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Kings Mountain Historical Fire Museum: See vintage fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment at this museum in Kings Mountain.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Caswell No.1 Fire Station Museum: The museum collects, preserves, displays, and interprets artifacts and images relating to fire fighting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Let's be firefighters!!!: In this lesson, we will look at firefighters and the role they play in our community. This lesson will familiarize the students with the types of equipment used by firefighters, the special clothing worn by firefighters, and the responsibilities each of them have in our community.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies); By Lavonne Holland.

A brochure of safety tips: The students summarize information they have read and learned in school to create a brochure of important safety tips. They work in teams, each on a specific area of safety, to create a multimedia presentation on the computer using HyperStudio for text, graphics, and sound or other publishing or presentation software.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Healthful Living); By Shanti Kudva.

The Firemen's Museum: This museum documents the rich history of firefighting in New Bern, NC, starting in 1845.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Jack-o-Light: We use pumpkins to demonstrate that fire needs air to burn. This goes really well with Fire Safety Week and our pumpkin unit. Also, we 'guesstimate' how many pumpkin seeds are in the pumpkin. We roast them afterwards by following a recipe. You can also create a Kids Pix picture of pumpkins.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Science); By Michele Tipton.

Summer safety!: The children will learn to identify unsafe situations and name hazardous activities they may encounter or see during the warm months between May and September.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living)

The burning of Elizabeth City: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.4; Excerpt from Richard Creecy's memoir describing the fall of Elizabeth City to Union troops in February 1862 and its partial burning by residents. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate: This tour of “America's Castle” explains the technological features George Vanderbilt incorporated into his turn-of-the-century home.; Format: series (multiple pages)

A report from the Rutherford Expedition: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 4.4; In 1776, responding to Cherokee attacks, General Griffith Rutherford led an expedition against the Cherokee, taking slaves, burning villages, and destroying crops and food stores. This report of the expedition was written by Captain William Moore to General Rutherford. Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

Fort Sumter: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.3; The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops refused to leave the fort after South Carolina seceded, and South Carolina's forces fired on the fort on the morning of April 12, 1861.; Format: article

The Origin of Disease and Medicine: A Cherokee myth recorded in the late nineteenth century.; Format: article; By James Mooney.

Looking at an object: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.10; Students will analyze unfamiliar objects in order to observe the attributes of an object, infer the uses of objects; and discover how archaeologists use objects to learn about the past.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.7; In February 1776, Patriot militia companies fought an army of Loyalists, mainly Scottish Highlanders, at Moore's Creek Bridge near Wilmington, North Carolina. The Patriot victory convinced colonial leaders to push for independence.; Format: article

Letter from an African American citizen of Wilmington to the President: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.5; Letter to President William McKinley, describing the Wilmington Race Riot and asking him to intervene and "send relief." Includes historical commentary.; Format: letter

North Carolina as a Civil War battlefield, May 1862–November 1864: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.1; Summary of military operations in North Carolina during the middle three years of the war, including the Confederate raid on Goldsboro, Potter's Raid, the Battle of Plymouth, and the sinking of the CSS Albemarle.; Format: article

Dorothea Dix pleads for a state mental hospital: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.8; In this excerpt from her "memorial" to the North Carolina General Assembly, New England reformer Dorothea Dix lays out her arguments for building a state hospital for the mentally ill. Includes historical commentary.; Format: report; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Get your character education act together!: Elements of an effective character education program and lots of ideas for implementation—all across the curriculum.; By Frances B. Lewis.

Christoph von Graffenried's account of the Tuscarora War: In Colonial North Carolina, page 3.7; Account of the beginnings of the Tuscarora War in North Carolina between settlers and Indians. Primary source includes historical commentary.; Format: book; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

William Byrd on the people and environment of North Carolina: In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.6; William Byrd II, a wealthy plantation owner from Virginia, was one of several men commissioned to survey the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina in 1728. His journals describe the people and environment of the region, though not all of his stories are believable. Includes historical commentary.; Format: diary; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

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