statue at Sycamore Shoals
Overmountain Man statue at Sycamore Shoals
This statue of a Patriot militiaman stands at Sycamore Shoals State Park in Tennessee, site of a militia muster prior to the Battle of King's Mountain.
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Latin title page, 1698
Latin title page, 1698
Title page from a 1698 book by Johann Conrad Barchusen Pyrosophia, Lugduni Batavorum: Impensis Cornelii Boutestein. The text is in Latin.
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Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide
LEARN NC works collaboratively with educators and other individuals from a variety of backgrounds to develop web-based resources for teachers and students. This manual guides educators through the process of developing content for publication on the web, including writing, design, technical guidelines, and copyright.
Format: book (multiple pages)
A child's day: Vietnam
In this lesson plan, students listen to audio recordings from Vietnam and discuss what life may be like for the children heard in the recordings. Students discuss topics including school, cross-cultural similarities, and child labor.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
By Kristin Post.
Powwow dancer
Powwow dancer
At a powwow in Howard County, Maryland, a woman does a contemporary dance.
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Works available for use
In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.4
Many works, copyrighted or not, are available to the public for various kinds of use, including republication and distribution. The public domain The public domain comprises works...
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By David Walbert.
A child's day: Cambodia
In this lesson plan, students listen to audio recordings from Cambodia and discuss what life may be like for the children heard in the recordings. Students discuss topics including school, cross-cultural similarities, and child labor.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
By Kristin Post.
Joel Lane House
Joel Lane House
Wakefield, the gambrel-roofed home of Colonel Joel Lane, has been restored to its 1790-95 appearance by the Society of Colonial Dames. Colonel Lane became known as the "Father of Raleigh" after he sold 1,000 acres of land to the state in 1792 to establish...
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Statue of Worth Bagley in Raleigh
Statue of Worth Bagley in Raleigh
This statue of Worth Bagley, the only U.S. Naval officer killed during the Spanish-American War and a native of Raleigh, stands in front of the State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Fiddle player Benton Flippen
Fiddle player Benton Flippen
Fiddler Benton Flippen holds his fiddle, standing in front of a case full of trophies. Flippen was born and raised in Surry County, North Carolina, and has played old-time music since he was a child. He has won numerous awards at fiddlers' conventions and...
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Building a paper bridge: An introduction to problem solving
This activity allows the student to explore problem solving strategies while working with a partner. This activity (building a paper bridge), requires students to question word definition and the application of those definitions. Through problem solving strategies, students discover the need for applying math skills.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics)
By Steve Walston.