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- Race in her lifetime
- In this lesson, students will use oral histories to trace the life of Rebecca Clark, an African American who was born in rural Orange County just before the Depression and witnessed the changes in civil rights over the years.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Orange County Historical Museum
- Take a tour of the Orange County Historical Museum to see the collection of artifacts from pre-history through the early twentieth century.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough
- Take students on a guided walking tour through Hillsborough's historic district and go inside the Norwood Law Office, the Orange County Historical Museum, the Burwell School Historic Site, and the Hughes Academy. Along the way they will also see the Old Orange County Courthouse, historic churches, cemeteries, colonial and antebellum homes, and much more.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Ocean and You Marine Science Education
- Bring the ocean to your classroom and explore marine and environmental education with this innovative program created by an oceanographer and two science educators.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Address from inhabitants near Haw River
- The request of the Inhabitants of the West side of Haw river to the Assembly men and Vestry men of Orange County Whereas the Taxes in the County are larger according to the number of Taxables than adjacent counties and continues so year after year,...
- Format: petition
- Archibald Murphey
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.4
- Archibald Debow Murphey (1777–1832) was a North Carolina state senator and later a Superior Court judge who fought for a comprehensive system of public education, construction of canals and roads, and other progressive reforms.
- Format: biography
- Secondary and Primary Piedmont Clays
- Format: image/photograph
- Haw River Festival Learning Celebration
- Don't miss this fun and informative festival celebrating the Haw River, its history, and the creatures that live there.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Revolutionary North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- David Fanning and the Tory War of 1781
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.10
- During the American Revolution, Patriots and Loyalists fought in the North Carolina backcountry. In 1781, David Fanning, commanding the Loyalist forces of five counties, terrorized residents of the Piedmont.
- Format: article
- Ratifying the amendments
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.4
- In 1835, a convention passed amendments to the North Carolina state constitution. In this activity, students map votes for ratification by county and explain the patterns they see.
- Format: activity
- By David Walbert.
- Blooming Flame Azaleas at Roan Mountain
- These are blooming Flame Azalea bushes at Roan Mountain in Mitchell County, North Carolina. They glow in shades of orange and yellow against the slate gray of the mountains in the distance. The mountain straddles the border between Tennessee and North Carolina....
- Format: image
- Orange County inhabitants petition Governor Tryon
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.6
- Petition from residents of Orange County, North Carolina, to Governor William Tryon, May 1768, apologizing for recent acts of violence by Regulators and asking him to address the illegal fees demanded by court officials. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: petition
- University of North Carolina, 1797
- A drawing of UNC's first building by one of the university's early students.
- Format: image/illustration
- Beat Duke parade on Franklin Street
- This black and white photo of the annual Beat Duke parade in 1949 shows cars parked diagonally along the street on a fall or winter day with people watching the procession from both the sidewalks and the street.
- Format: image/photograph
- Ayr Mount in Hillsborough, NC
- This is historic Ayr Mount in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The estate was built in 1815 and was the home of the Kirkland family until the 1970s. It is now owned by the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and features gardens and the one mile Poet's...
- Format: image/photograph
- Regulator monument in Hillsborough
- This small monument in Hillsborough, North Carolina, marks the spot where six Regulators were hanged on June 19, 1771, after their defeat at the Battle of Alamance. The monument, a white marble slab, can be found off of Cameron Street between the Board of...
- Format: image/photograph
- A plan of the situation of ye University, ye ornamental ground, ye adjacent village, the lands belonging to ye Trustees
- The map reads: A. the old chapel spring B. & C. Springs which ye commissioners intend to improve for ye University. Lot 2 contains ye Presidents house The Avenue is to pass over points...
- Format: image/map
- North Carolina Collection Gallery
- Early exploration of North Carolina, the Algonquin culture, the Roanoke Island settlement - these are just some of the exhibits that can be seen at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Edmund Fanning reports to Governor Tryon
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.5
- Letter from Edmund Fanning to Governor William Tryon, April 23, 1768, reporting on the activities of the Regulators. Shows how the Regulators were seen by colonial leaders. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
