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Mapping life in a colonial town: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.14; From a detailed map of colonial Edenton, North Carolina, we can learn a great deal about daily life and community life on the eve of the Revolution.; Format: activity; By L. Maren Wood.

Wills and inventories: A process guide: Guiding questions for students investigating daily life in the past through wills, inventories, and probate records.; Format: article/learner's guide; By David Walbert.

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

Colonial candle-making tools: This photograph, taken at a recreation of colonial life at Alamance Battleground, N.C., shows some of the tools that were used to make candles in the colonial era.; Format: image/photograph

Tannenbaum Historic Park: Students can explore the past through the historic buildings and artifacts found at Greensboro's Historic Tannenbaum Park.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

John Lawson: John Lawson (1674? – 1711) was a British explorer, naturalist and writer. He played an important role in the history of colonial North Carolina. Little is known definitively about his early life but it seems probable that he had a good education and...; Format: biography

Colonial-style candles: At a recreation of colonial life at Alamance Battleground, N.C., candles hang from a wooden pole. They are in various stages of completion; the candles to the left are narrower, having been dipped in a pot of hot wax only a few times, while those to the right...; Format: image/photograph

Will of Samuel Nicholson, 1727: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.5; Will of a plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: will

The Topsail Island Museum, Missiles and More: Displays showing the history of the Navy test missile site of the 1940s, artifacts of Native Americans found on the island, and exhibits of colonial era pirates can be found at the Topsail Island Museum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Provisions for Carolina: Comparing lists: In this lesson, students will compare and contrast two historical documents: A list of recommended provisions for colonists traveling to Virginia in 1622, and a similar list of recommended provisions for colonists traveling to Carolina in 1709. Students will infer what has changed and what has stayed the same between the publication of these two documents.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

About wills and probate inventories: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.1; Explanation of legal documents surrounding a person's death and how historians use them to understand daily life, family structure, and other aspects of the past.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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)

Newbold-White House Historic Site: The oldest house in the state open to the public on a regular basis. The grounds remain virtually unchanged since the early 1700s and include a seasonal herb garden and a Quaker cemetery dating to the 17th century.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Jamestown garden: This drawing was first published in the National Park Service publication New Discoveries at Jamestown: Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America. The drawing, which shows a man and woman tending a garden, is...; Format: image/illustration

Tile-roofed French colonial style buildings in downtown Ho Chi Minh City: Tile-roofed French colonial style buildings line a tree-shaded street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The central tan building visible is three stories high with balconies and large glass windows. A gated wall surrounds the building. Ho Chi Minh City is the...; Format: image/photograph

Brunswick Town / Fort Anderson: Provides information about the North Carolina historic site where the town of Brunswick was razed by British troops.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The importance of one simple plant: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.10; In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.1; The natives of America could trace the history of maize to the beginning of time. Maize was the food of the gods that had created the Earth. It played a central role in many native myths and legends. And it came to be one of their most important foods. Maize, in some form, made up roughly 65 percent of the native diet. When European settlers reached the New World, they learned to cultivate Indian corn from their native neighbors.; Format: article; By Terry L. Sargent.

Navigating the inlets and havens: In this lesson plan, students read and analyze a primary source document written in the early 1700s that describes the inlets of the North Carolina coast. The students adopt the perspective of a contemporary ship's captain and discuss the importance of the information in the document.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Statue of Don Quixote in Guadalaja, Mexico: A life-sized statue of Don Quixote de la Mancha and Sancho Panza sit at the bottom of a rock cliff. At the top of the bluff are several colorful houses. Don Quixote is a fictional character made famous by the Spanish author, Miguel de Cervantes. At the time...; Format: image/photograph

Suffrage: The changing role of women: In this lesson, students use oral history excerpts and photographs to learn about the women's suffrage movement in the United States from a variety of perspectives.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

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