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Sir Walter Raleigh and South America: Short explanatory passages written for students about the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, specifically as it pertains to the history of South America.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Excavating Occaneechi Town: An archaeology primer: Republished with permission from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, the Archaeology Primer uses photographs of the excavations at Occaneechi Town to introduce fundamental concepts of archaeology. The primer provides an introduction to the methods of archaeology and to some common types of artifacts, and prepares students to participate in an electronic archaeological dig.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

The Lost Colony: In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 3; Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted to establish an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition met constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

Roanoke Island Festival Park: There is so much to see at the Roanoke Island Festival Park. From the Elizabeth II ship and the settlement site to the Roanoke Adventure Museum, students will have a wonderful time and learn about the history of the native people and settlers during colonial times.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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)

The Lost Colony: Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition was met with constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

Reading guide: Native peoples of the Chesapeake region: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.8; This worksheet will help students understand the article "Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region," and will encourage them to make connections between the Chesapeake Indians and the Indians of coastal North Carolina. Students will also consider multiple perspectives as they think critically about the interactions between Indians and newly-arrived Europeans in the 1600s.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

About the Archaeology Primer: In Excavating Occaneechi Town: An archaeology primer, page 1; The Occaneechi Indians were once prominent in the Virginia and Carolina Piedmont. As their numbers were reduced by clashes with European colonists, they retreated to a village on the Eno River. Their numbers further dwindled due to disease and warfare, and by 1730 the Occaneechi were all but gone. In 1983, archaeologists discovered a village site near Hillsborough, North Carolina. Through a series of digs, they confirmed that they had found Occaneechi Town.; Format: article

Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and legend: In 1587, a group of British citizens set up a colony on Roanoke Island in hopes of establishing the first permanent English settlement in the New World. The colony's governor sailed to England and returned three years later to find the rest of the colonists had vanished. Myths and legends have arisen attempting to explain the mystery of the Lost Colony. In one legend, the governor's granddaughter is transformed into a white doe by a jealous Indian witch-doctor.; Format: article

The search for the Lost Colony: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.4; No one knows what happened to the “Lost Colonists” of Roanoke Island -- but that has only made their story more interesting. Over the past 400 years, historians, archaeologists, storytellers, and outright liars have developed a number of theories about the vanished settlers.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Rumors of the Lost Colony in Jamestown: William Strachey, first secretary of the Jamestown colony, wrote a history of that colony in 1612. In it, he mentioned several rumors about the fate of the colonists who had disappeared from Roanoke twenty years before.; Format: article

Educator's guide: The arrival of Swiss immigrants: Teaching suggestions to help your students synthesize the information in the article "The Arrival of Swiss Immigrants."; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Introduction: More than 9,000 years ago, the first humans arrived in what is now North Carolina. Their ancestors had migrated from Asia to North America about 12,000 years ago across a land bridge that had emerged when, during the last Ice Age, glaciers froze the oceans...; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.3; England's first two settlements in the New World differed in character and purpose: The first short-lived colony, inhabited entirely by men, was set up as a stake in the newly discovered Americas and a base of privateering against French and Spanish shipping. The second was intended as a permanent colony and was settled by men, women and children. Their disappearance is a mystery that remains unsolved nearly 400 years later.; Format: article

North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Historic Hope Plantation: Located near Windsor, NC, the plantation complex offers unique insights into the late 18th- and 19th-century rural life in eastern North Carolina and the South.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Merrie olde England?: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.2; Many residents of Elizabethan England did not enjoy the abundance that accompanied Queen Elizabeth’s reign. The dawn of the age of exploration gripped people’s imaginations and caused many to dream of travel, and the New World offered the promise of a fresh start without the problems of the old country.; Format: article; By Charles Carlton.

Where do the Lumbee live?: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.6; Introduction Knowing the location of a community, city, state or nation is important. More important, however, is understanding of the personality of the location. Robeson County, home of the Lumbee Tribe, is more than a North Carolina county that...; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Gazelia Carter.

Their Manner of Carrying the Children: "Their Manner of Careynge the Childern and A Tyere of the Cheiffe Ladyes of the Towne of Dasamonquepeuc." Theodor de Bry's engraving of an American Indian woman, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of...; Format: image/illustration

American Indians: A guide to some of the best resources for teaching about American Indians, including lesson plans, articles, websites, and field trip opportunities.; Format: bibliography/help

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