Search results

Defoliation

In French colonization and Vietnam wars, page 11

During the Vietnam War, much of the region's dense forest and human settlements were destroyed by U.S. bombings and defoliation campaigns. Defoliants, including “Agent Orange,” were combinations of herbicides intended to kill trees and other plants...

By Lorraine Aragon.

Gallon man saves the day

The "gallon man" is a graphic organizer that helps students visualize and remember the contents of a gallon. It makes conversions from pints to quarts etc., and it is very easy for students to use.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By Jimmy Davis.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Biltmore Dairy ice cream also played a leading role at estate gatherings — Cornelia’s birthday celebrations, Christmas parties, May Day festivities, and picnics. In fact, virtually every oral history interview or questionnaire containing childhood...

Format: article

By Sue Clark McKendree.

Milk it for all it's worth

Students will cooperatively discover the equivalent measures of capacity. In addition, students will be given a unit price of milk and will be asked to calculate the price of other units of capacity based on the price given. They will then use this information to determine the most economical buy.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By ann dawson.

Decomposition

Students will observe decomposition in a pile of grass clippings and in a compost heap over time.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)

By Monica Dubbs.

Chaos in Salem

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 5.6

Excerpt from diaries of the Moravian congregation at Salem, North Carolina, in 1781, describing the Moravians' treatment by Patriot militias. Includes historical commentary.

Format: diary

The growth of tourism: Warm Springs

In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.9

Advertisement for Warm Springs (now Hot Springs) in Madison County, North Carolina, from the late nineteenth century. Includes historical commentary about the region, tourism, and nineteenth-century medicine.

Format: pamphlet

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Soil Sampling

Students will learn how to sample soil to be analyzed for nutrient and lime requirements for proper plant growth.

Format: lesson plan

By Douglas Best.

Supplies for Virginia colonists, 1622

In Colonial North Carolina, page 1.2

A 1622 broadside listing recommended supplies for British colonists to bring to Virginia.

Format: document

The tabasco water heater and hot water in Biltmore House

In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 7

Introduction to the boiler room Although this room is called the Boiler Room, a number of interesting features relating to various technologies can be seen here, including the elevator controller and modern DC generator. The platform and wire cage...

By Sue Clark McKendree.

Probate inventory of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1777

In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.9

Probate inventory of a wealthy plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.

Format: inventory

Solar sizzlers

Group projects of building solar cookers or collectors provide arena for learning about energy sources and transformation. Gathering data for comparison and analysis exercises students' graphing skills and thinking.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills and Mathematics)

By Larry Parker.

Estuaries in North Carolina: A primer

Estuaries are places near the coast where freshwater and saltwater mix. Influenced by ocean forces yet partly sheltered from them, estuaries have unique and fascinating ecologies. This article explains what estuaries are, their geology and role in the larger...

By Waverly Harrell and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.

Cargo manifests of Confederate blockade runners

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.4

Cargo manifests of various ships that ran the Union blockade to bring goods from Nassau, in the Bahamas, to Wilmington, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Includes historical commentary.

Format: document

Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Midwives and herbal medicine

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.3

Excerpts from the medicine recipe book of Rachel Allen, who lived near Snow Camp, North Carolina, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, show how residents of the backcountry treated wounds, illness, and disease.

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

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

Venture Smith describes his enslavement

In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.5

Excerpt from a late eighteenth-century book by a freed slave in Connecticut. Describes his capture and enslavement at the age of six. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.

Olaudah Equiano remembers West Africa

In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.4

Excerpt from a book written by a freed slave in the late eighteenth century, with memories of his boyhood in Guinea. Describes the government, culture, religion, architecture, and agriculture of the region. Primary source includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.

Resources on the web

Water, water

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students compare the amount of water they use in daily life with the amount allotted for each person each day on a Space Shuttle. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics