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Onslow County Museum: Learn about the history of Onlsow County and "retrace the area's progression from 65 million years ago to the present."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A lone blue heron and his seagull comrades on a pier in Onslow County, NC: A lone blue heron joins a group of seagulls on a pier in Onslow County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Montford Point Marine Museum: Visit this museum which preserves the legacy of the Montford Point Marines, African American Marines who served with courage and pride from 1942 to 1949.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Papa's Farm: Learn about the way farming was done a century ago at this working farm in Onslow County.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Sturgeon City: What was once a wastewater treatment plant now offers educational opportunities to students and a home to the native sturgeon species which once spawned in the waters of Wilson Bay.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Hammocks Beach State Park: A visit to Hammocks Beach State Parks allows students to explore several different ecosystems - estuaries, maritime forest, and desert.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach, Bear Island: This is the sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach State Park, located on Bear Island in Onslow County, North Carolina. This barrier island is accessible only by boat.; Format: image/photograph

Sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach, Bear Island: This is the sunset over dunes at Hammocks Beach State Park, located on Bear Island in Onslow County, North Carolina. This barrier island is accessible only by boat.; Format: image/photograph

Sunset in Jacksonville, NC: This is a sunset in Jacksonville, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Silhouetted pine trees in Jacksonville, NC: Pine trees are silhouetted by a sky rich with scuds of cloud in Jacksonville, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Troops being welcomed home at Camp Lejune in Jacksonville, NC: Troops are welcomed home at Camp Lejune in Jacksonville, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Montford Point Marines, 1959: This is a photo of a group of Montford Point Marines from 1959. These men were Reserve Training PIO Office Staff. Montford Point Camp, located in Jacksonville, North Carolina, is now the site of a museum dedicated to the history of the African American Marines...; Format: image/photograph

African American Marines, World War II: Original title: "Negro Marines prepare for action. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting Negroes on June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 Negro volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st...; Format: image/photograph

African American Marines, World War II: Original title: "Negro Marines prepare for action. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps started enlisting Negroes on June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 Negro volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st...; Format: image/photograph

Ya sé lo que hiciste el verano pasado! Using the preterite indicative tense: This lesson focuses on the uses of the preterite indicative tense and vocabulary related to travel. The students will read various selections that demonstrate the use of the preterite tense and draw pictures to illustrate their understanding. Students will demonstrate their understanding by creating a time line of their life history and sharing it with the class. The lesson culminates with students writing a composition entitled “I know what you did last summer” and presenting it to the class in the target language.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages); By Carolina Thomson and Ronda Hatcher.

1835 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.3; Amendments to the North Carolina state constitution passed in 1835. Includes historical commentary.; Format: constitution

U.S. House of Representatives: In Election 2008, page 2.4; There are 13 congressional districts in North Carolina. A map of North Carolina's congressional districts is available from...

U.S. House of Representatives: There are 13 congressional districts in North Carolina. A map of North Carolina's congressional districts is available from...

Peoples of the Coastal Plain: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.6; When Europeans arrived in the late 1500s, North Carolina’s northern Coastal Plain was home to two different cultures. Speakers of Algonkian languages lived closest to the Atlantic edge, in the Outer Coastal Plain or Tidewater. Iroquoian speakers lived more inland, on the Inner Coastal Plain. Based on the distinctive items each group left, archaeologists call the Algonkian speakers Colington and the Iroquoian speakers Cashie.; Format: article

Freed people at New Bern: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.5; Excerpt from the report of Vincent Colyer, Superintendent of the Poor for Union-occupied North Carolina during the Civil War, about his work with freedmen and escaped slaves. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

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