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East Asian trading ships: Each student will work with a partner as an owner of an overseas shipping company with one cargo ship in East Asia. Students are given these instructions in the overview: In each Asian country that you travel to you will fill your cargo ship with items that you can buy from the list of exports. You will then try to sell these items when you travel to another country that is willing to import these commodities. The winner of the game is the company with the biggest profits at the end of the pretend 15 day time period. Good Luck!; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Tami Kaiser Polge.

Reading guide: A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina (1663): These questions will help to guide students' reading of "A Declaration and Proposals of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina" and encourage them to think critically about the text.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Green fruit spikes of peppercorns drying on mat in central Vietnam: Green fruit spikes of peppercorns are piled on a mat in the sun to dry in central Vietnam. Black pepper, used in most of the cuisines of Europe and Asia, is made from the dried, unripe green berries of the Piper nigrum vine. The green...; Format: image/photograph

Eli Whitney and the cotton gin: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.5; In 1794, inventor Eli Whitney patented his cotton gin, a machine for removing seeds from cotton. The invention made cotton production -- and with it, slave labor -- far more profitable, and it helped to cement the South's status as an agricultural region and a slave society.; Format: article

Farmland in Ecuador: Several different crops grow while a cow lies in the agricultural fields south of Riobamba, Ecuador. Even though Ecuador exports large amounts of oil, it remains an agricultural country. Near the urban areas the most common crops are corn, wheat, barley, and...; Format: image/photograph

Rubber tree plantation located between Dalat and Ho Chi Minh City: Rubber trees line a long shaded path in a plantation located between Dalat and Ho Chi Minh City. Small incisions are cut into the trees' bark at night so that latex sap will drip longer before drying out in the tropical sun. Workers collect the tapped latex...; Format: image/photograph

Wooden boat full of husked coconuts moored on Mekong River near Mytho: A wooden boat with its open hold full of tan husked coconuts is moored on the Mekong River near Mytho. This cargo of coconuts is likely headed for processing as copra, the dried meat from inside a coconut shell. Plantations in Vietnam now yield approximately...; Format: image/photograph

White latex sap dripping into collection pan on tapped rubber tree in plantation: White latex sap is dripping into a collection pan fastened to a tapped rubber tree in a plantation between Dalat and Ho Chi Minh City. Small incisions are cut into the trees' bark at night so that latex sap will drip longer before drying out in the tropical...; Format: image/photograph

Vietnam: Educator's guide: A guide for K–12 teachers to teaching about Vietnam using LEARN NC's slideshows, with a focus on the question Why should we care about Vietnam?; Format: article/teacher's guide (grade 6–12 Social Studies); By Steve Goldberg.

The Union blockade: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.5; At the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, Union forces blockaded Confederate ports to stop exports of cotton and imports of war supplies.; Format: article

North Carolina's leaders speak out on emigration: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.3; Excerpts from a speech by Governor William Miller, 1816, and from an 1833 legislative committee report, both bemoaning the lack of economic opportunities for North Carolina's citizens. Includes historical commentary.; Format: speech

Asia: Learn about the history, cultures, and geography of the nations and peoples of Asia from this sampling of great educational resources that can be found on LEARN NC.; Format: bibliography/help

Leonidas Polk and the Farmers' Alliance: In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.3; Speech given by Leonidas L. Polk before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 1890. Polk provided data showing the decline in farmers' wealth since the Civil War, argued that this decline was not the farmers' fault, and asked the Senate to enact laws that would help farmers. Includes historical commentary and explanations of some of the economic principles discussed (including supply and demand).; Format: speech; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Culpeper's Rebellion: In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.11; In the 1670s, the British government insisted that exports from Carolina be taxed, but a group of settlers in the Albemarle region rebelled against what they saw as an unreasonable burden. The Lords Proprietors eventually regained control of the colony, but in the meantime, colonists set a precedent for governing themselves.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

A proprietary colony: Exploring the Charter of Carolina: In this lesson for grade 8, students will examine the 1663 Charter of Carolina and complete a graphic organizer exploring the elements of the Charter. Students will then write a letter to the king of England from the perspective of one of the Lords Proprietors.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Naval stores and the longleaf pine: In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.4; North Carolina's extensive longleaf pine forests provided the natural resources needed to produce materials needed to build and maintain ships -- not only timber but tar, pitch, and rosin. These "naval stores" became North Carolina's most important indusstry in the eighteenth century, but today, the longleaf pine forests are nearly gone.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

The Constitution of the United States: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.4; An original print copy of the Constitution, 1787. Page 2 of 2 of the original printed Constitution. We...; Format: constitution

The Columbian Exchange: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.1; When Christopher Columbus and his crew arrived in the New World, two biologically distinct worlds were brought into contact. The animal, plant, and bacterial life of these two worlds began to mix in a process called the Columbian Exchange. The results of this exchange recast the biology of both regions and altered the history of the world.; Format: article; By J.R. McNeill.

Africans before captivity: In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.1; Most Africans who came to North America were from West Africa and West Central Africa. This article describes some of the cultures and history of those regions prior to the beginning of the slave trade.; Format: article

The Charter of Carolina (1663): In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.4; In the Charter of Carolina, King Charles II of England granted the eight men known as the Lords Proprietors rights to the land that became North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: charter; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

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