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Genesis Farm School

Visit this working farm and enter into a learning laboratory where students will have fun and a hands-on experience with nature.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

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.

Zone of proximal development

This article explores the history and theory of the concept of the zone of proximal development and discusses its application in the classroom.

Format: article

By Heather Coffey.

Storytelling with Cherokee folktales

This is a two day lesson pertaining to telling Cherokee folktales. This lesson can be modified and used with any folktale.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)

By Ricky Hamilton.

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)

A father's advice to his sons

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.4

Letter from Charles Pettigrew, Tyrrell County minister and planter, to his sons. Believing himself to be dying, Pettigrew gave them his advice for living a good and Christian life. Includes historical commentary.

Format: letter

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Agriculture and Farming

Kids of all ages love farms and farm animals. These resources provide virtual tours, fun facts, interesting information, and a variety of multimedia activities.

Format: bibliography/help

Benjamin Wadsworth on the duties of children to their parents

In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.10

Excerpt from a book by an eighteenth-century Puritan minister about expectations for children's behavior and respect for their parents. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Who owns the land?

In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.3

Europeans and American Indians had very different ideas about what it meant to "own" land, and these differences led to many of the conflicts between the two cultures in America.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

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.

Resources on the web

Genesis Search for Origins

Learn about NASA's Genesis Mission and the quest to find out more about the beginning of the solar system. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: NASA