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Interracial "harmony" and the Great Awakening: The students will be introduced to two episodes in 19th century American history, around the time of the Great Awakening, that show glimpses of some positive and negative consequences of interracial interaction in a religious context. The students will examine primary sources from the Documenting the American South collection to then be able to write a "sermon" from the perspective of a southern itinerant preacher during the Great Awakening arguing for or against religion as a cure for the social ill of racism and slavery.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Jamie Lathan.

The Second Great Awakening: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.1; The Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century consisted of a renewed interest in religion and a wave of social activism. New chuch denominations were created, and revivals were held across the country in the form of camp meetings.; Format: article

North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Charles Grandison Finney: Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) was a Christian revivalist preacher who played an influential role in the Second Great Awakening.; Format: image/painting

"Be saved from the jaws of an angry hell": In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.7; An 1831 letter from Thomas Whitmell Harriss to his sister, in which he begs her to accept Christ as her savior. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

What a revival is: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.4; Explanation by Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), Christian revivalist preacher, of what a revival is and why it is necessary. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Discussion guide: Religion in early America: This discussion guide will help students understand the larger context of religion in colonial America as they read about topics such as Quaker emigration and the Great Awakening.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Nathan Cole and the First Great Awakening: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.13; Diary of a Connecticut man from the 1760s tells of his conversion experience after attending a revival at which the famous minister George Whitefield preached. Historical commentary explains the differences between eighteenth-century and present-day religion and revivals.; Format: diary; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Nat Turner's Rebellion: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 9.1; In 1831, Nat Turner, an enslaved man in Southampton, Virginia, led an insurrection in which a small band of slaves and free African Americans killed fifty-five whites. After the revolt, white militias and mobs hunted down blacks suspected of taking part in this or other insurrections, and southern states passed harsh new laws restricting the freedoms of both slaves and free blacks.; Format: article; By L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

The development of sacred singing: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.11; In the first half of the nineteenth century, the music of southern white churches expanded to express a broader range of emotions. To help singers, "shape-note" tunebooks were developed with easy-to-read notation. Includes audio of present-day shape-note singing.; Format: article; By Gavin James Campbell.

African American history: A guide to lesson plans, articles, and websites to help bring African American history alive in your classroom.; Format: bibliography/help

Colonial North Carolina: Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Descriptions of a revival: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.5; Letter from Samuel McCorkle, 1802, describing a revival in North Carolina and the experiences of people he knew to have been converted. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

A camp meeting scene: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.3; Description of a typical camp meeting during the Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century, including preaching, conversion experiences, and the physical arrangement of the meetings.; Format: book

Into the wilderness: Circuit riders take religion to the people: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.2; In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, "circuit riders" preached to residents of the backcountry who were too scattered to be served by established churches.; Format: article; By N. Fred Jordan Jr. .

Jonathan Edwards and the art of persuasion: In this lesson, students will study the elements of persuasive writing in Jonathan Edward's “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” according to the following criteria: speaker, audience, occasion, and means of persuasion, and then analyze a contemporary piece of writing, such as an advertisement, for similar elements.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Dave Guiley.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: In Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities, page 2.5; The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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

"Some grievous oppressions": In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.4; Excerpt of a sermon published by Herman Husband, Regulator leader, in 1770. Husband argued that North Carolina's colonial government was unfair to small farmers. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: pamphlet

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