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- Recent North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore recent North Carolina (1975–present). Topics include politics, the economy, the environment, natural disasters, and increasing diversity.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- West Point on the Eno
- This park offers environmental and historical programs for K-12 students in beautiful, natural surroundings.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center
- Visit the Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center "where the forest is the classroom" and learn about forestry, wildlife, and environmental issues.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- North Carolina Maritime Museum
- Students will learn about the rich maritime history of the North Carolina coast as well as the coastal environment and barrier island ecology.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center
- This 4-H Educational Center provides year-round programming, including team-building and environmental education to students in 2nd through 6th grades.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Interstate highways from the ground up
- This lesson gives students a first-hand opportunity to hear about the planning and effort it takes to build a highway by through an oral history of a North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) resident engineer.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Columbia Theater Cultural Resources Center
- Part of the non-profit Partnership for the Sounds organization, the center provides information on environmental stewardship for coastal North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Lake Crabtree County Park
- This park includes wetland areas, a floodplain forest, and various creeks. Environmental programs for school groups are available.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Blue Jay Point
- Programs offered by Blue Jay Point County Park are specifically geared towards age groups and based on the North Carolina curriculum. Younger students learn about plants and animals of the Piedmont while middle and high school students explore the subjects of ecology, biology, environmental science, and general life sciences.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The environmental justice movement
- In Recent North Carolina, page 4.1
- In the early 1980s, the environmental justice movement became a national protest that galvanized communities across the country seeking social justice and environmental protection. The initial environmental justice spark sprang from a protest in Warren County, North Carolina.
- Format: article
- Historic Yates Mill County Park
- The centerpiece of this 574-acre historical and environmental park is Yates Mill - Wake County's last remaining gristmill.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Roanoke/Cashie River Center
- Open Tuesday-Saturday, this is a great place to take students to learn more about the wetlands and the history of the area.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Environmental educational programs instructed by National Park Rangers and classroom teachers for students in grades K-8.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- YMCA Camp Hanes
- Offers hands-on classes in environmental education which "encourages cooperation, teamwork, and understanding of ones own abilities and potential."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
- The estimated 40,000+ artifacts in the collection of the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science relate to the history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Gorges State Park
- A new state park, Gorges State Park is in the interim stages of development. Although the facilities are limited, Park Rangers offer programs by request.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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
- YMCA Camp Thunderbird
- Provides environmental education programs to North and South Carolina K-12 students in bird study, fish dissection, orienteering and forest ecology.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Dismal Swamp State Park
- Visit the Dismal Swamp State Park park and learn its ecological importance, how it played a role as a stop for the Underground Railroad, and why George Washington called it "A glorious paradise."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Cleaning up after the flood
- In Recent North Carolina, page 5.10
- A newsletter published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the North Carolina Emergency Management Division during the recovery from Hurricane Floyd gives a sense of what residents endured after the flooding.
- Format: pamphlet
