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Garden of Eden: Theodor de Bry's drawing of the biblical Garden of Eden, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.; Format: image/illustration

The Garden of Earthly Delights / The Garden of Eden: The Garden of Eden is depicted in The Garden of Earthly Delights, painted by Hieronymus Bosch in 1504. Adam and Eve are shown with God, presumably just after their creation. Around them are various African animals.; Format: image/painting

The creation and fall of man, from Genesis: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.4; The creation story from the biblical Book of Genesis describes how God created heaven and earth, plants, animals, and people; and later how the first people were cast out of the Garden of Eden as punishment for eating from the "tree of knowledge of good and evil."

Comparing creation stories: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.5; In this activity, students compare creation stories from three peoples -- Cherokee, European, and West African -- that met in colonial North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

The Raleigh Standard protests conscription: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.2; Newspaper editorial protesting the expansion of conscription by the Confederate government in January 1864. Includes historical commentary and background on conscription in the Civil War.; Format: newspaper; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

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)

"The Southern Cross": In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.9; George Tucker's adaptation of the Star Spangled Banner to the Confederate cause. Includes historical commentary.; Format: music; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Janet Schaw on American agriculture: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.3; Excerpt from the diary of a Scottish lady traveling in North Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution. She describes, and harshly criticizes, the farming practices she finds in the colonies. Includes historical commentary.; Format: diary; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.

Amadas and Barlowe explore the Outer Banks: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.5; On April 27, 1584, Captains Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe left the west coast of England in two ships to explore the North American coast for Sir Walter Raleigh. The party of explorers landed on July 13, 1584, on the North Carolina coast just north of Roanoke Island, and claimed the land in the name of Queen Elizabeth. Captain Barlowe's report describes the land and the people he encountered.; Format: journal

The Knights of Labor: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.10; Excerpt from the 1878 Platform of the Knights of Labor, an early labor union. Includes historical commentary.; Format: declaration; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.3; England's first two settlements in the New World differed in character and purpose: The first short-lived colony, inhabited entirely by men, was set up as a stake in the newly discovered Americas and a base of privateering against French and Spanish shipping. The second was intended as a permanent colony and was settled by men, women and children. Their disappearance is a mystery that remains unsolved nearly 400 years later.; Format: article

Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.1; In 1491, no European knew that North and South America existed. By 1550, Spain -- a small kingdom that had not even existed a century earlier -- controlled the better part of two continents and had become the most powerful nation in Europe. In half a century of brave exploration and brutal conquest, both Europe and America were changed forever.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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