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The Golden age

In this painting of the Golden Age of Greek Mythology, men, women, and children lounge play nearly naked with animals, including a peaceful lion and a dog, and are fed on the acorns of a great oak tree. The painting is a fresco (painted into wet plaster) on...

Format: image/painting

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)

Letter of March 16, 1939

In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.1

Law Offices Tucker, Bronson, Satterfield & Mays State Planters Bank Building Richmond, Virginia March 16, 1939 Hon. Graham A. Barden, House of Representatives Washington, D.C. In Re: Fair Labor Standards Act. Dear Mr. Barden: I am deeply grateful to you for...

England's flowering

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.1

The reign of England's Queen Elizabeth (1558–1603) was marked by a proliferation of the arts, an expansion of private markets, and a dedication to world exploration and privateering.

Format: article

All about life

A primary curriculum based around life and environmental science draws on children's natural curiosity to teach reading, math, and more.

By Myra Erexson.

The life and death of Blackbeard the Pirate

In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.8

Captain Blackbeard (born Edward Teach) was one of the most notorious pirates of the Atlantic Ocean in the 1710s. As captain of the ship "Queen Anne's Revenge," Blackbeard gained a reuptation for his frightening appearance as much as for his violence and cruelty. Between his adventures at sea, Blackbeard often returned to North Carolina and was rumored to have a house in Ocracoke. He enjoyed the tolerance of the North Carolina governor who did little to protect the people of the state from Blackbeard's attacks. Exasperated, North Carolinians appealed to the governor of Virginia, who sent a crew of British Naval officers to fight the pirate. On November 22, 1718, the crew succeeded in killing the infamous Blackbeard.

Format: article

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

Collection Connections

In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 7

In this installment of the American Memory Guide, learn to find teaching resources associated with the Library of Congress's primary source collections.

Format: article

By Melissa Thibault.

Elizabeth, A Colored Minister of the Gospel, Born in Slavery

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.9

In this excerpt from her 1863 memoir, Elizabeth (her last name, if she had one, is unknown), a former slave, tells of her conversion to Christianity and her work as a minister. She faced opposition to her ministry both because she was African American and because she was a woman. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

A brief history of Blackbeard & Queen Anne's Revenge

The French slave ship La Concorde was captured by the pirate Blackbeard after a treacherous crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1717. The ship was renamed Queen Anne's Revenge, and it became the vessel in which Blackbeard carried out the notorious acts of his piratical career. By examining a variety of primary and secondary French documents, researchers have pieced together a limited history of the ship.

Format: article

The workings of a gold mine

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 6.5

Article from Harper's Weekly magazine, 1857, tells the story of workers in a North Carolina Gold Mine.

Format: article

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Reading Amadas and Barlowe

In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 4.2

In this lesson, students will read about Amadas and Barlowe's 1584 voyage to the Outer Banks, and will practice thinking critically and analyzing primary source documents.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina

In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.8

A pamphlet produced in 1660s London at the request of the Lords Proprietors described the economic opportunity and religious freedom available to settlers in Carolina. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

African American history

A guide to lesson plans, articles, and websites to help bring African American history alive in your classroom.

Format: bibliography/help

Olaudah Equiano remembers West Africa

In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.4

Excerpt from a book written by a freed slave in the late eighteenth century, with memories of his boyhood in Guinea. Describes the government, culture, religion, architecture, and agriculture of the region. Primary source includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.

Poor Richard's Almanack

In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.12

Excerpts from the alamanc published by Benjamin Franklin show what colonial Americans read and what topics interested them, including weather predictions, religion, history, astrology, and schedules of court dates. Includes both images of the original almanacs and transcriptions as well as historical commentary.

Format: magazine

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

Resources on the web

The Glory of Byzantium

Explore Byzantine works of art, investigate a theme in Byzantine art, probe the history of Byzantium, and view the works of art in a visual timeline. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Renaissance

The Renaissance captures the imagination of many us with mysterious stories about the golden mean, the transition of copying manuscripts by hand into the birth of printing, and explorations into Asia for exotic spices and silks. This site covers the emergence... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Annenberg Media

The National Museum of American Illustration

Peek into the museum's collections of works by such celebrated artists as Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, and Maxwell Parrish and learn about their lives. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: National Museum of American Illustration

William P. Gottlieb, Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz

This online collection presents William Gottlieb's photographs, annotated contact prints, selected published prints, and related articles on the jazz legends of the 1930s and 1940s. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress